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1958-D Lincoln Wheat Cent : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Lincoln Wheat Cent was set to enter its 50th year of production in 1959. The date marked the sesquicentennial of...
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2012-D Acadia National Park Quarter : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 2012-D Acadia National Park Quarter was the third America the Beautiful (ATB) quarter design released in the program's third year...
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1991-S Proof American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Collector demand for the 1991-S Proof American Silver Eagle was down 26% from the year before, even as the United States...
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Liberty Head Half Eagle, No Motto (1839-1866) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... In the late 1830s, United States Mint Director Robert M. Patterson had Engraver Christian Gobrecht update...
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2024 American Eagle Gold Proof Coins Available May 2

By CoinWeek ....   Product options for the 2024 American Gold Eagle Proof coin (collectible versions of the annual bullion coin) will be available for purchase...

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Bill Introduced to Facilitate Lawful Trade of Ancient Coins

On April 2, 2024, United States Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-TX24), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced a technical correction...

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Modern Quarters Worth Money

By CoinWeek .... Have you ever looked through your change, wondering if any of the coins you have might be valuable? Some of them are....

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Ten Powerful and Beautiful Women on Coins

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   Janina Żółtowska The first woman on this list, depicted on the Polish 2, 5, and 10 Zlote coins between 1932...

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Costco Gold Bars Earn Almost 25% Return for Early Buyers

By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   Since the summer of 2023, Costco has offered its members 24-carat, .9999 fine PAMP Suisse 1oz gold bars, both...

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Medal Alignment – One Way to Orient Obverse and Reverse

(n.) To say that a numismatic object--specifically a round object made of metal with designs engraved on two faces--is in medal alignment means that the...

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Ancient Coins of the Kingdom of Sophene

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....   The Kingdom of Sophene is another one of those ancient countries that has not received very much attention from...

Indian Peace Medals at the American Numismatic Society

By Oliver Hoover for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... The Dead Zone was a popular science fiction thriller written by Stephen King in 1979 that...

Perth Mint Issues 1oz Gold Proof Coin Featuring the Australian Brumby

According to tradition, when soldier and pastoralist James Brumby was transferred from Sydney to Van Diemen’s Land in 1801, he was forced to release...

2022 United States Mint Congratulations Set Available April 14

The 2022 United States Mint Congratulations Set (product code 22RF) will be available for purchase beginning on April 14, 2022, at noon EDT. The...

Virginia Bullion Sales-Tax Exemption Extended and Threshold Removed

By National Coin & Bullion Association (NCBA) ...... On March 2, Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin signed House Bill 3, which extends the sunset date for...

Sedwick Treasure, World and U.S. Coin Auction 31 Live May 4-6

By Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC ...... Welcome to our 31st Treasure Auction, a sale filled with many historical numismatic rarities from many eras all across...

Stack’s Bowers to Offer Singh Collection of Rare Portuguese and Indian Coins in Hong Kong Auction

By Nicholas Fritz - Numismatist, World and Ancient Coins, Stack's Bowers Galleries ...... The coinage of India is interesting, diverse, and at times challenging to...

A Coin That Personifies the New Rare Gold Market

By Doug Winter for PCGS ...... Stack’s Bowers Galleries recently sold at auction a U.S. gold coin that I think really sums up the new,...

Commemorative Stories: The 1892-93 Columbian Half Dollars

By David Provost for CoinWeek ..... Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins...

Top 5 Rarest Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles: Rarest Gold Coins of the 20th Century

By Bullion Shark LLC ...... The Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle gold coin issued from 1907 to 1933 is almost universally viewed by collectors of American...

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