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1857-S $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle PCGS MS-65 Spiked Shield

1857-S Spiked Shield Double Eagle: A Gem Survivor of the S.S. Central America

This Gem 1857-S Double Eagle Survived a Hurricane and 131 Years Beneath the Atlantic Some rare coins survive history. Others seem to survive the impossible. This...
1889-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-63 (PCGS). CAC. CMQ.

1889-CC Morgan Dollar: The King of Carson City Returns in CAC-Approved MS-63

Only 350,000 Were Made: This CAC 1889-CC Morgan Dollar Is a Carson City Legend Some Morgan dollars owe their fame to tiny mintages. Others owe...
2025-W 24 Karat Gold Sacagawea Dollar. Image: United States Mint / CoinWeek.

The Incredible 2000 Sacagawea Dollars

By Jeff Garret Want to collect this series? Start with the remarkable group of inaugural 2000 issues and decide how far your budget can take you. The...

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Top 10 U.S. Coins That Tell the Story of America

Coins are more than metal, they’re artifacts of the nation's history. Each design reveals something about America’s identity, values, economic challenges, and changing societal...

Errors & Varieties

Unique 1906 Liberty Head Nickel Obverse Die Cap Struck on 1C Planchet

Unique 1906 Liberty Head Nickel Die Cap Struck on an Indian Head Cent Planchet By Mike Byers - Mint Error News I have handled more U.S....

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Ancient Coins

Big Beard: The Coinage of Constans II

The Byzantine Emperor Whose Beard Grew Across His Coins “As presented to us by the scanty records of his time, the man we are led...

World Coins

The Last Duke’s Silver Coin: Peter Biron and the 1780 Courland Thaler

The Last Duke’s Silver Coin Before Russia Took Courland By Lev Moiseev - Updated 8-12-26 A Small Baltic Duchy With an Outsized Story In the middle of...

Paper Money

The 1923 Lincoln Porthole $5 Silver Certificate: The Strange Story Behind an American Currency Classic

The $5 Bill With Lincoln in a “Porthole”, and the Treasury Secret Hidden for Decades Few American banknotes command attention as quickly as the 1923...

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Bullion

CoinWeek Bullion Report: Gold Breaks $4,300 as Central Banks Buy and Hormuz Keeps Markets Guessing

Gold has rediscovered its momentum. However, the reason tells a bigger story than another week of rising bullion prices. Gold jumped more than 7% last...

Medals & Tokens

2026 Freedom 250 Race Medal: U.S. Mint’s IndyCar First

U.S. Mint Puts Washington’s First IndyCar Race on a Half Dollar Planchet For one weekend in August, Indy cars will thunder past the monuments of...

News and More

Morgan and Peace Dollars Get a 250th-Anniversary Makeover: Enhanced Uncirculated Coins Launch August 25

Two of America’s most celebrated silver dollar designs return on August 25 with a distinctly 2026 twist. The 2026 Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars Enhanced...

Clubs & Orgs

Anthony Terranova Earns ANA’s Highest Honor as Eliasberg, Green Enter Numismatic Hall of Fame

The American Numismatic Association will honor three major figures in American numismatics during the 2026 World’s Fair of Money in Pittsburgh. Renowned early American coin...

Dealers & Industry

A Lifetime of Numismatic Rarities: Loring-Levin Collection Heads to Heritage’s 2027 FUN Auction

1792 Birch Cent, 1854-S Gold Headline the Loring-Levin Collection at Heritage FUN 2027 A collecting partnership that reaches deep into the history of American numismatics...

Coin Shows

11 Legendary 1933 Double Eagles Headline $100 Million Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money

Eleven of America’s most notorious gold coins will come together in public for the first time this month. The United States Mint will bring all...

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1885 Pattern Morgan Dollar in Aluminum Shows Snowden’s Bold Fight Against Counterfeiters

This Rare 1885 Morgan Dollar Pattern Hid Its Secret on the Edge An 1885 Pattern Morgan Dollar in aluminum offered collectors a rare look at...

1928-D Mercury Dime in PCGS MS-65 FB CAC: A Denver Gem With Full Bands Power

A small silver dime can carry a big story. The 1928-D Mercury Dime does exactly that. Denver struck just 4,161,000 examples that year. As a...

Unique 1830 French 5 Francs Off-Center Error Survived Nearly 200 Years

A Royal French Coin With a Mint Error Twist The Paris Mint struck millions of silver 5 francs coins during the 19th century. Most served...

Unique James Earle Fraser’s 1913 Buffalo nickel Galvano

A rare bronze window into James Earle Fraser’s 1913 Buffalo nickel Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold a remarkable bas-relief bronze galvano of James Earle Fraser’s reverse...

The Only Certified Proof 1828 Capped Bust Half Dollar

A Great Early Half Dollar Rarity An 1828 Capped Bust Half Dollar with extraordinary proof status sold for $192,000 in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ August 2023...

The Unique 1877 Pattern Morgan Half Dollar

Before the Morgan Dollar: The Unique 1877 Half Dollar Pattern A great coin sometimes tells collectors what came next. The 1877 Pattern Morgan Half Dollar,...

CAC Coins Bring Strong Premiums in April 2026 Auctions

CAC-approved and CACG-encapsulated coins performed well in April 2026 public sales. Several coins brought clear premiums over comparable non-CAC examples. In some cases, lower-graded...

Shipwreck Treasure: The Real Story Behind Lost Coins and Sunken Gold

Shipwrecks and buried treasure still fire the imagination. Yet real treasure carries history, legal risk, and ethical responsibility. Lost treasure has always stirred the imagination. Robert...

Five Hidden Treasures in America That May Still Be Waiting to Be Found

Five Lost Treasures Still Waiting Somewhere in America America still has room for mystery. Collectors know that history often hides in plain sight. Sometimes it appears...

Continental Dollar Mystery Heads to Stack’s Bowers Rarities Night

The mystery surrounding the Continental Dollar - the "coin" that may not be a coin. A famous “1776” Continental Dollar will headline the opening stretch...