US Coins

1849 $10 Mormon Gold

Dated 1849, Struck in 1848: The Mormon $10 Gold Coin That Nearly Disappeared

Only 46 Were Struck. Now One of the Finest Survivors Has a $2 Million Estimate and a Legendary Pedigree. The date says 1849. The mint...
1917 Standing Liberty Quarter Type One and Type Two Designs - Photos by Heritage Auctions

The 1917 Quarter America Redesigned as It Entered World War I

Why Did the U.S. Mint Cover Liberty's Breast on the 1917 Quarter? The 1917 Standing Liberty Quarter Type 1 holds one of the most intriguing...
The Panic of 1873 and the 1877 Indian Head Cent

The Penny America Didn’t Need: How the 1877 Indian Head Cent Became a $340,875...

America Had Millions of Unwanted Pennies. Then Came the Legendary 1877 Indian Head Cent In November 2023, a small bronze penny crossed the GreatCollections auction...

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Collecting Strategies

Rare Coins Worth Money You Can Find in Pocket Change

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... What to Look for in Pocket Change and While Coin Roll Hunting Coin collectors often start with the simplest source...

Errors & Varieties

Check Your Mint Bags! Three Trump Dollar Missing-Clad-Layer Errors Now Reported

The Trump Dollar Error Hunt Is On: How Many More Are Hiding in Mint Bags? Two additional discoveries turn a rare Trump dollar mint error...

Ancient Coins

Ancient Caria: Where Empires Collided and Greek Cities Minted Their Own Identity

By Steve Benner for CoinWeek Gods, Empires, and a Boy's Tragic Dolphin: The Extraordinary Coins of Ancient Caria From tiny silver fractions to magnificent tetradrachms, the...

World Coins

Harold I Harefoot’s Silver Penny

An Affordable Rarity from England’s Most Uncertain Throne In the crowded landscape of medieval English coinage, few pieces balance historical importance, rarity, and accessibility as...

Paper Money

Five Dramatic Paper Money Errors You Can Find in Circulation

By CoinWeek IQ Paper money may look uniform and precise, but every note begins life as a physical object moving through massive, high-speed printing presses....

R and I Coins

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Bullion

South Africa 2017 Silver Krugerrand : A Collector’s Guide

The 2017 Silver Krugerrand: How a Bullion Icon Entered a New Era By CoinWeek IQ In 2017, the South African Mint marked a milestone that few...

Medals & Tokens

209 Rare Treasures From the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair Head to Heritage Auctions

209 Treasures From the 1893 Chicago World's Fair Emerge From a 15-Year Collection More than 130 years after Chicago dazzled the world with its magnificent...

News and More

2026 Gettysburg Address Quarter Brings Lincoln’s Historic Words to America’s Pocket Change

From Gettysburg to Your Pocket: Lincoln's Historic Speech Inspires Final 2026 Quarter A speech that lasted barely two minutes has found a new home in...

Clubs & Orgs

The Artist Who Helped Shape Latvia’s Coins and the Historian Who Brings the Past to Life Earn ANA Awards

From Latvia's Coins to Forgotten Archives: Two Remarkable Careers Earn ANA's Awards Coins preserve history in ways that few other objects can. Their designs reflect...

Dealers & Industry

America at 250 in 10 Coins: Why the 2026 U.S. Mint Proof Set Is a Landmark Issue. On sale Oct 6th !

PlusThe cent is gone from circulation, so why is there a brand-new 2026-S Proof cent? The United States Mint will release a Proof Set on...

Coin Shows

Five 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Worth $7 Million Headline GACC Show

Five Legendary 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Bring a $7 Million Story to Rosemont For one year, the United States Mint struggled to turn Augustus Saint-Gaudens’...

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Recent News & Articles

2026 Morgan and Peace Reverse Proof Dollars Bring 1921’s Famous Silver Dollar Handoff Into America’s 250th Year

Two Classic Silver Dollars Return With a 250th Anniversary Twist The United States Mint will release the 2026 Morgan Silver Dollar Reverse Proof Coin and...

Celestial Twins on Ancient Coins: Castor, Pollux, and the Power of the Dioscuri

Dioscuri Ancient Coins: Castor and Pollux Shine Across Greek and Roman Coinage By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek Ancient coins carried stories. They also carried power. Few ancient...

2026 U.S. Mint Uncirculated Coin Set: The Only Uncirculated Lincoln Cents of America’s 250th Anniversary

The 2026 Mint Set Has a Sleeper: The Lincoln Cent No Longer Made for Circulation The 2026 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set arrives with...

1876-CC Twenty-Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide

The Carson City Coin That Almost Disappeared: The 1876-CC Twenty-Cent Piece By CoinWeek Notes The 1876-CC Liberty Seated Twenty-Cent Piece ranks among the great rarities of...

Atlas Numismatics Adds 606 Fixed-Price Coins, Medals, and Tokens

Atlas Numismatics’ New List Features a $79,500 Tudor Gold Rarity Atlas Numismatics has announced its latest fixed-price inventory update. The new release adds 606 coins,...

1927 Vermont Half Dollar: A Near-Perfect Wildcat Heads to Stack’s Bowers

A Wildcat, a Forgotten Battle, and a Near-Perfect Vermont Half Dollar A superb 1927 Vermont Sesquicentennial Half Dollar graded MS-67+ by PCGS, with CAC approval...

1943/2-S Lincoln Cent: The Wartime Overdate No One Saw for 79 Years

The ONLY overdate in the entire 110+ year history of the Lincoln Cent series A 1943/2-S Lincoln Cent certified MS-67 by PCGS crossed the block...

Peace Dollars: The Underrated Silver Dollar Series Collectors Should Reconsider

The Silver Peace Dollars Series Hiding in Morgan’s Shadow Although Peace Dollars are popular, Morgan Silver Dollars dominate the U.S. silver dollar market. Collectors love...

The 13 Rare Lincoln Cent Double Dies that Collectors Chase

A Chronology of the Lincoln Cent Double Dies Lincoln cents look familiar. That makes them powerful. Collectors know the design. Families have jars full of them....

Unique 1937 George VI Florin Die Trial Reveals Edward VIII Coinage Connection

The Coin That Never Was: Unique 1937 Florin Die Trial Tells the Edward VIII Story A remarkable Royal Mint artifact captures one of the most...