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1904 Morgan Dollar. Image: Stack's Bowers.

1904 Morgan Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   With the United States Mint's stockpile of silver bullion earmarked for silver dollar production waning, the Philadelphia Mint struck what would...
1854 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Arrows at Date (1854-1855) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The California Gold Rush so upset the balance of the gold-to-silver ratio that the cost of silver compared to gold had...
1797 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle, Small Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

Capped Bust Right Half Eagle, Small Eagle (1795-1798) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Capped Bust Right Half Eagle, Small Eagle type was coined between 1795 and 1798,...
The current finest-known 1929-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar. Image: Legend Rare Coin Auctions / CoinWeek.

1929-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   After a seven-year hiatus, the Denver Mint resumed production of the Walking Liberty Half Dollar, striking 1,001,200 coins. However, due to...
1941 Mercury Dime Proof. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

1941 Mercury Dime Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The popular Mercury Dime series was produced for circulation from 1916 through 1945, but Proof versions of the iconic Adolph Weinman...

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The Coins of Antoninus Pius

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little...

Collecting Strategies

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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New Book Published on Fascinating Naseby Cup and the Coins It Contains

The Naseby Cup is an elaborately crafted silver drinking vessel that stands over two feet tall and is decorated with rare coins and medals...

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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...

Numismatic Terms

Medal Alignment – One Way to Orient Obverse and Reverse

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   (n.) To say that a numismatic object--specifically a round object made of metal with designs engraved...

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Draped Bust Half Dime, Heraldic Eagle (1800-1805) | CoinWeek

Half Dime Returns with New Reverse Design Following a two-year gap in production, the mintage of half dimes resumed in 1800. The obverse portrait of...

1866 Three Cent Nickel Proof : A Collector’s Guide

According to the Red Book, the United States Mint in Philadelphia struck at least 725+ Proof Three Cent nickel coins in 1866. Numismatist John...

Estate Sale – Another Abused Numismatic Marketing Term

(n.) An estate sale is an auction or other kind of sale in which a deceased person’s belongings are offered to the public, presumably by...

Good – A Grade in the Sheldon Coin Grading Scale

Abbreviated G, or G-04 and G-06, Good is the fourth ascending grade in the Sheldon Scale initially created by large cent specialist Dr. William...

MyCollect Launches “Guess the Grade” Game for Coin Collectors

MyCollect.com has announced the official launch of Guess the Grade™, an online interactive game where members can grade coins online and compete with other...

Draped Bust Half Cent, 1800-1808 | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Authorized by the Mint Act of April 2, 1792, half cents were first produced in...

1808 Capped Bust Quarter Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker .....   The 1808 quarter eagle $2.50 gold coin is a bonafide rarity that is well known outside collectors of...

1863 Three-Cent Silver Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Only 460 Three-Cent Silver Proofs were struck in 1863 over the course of three days. The United States Mint in Philadelphia...

This Lindbergh Congressional Gold Medal Galvano Is Unique in Private Hands

By Mike Byers for Mint Error News ...... Charles Lindbergh 14" Obverse Bronze Galvano For the 1928 Congressional Gold Medal Designed and Sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser Unique...

1858-D Type 3 Gold Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

The Dahlonega branch of the United States Mint struck 3,477 gold dollars in 1858, producing the entire issue from one pair of dies (Winter...

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