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1958-D Lincoln Cent. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1958-D Lincoln Wheat Cent : A Collector’s Guide

US Coins CoinWeek Notes - May 1, 2024

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Lincoln Wheat Cent was set to enter its 50th year of production in 1959. The date marked the sesquicentennial of...

2012-D Acadia National Park Quarter. Image: United States Mint / Adobe Stock.

2012-D Acadia National Park Quarter : A Collector’s Guide

US Coins CoinWeek Notes - May 1, 2024

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...

1991-S American Silver Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers / Adobe Stock.

1991-S Proof American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

US Coins CoinWeek Notes - May 1, 2024

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...

1843-O Liberty Head Half Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers / Adobe Stock.

Liberty Head Half Eagle, No Motto (1839-1866) | CoinWeek

US Coins CoinWeek Notes - May 1, 2024

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

US Coins CoinWeek - May 1, 2024

By CoinWeek .... Product options for the 2024 American Gold Eagle Proof coin (collectible versions of the annual bullion coin) will be available for purchase...

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Two rare date Carson City Mint coins on offer by DLRC.

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Rare and Key Date Carson City Coins in DLRC Online Auctions

DLRC - May 1, 2024

5-pound gold bar from the Nuestra Señora de Atocha. Image: Sedwick / CoinWeek.

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Gold Bar From Famous Shipwreck in May Sedwick Auction

Daniel Frank Sedwick - May 1, 2024

2022 Tiffany Gold Medal. Image: GreatCollections.

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1st PCGS-Certified Gold TiffCoin by Tiffany & Co. in GreatCollections...

GreatCollections - April 29, 2024

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Bill Introduced to Facilitate Lawful Trade of Ancient Coins

Ancient Coin Collectors Guild - April 30, 2024

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...

Roman Household Gods on Coins

April 24, 2024

First Read: 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, Third Edition

April 15, 2024

Coins of Justinian the Great

April 9, 2024

Jesus Christ on Ancient Coins

March 29, 2024

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Modern Quarters Worth Money

CoinWeek - March 19, 2024

By CoinWeek .... Have you ever looked through your change, wondering if any of the coins you have might be valuable? Some of them are....

Some Practical Coin Grading Concepts for the Average Collector

January 29, 2024

Ten Affordable Coins and Banknotes From Around the World

January 20, 2024

Why Bullion Investors Often Transition Into Being Coin Collectors

January 20, 2024

Budget Coin Collecting: How to Raise Money to Buy Better Coins

January 19, 2024

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World Coins

Ten Powerful and Beautiful Women on Coins

Tyler Rossi - April 17, 2024

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...

10 Unusual World and U.S. Coins and Patterns

March 26, 2024

Monnaie de Paris Destroys 27 Million Coins in Design Snafu

January 15, 2024

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Costco Gold Bars Earn Almost 25% Return for Early Buyers

Hubert Walker - April 11, 2024

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...

10 Things to Ask Before Buying Physical Gold, Silver, or Other Metals

March 21, 2024

The National Gold Bullion Depository at Fort Knox

February 26, 2024

Numismatic Terms

Medal Alignment – One Way to Orient Obverse and Reverse

CoinWeek Notes - April 30, 2024

(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...

The Sheldon Scale – How Coins Are Graded

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Kernel – Inner Disc of a Bimetallic Coin

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US Coins

1937 Washington Quarter Proof : A Collector’s Guide

CoinWeek Notes - February 28, 2024

Intended to be a circulating commemorative coin honoring the bicentennial of the birth of America’s first president, the Washington quarter as originally designed was...

US Coins

First 2026 Semiquincentennial Coin Design Candidates for Lincoln Cent, Jefferson Nickel

CoinWeek - February 28, 2024

By CoinWeek .... At the February 15, 2024 meeting of the United States Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), Semiquincentennial coin design candidates for the 2026...

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Rare Gold Coin From the Famous Trompeter Collection to Sell

CoinWeek - February 28, 2024

By CoinWeek .... GreatCollections is currently offering an 1862 Liberty Head $5 Half Eagle gold coin graded Proof-65+ DCAM by CACG. Why Is This Gold Coin...

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1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle High Relief Wire Rim

CoinWeek Notes - February 28, 2024

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Mint Director Leach Key to Development of Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Frank A. Leach was superintendent of...

Paper Money

China’s Two Wars Created Important Banknote Rarities

Dr. Richard S. Appel - February 28, 2024

By Dr. Richard S. Appel - UniqueRareCoins.com ...... China’s two overlapping bloody wars had a devastating impact on its citizens. They generated the overthrow of...

US Coins

1990-P Eisenhower Centennial Dollar Proof : A Collector’s Guide

CoinWeek Notes - February 27, 2024

The 1990 Eisenhower Centennial commemorative silver dollar is the second United States coin struck to honor the 34th President of the United States, the...

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2016-P Shawnee National Forest Quarter : A Collector’s Guide

CoinWeek Notes - February 27, 2024

The America the Beautiful Quarters Program debuted on the heels of the 50 State Quarters Program and its adjunct District of Columbia and Territories...

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