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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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1849 Miners’ Bank $10 Gold Coin: A Gold Rush Fortune, a Private Mint, and a Scandal

The $10 Gold Rush Coin That Helped Break a Bank The 1849 Miners’ Bank $10 gold coin belongs to the first wild chapter of California...

A Wrong-Metal 1944 Steel Cent Leads Heritage Error Coin Auction to $341,470

A Penny Made From the Wrong Metal Just Led a $341,470 Error-Coin Sale Heritage Auctions’ June 29 Error Coinage U.S. Coins Showcase Auction delivered another...

Mint Records Confirm Proof Dies Did Double Duty in 1883 and 1884

Proof Dies in Pocket Change? Mint Records Reveal an 1880s Coinage Surprise Collectors like clean categories. Proof coins belong in one box. Circulation strikes belong...

PCGS Offers $5,000 for First 2026 July 4th Privy Quarter

A 25-Cent Coin Could Win $5,000: The Hunt for the 2026 July 4th Quarter Begins A 25-Cent Coin Could Launch the Biggest Quarter Hunt Since...

Val Webb’s Cameo Legacy Heads to Auction: The Collector Who Taught America to See Frost

The “Father of Cameos” Taught Collectors to See Frost — Now His Collection Heads to Auction Before “Cameo,” “Deep Cameo,” and “Ultra Cameo” became market...

The 1792 Silver Disme: America’s First Dime Almost Vanished Before It Began

The 1792 Silver Disme Is the Dime America Almost Forgot In 1792, the United States did more than launch a Mint. It tried to prove...

1971 “No S” Proof Jefferson Nickel: The Only Missing Mintmark in the Series

The 1971 No S Error - 1,655 examples - Check your Proof Sets! The 1971 “No S” Proof Jefferson Nickel (FS-501) ranks among the most...

1961 Franklin Half Dollar FS-801: The Red Book Doubled Die With a Cameo Secret

The Franklin Half Dollar Doubled Die the Red Book Couldn’t Ignore A Franklin half dollar rarely shouts. Benjamin Franklin looks calm. The Liberty Bell sits steady....

1859 Liberty Seated Half Dime: The Tiny Silver Coin With Paquet’s Hidden Hand

A Tiny 1859 Half Dime Hides One of the Mint’s Quietest Design Experiments The 1859 Liberty Seated Half Dime looks quiet at first glance. It...

A $10,419 Walking Liberty Half Dollar? The PCGS White Rattler Made the Difference

The coin is common. The holder is historic. A 1939 Walking Liberty Half Dollar in PCGS MS-65 sold through GreatCollections on June 28, 2026,...