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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...

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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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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...

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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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GreatCollections and Heritage Complete $4.75 Million Transaction for Ultra High Relief Gold Coin

Iconic Saint-Gaudens issue is considered one of the most desirable and valuable coins in numismatics   One of America’s greatest coins, the 1907 Saint-Gaudens Ultra High...

Numismatic Crime – Coins Stolen in Transit From FedEx, USPS

By Doug Davis - Founder & President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) ...... Major FedEx Theft - Florida to California The contents of a package being...

Austrian Mint Unveils Asia – Eyes of the World Coin for Year of the Tiger

By Austrian Mint ...... Asia – The Power of the Tiger Available January 19, 2022 Known as the "King of the Animals" throughout Asia, the tiger has...

South African Mint Launches Big Five Series II

By South African Mint ...... The South African Mint, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the South African Reserve Bank, has launched the long-awaited Big Five Series...

A Pricing Anomaly on 1844-O $10 Gold Half Eagles

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner I was recently offered a very common but very saleable New Orleans half eagle that should have...

Counterfeit Coin Detection – 1903-S Counterfeit Morgan Dollar

1903-S Counterfeit Morgan Silver Dollar   By Max Spiegel – Numismatic Guaranty Company ...... The raised lumps and lines on this 1903-S are signs of counterfeit Morgan Dollar production. * *...

Q. David Bowers Retires Two Major Columns As Storied Career Continues to Reshape Numismatics

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ..... Quentin David Bowers, better known in numismatic circles as Q. David Bowers and known to his...

The Ancient Celtic Coinage of Britain

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ..... FOR ANCIENT GREEKS and Romans, Britain was a mysterious land at the northern edge of the world. As...

A Showcase of VAM Morgan Dollar Varieties From Heritage Auctions

The latest Showcase auction of US coins from Heritage Auctions focuses on the ever-popular Silver Dollar series, with an offering consisting of VAM die...

Q. David Bowers: Silver Coin Excitement in New Orleans

By Q. David Bowers - Co-Founder, Stack's Bowers ..... On October 29, 1982, a few minutes past noon, pandemonium prevailed in the French Quarter in...

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