US Coins

1849 $10 Mormon Gold

Dated 1849, Struck in 1848: The Mormon $10 Gold Coin That Nearly Disappeared

Only 46 Were Struck. Now One of the Finest Survivors Has a $2 Million Estimate and a Legendary Pedigree. The date says 1849. The mint...
1917 Standing Liberty Quarter Type One and Type Two Designs - Photos by Heritage Auctions

The 1917 Quarter America Redesigned as It Entered World War I

Why Did the U.S. Mint Cover Liberty's Breast on the 1917 Quarter? The 1917 Standing Liberty Quarter Type 1 holds one of the most intriguing...
The Panic of 1873 and the 1877 Indian Head Cent

The Penny America Didn’t Need: How the 1877 Indian Head Cent Became a $340,875...

America Had Millions of Unwanted Pennies. Then Came the Legendary 1877 Indian Head Cent In November 2023, a small bronze penny crossed the GreatCollections auction...

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Rare Coins Worth Money You Can Find in Pocket Change

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... What to Look for in Pocket Change and While Coin Roll Hunting Coin collectors often start with the simplest source...

Errors & Varieties

Check Your Mint Bags! Three Trump Dollar Missing-Clad-Layer Errors Now Reported

The Trump Dollar Error Hunt Is On: How Many More Are Hiding in Mint Bags? Two additional discoveries turn a rare Trump dollar mint error...

Ancient Coins

Ancient Caria: Where Empires Collided and Greek Cities Minted Their Own Identity

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek Gods, Empires, and a Boy's Tragic Dolphin: The Extraordinary Coins of Ancient Caria From tiny silver fractions to magnificent tetradrachms, the...

World Coins

Harold I Harefoot’s Silver Penny

An Affordable Rarity from England’s Most Uncertain Throne In the crowded landscape of medieval English coinage, few pieces balance historical importance, rarity, and accessibility as...

Paper Money

Five Dramatic Paper Money Errors You Can Find in Circulation

By CoinWeek IQ Paper money may look uniform and precise, but every note begins life as a physical object moving through massive, high-speed printing presses....

R and I Coins

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Bullion

South Africa 2017 Silver Krugerrand : A Collector’s Guide

The 2017 Silver Krugerrand: How a Bullion Icon Entered a New Era By CoinWeek IQ In 2017, the South African Mint marked a milestone that few...

Medals & Tokens

209 Rare Treasures From the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair Head to Heritage Auctions

209 Treasures From the 1893 Chicago World's Fair Emerge From a 15-Year Collection More than 130 years after Chicago dazzled the world with its magnificent...

News and More

2026 Gettysburg Address Quarter Brings Lincoln’s Historic Words to America’s Pocket Change

From Gettysburg to Your Pocket: Lincoln's Historic Speech Inspires Final 2026 Quarter A speech that lasted barely two minutes has found a new home in...

Clubs & Orgs

The Artist Who Helped Shape Latvia’s Coins and the Historian Who Brings the Past to Life Earn ANA Awards

From Latvia's Coins to Forgotten Archives: Two Remarkable Careers Earn ANA's Awards Coins preserve history in ways that few other objects can. Their designs reflect...

Dealers & Industry

America at 250 in 10 Coins: Why the 2026 U.S. Mint Proof Set Is a Landmark Issue. On sale Oct 6th !

PlusThe cent is gone from circulation, so why is there a brand-new 2026-S Proof cent? The United States Mint will release a Proof Set on...

Coin Shows

Five 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Worth $7 Million Headline GACC Show

Five Legendary 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Bring a $7 Million Story to Rosemont For one year, the United States Mint struggled to turn Augustus Saint-Gaudens’...

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U.S. Mint Brings Morgan, Peace, and Gold Standing Liberty Releases to Summer FUN

U.S. Mint Hits Summer FUN With Morgan, Peace Dollars and a Gold Standing Liberty Set The United States Mint will bring major collector energy to...

America’s Rarest “What-If” Coins: Proven Strategies for Collecting U.S. Pattern Coinage

United States pattern coins represent ideas that never reached circulation. They show what the U.S. Mint considered, tested, and ultimately rejected. For collectors, that...

1916 Walking Liberty Half Dollar: The S-Mint Key That Launched a Legend

Three 1916 Walking Liberty Halves Exist. One Mintmark Changes Everything The 1916 Walking Liberty Half Dollar did more than replace an old design. It changed...

1893-O Morgan Dollar: Eliasberg’s Finest-Known New Orleans Trophy Comes to GreatCollections

The 1893-O Morgan Dollar That Escaped the Panic of 1893 The 1893-O Morgan Dollar did not enter the world quietly. It arrived during a financial...

2027 Red Book Arrives: Whitman Takes the Hobby’s Most Famous Coin Guide Beyond the Book

The Red Book Turns 80, and Whitman Just Took It Beyond the Book Whitman Brands has begun shipping the 2027 edition of The Official Red...

NGC and PMG Just Bought the Codes That Power World Coin and Banknote Collecting

 NGC and PMG Just Bought the Codes Behind World Coins and Notes The numismatic world runs on numbers. For U.S. coins, collectors speak in Red...

1884-CC $10 Gold Eagle: Carson City’s Mystery-Marked Rarity

The Carson City Gold Eagle With Mystery Marks on Liberty’s Neck The 1884-CC $10 gold eagle does not need a stagecoach, a saloon, or a...

The First American Quarter: How the 1796 Draped Bust Quarter Beat Jefferson’s Decimal Dream

America’s First Quarter Was Almost Never Meant to Exist Every quarter in America’s pocket has a strange ancestor. It did not begin as the neat product...

1916 Standing Liberty Quarter: The 52,000-Coin Masterpiece That Still Starts Arguments

The 52,000-Coin Legend That Changed U.S. Coinage The 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter entered American commerce like a rumor. The Philadelphia Mint struck just 52,000 pieces...

Zoo Coinage of Gallienus: Coins From an Empire on the Brink

Rome’s Wildest Ancient Coins Were Minted During an Imperial Meltdown Rome did not fall in 260 CE. However, it came close enough to terrify anyone...