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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...
2024 American Gold Eagles Out May 2. Image: U.S. Mint / CoinWeek.

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...
Big Things Happened at the Mint in May.

Big Things Happened at the United States Mint in May

By CoinWeek .....   Summer gets underway in May and for some Americans, this is a period of rest and relaxation. Not so for the United States...

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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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National Coin Week: What’s in Your Pocket Change?

"Dynamic Designs, Artistic Masterpieces" is the theme of National Coin Week, April 17-23, 2022   Look closely at the change in your pocket or purse. You...

The 1972-D No FG Kennedy Half Dollar

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ...... The 1972-D No FG Kennedy Half Dollar is one of the most important varieties for the series from the...

Beautiful Original 1827/3 Capped Bust Quarter Offered by GreatCollections

GreatCollections.com offered collectors an opportunity to bid on a beautifully toned, overdate original 1827/3 Capped Bust quarter, graded Proof-65 by PCGS in a gold...

Numismatic Crime – Coin Theft Suspects in Custody

By Doug Davis - Founder & President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) ...... Theft of Jewelry, Rolex Watches at Long Beach Coin Show Long Beach Police...

Struck Counterfeit Coins: Another Family of Struck Fake Large Cents

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC) ...... It has been a while since I wrote my CoinWeek article on the "family" of large...

1989-D Roosevelt Dime : A Collector’s Guide

The choice to memorialize President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the dime, made shortly after his death in 1945, was a fitting one. Having served...

Special Palestine Texas $100 Date Back in Stack’s Bowers Spring Auction

By Christopher Dahncke - Currency Auction Associate, Stack's Bowers Galleries ...... The Stack's Bowers Galleries Spring 2022 U.S. Currency Auction will be an impressive sale,...

Heritage Auction of Bonser Collection Error Coins Closes on March 28

When coins are manufactured, things don't necessarily go as planned, and the results can be both very intriguing and highly collectible. And so, Heritage...

Auction Firm Executive Julie Abrams Joins Collectibles Insurer Hugh Wood Inc.

Veteran rare coin auction executive Julie Abrams has been appointed Global Business Development Leader by Hugh Wood Inc (HWI)., an international insurance company that...

Mint of Poland Commemorates the 500th Anniversary of Copernicus’ Treatise on Coins

By Mint of Poland ...... 500 years have passed since Nicolaus Copernicus delivered the treatise "De aestimatione monetae" ("On the Respect of the Coin") at...

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