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1850-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1850-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Quarter eagle production increased dramatically in the 1850s as a result of the United States Mint receiving large quantities of gold...
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1852-O Liberty Head Double Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   A steady stream of sojourners arrived at California's gold fields in 1852, hoping to claim their share of the new state's...
2019-D Native American Dollar - Mary Golda Ross. Image: U.S. Mint / Adobe Stock / CoinWeek.

2019-D Native American Dollar – Mary Golda Ross : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   2019 was a special year for the United States Mint as it celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11...
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1999-P Proof American Silver Eagle

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1999-P American Silver Eagle Proof was the second-to-last regular Proof issue struck at the Philadelphia Mint before production was moved...
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1936 Mercury Dime Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Following several years of low demand, the United States Mint's practice of striking and offering Proof coins for collectors ended in...

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Pig Money: Authentic Artifacts or Numismatic Nonsense?

By John Thomassen for the American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   As Collections Manager at the American Numismatic Society (ANS), I have been fortunate enough to...

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Five Tips for Selling Coins on eBay

By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek .....   Whether you have a sock drawer full of old coins or sections of a coin collection that you're no...

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Rubik’s Cube 50th Anniversary Celebrated With New Coin

July 13, 2024 is the 50th anniversary of the Rubik's Cube, named after its inventor, Hungarian architecture professor Ernő Rubik. Originally called the “Magic Cube”, Rubik received...

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The Man With the Golden Leg, Pt. 2: A Theft of Gold From the Denver Mint

By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek .....   Part I | Part 2 * * * Who Was Orville Harrington? Born: November 12, 1878 Died: March 30,...

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The Brasher Doubloon Film From a Numismatist’s Perspective

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Brasher Doubloon is a 1947 film based on Raymond Chandler’s 1942 novel The High...

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Designer Profiles: Medal and Coin Artist Alex Shagin

Alex Shagin was born in Russia, near Leningrad, on January 21, 1947. Alexander George Shagin is the only child of George and Ekaterina Shagin....

Ancient Coins: The Yin and Yang of Views on Cultural Property

By Wayne Sayles .....   This week I was treated to a smorgasbord of views on cultural property from members of the archaeological and collecting communities. On...

A Numismatically Significant 1859-D Quarter Eagle

By Doug Winter – RareGoldCoins.com ......   CoinWeek Content Partner ......   I recently bought and sold a seemingly innocuous 1859-D quarter eagle that had a great degree of numismatic significance. Before I explain...

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Collecting Modern Coins

News and Analysis on coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #24 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds The purpose this week is to put...

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Coins Minted After 1934 tend to be Very Common, 1793 to 1933 is the Classic Era – Part 2

News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community, #23-Part2 A continuation of a Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds Usually, this column...

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