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The 1942 Glass Cent Pattern: The WWII Penny That Almost Shattered in America’s Pocket

The WWII Penny Made of Glass: America’s Strangest Cent Pattern In 1942, the United States Mint faced a wartime problem that reached all the way...
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1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar: The Silver Coin That Marked San Francisco’s Comeback

The Half Dollar That Celebrated San Francisco’s Miraculous Comeback On April 18, 1906, San Francisco woke to disaster. A massive earthquake struck before dawn. Then fires...
Mysterious “E”, “L” Counterstamps on Capped Bust Quarters Intrigue Numismatists

Mysterious “E”, “L” Counterstamps on Capped Bust Quarters Intrigue Numismatists

The Tiny “E” and “L” Counterstanps That Turned Two Early U.S. Quarters Into a 140-Year Mystery By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ...... Originally based on reporting...

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Great CAC-pectations: Collecting U.S. Gold Coins by CAC Approval

CAC Gold Coins By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... The Impossible CAC Gold Set? Rare U.S. Gold Coins That Stop Even Elite Collectors A new type...

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The Only U.S. Gold Coin Struck on an Elliptical Planchet

The “Football-Shaped” Gold Eagle: A Unique U.S. Mint Error A unique 2023 $5 Gold Eagle mint error shows how one tiny failure in the blanking...

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Thrymsas: The Tiny Gold Coins That Launched Anglo-Saxon England’s Money

Before Pennies, England Had Thrymsas: Tiny Gold Coins With a Huge Backstory By Mike Markowitz After Rome’s power faded in western Europe, gold still spoke. Small gold...

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Ephraim Brasher Regulated Brazil 1754-B 6400 Reis: EB Mark, ANS Fame, and $168,000 Result

The Ephraim Brasher regulated Brazil 1754-B 6400 Reis ranks among the most important American-related gold coins of the post-Revolutionary era. It began life as...

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An Incredible Revolutionary War Discovery: The $7 Continental Currency Note with Taft Family Provenance

1776 $7 Continental Currency Note With Taft Family Provenance Links America’s Founding War to a Presidential Dynasty A newly certified 1776 $7 Continental Currency note...

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Maryland Restores Gold and Silver Tax Exemption After Dealer Backlash

Coin Dealers Win Stunning Reversal on Gold and Silver Tax By Sound Money Defense League Maryland has reversed one of the most controversial tax changes to...

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Indian Peace Medals: Important and Historic Collectibles

Indian Peace Medals: Russ Augustin Explores Rare U.S. History Video with Russell Augustin   Indian Peace Medals rank among the most historic objects in American numismatics. They...

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The Five Traits Behind Every Great Coin Collection

How to Build the Next Legendary Numismatic Cabinet By John Kraljevich - Rewritten for CoinWeek Great coin collections rarely begin with money alone. They begin with a...

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IAPN Congress in Rome: Coin Dealers Gather Where Ancient Money Once Moved the Empire

Coin Dealers Gather in Rome Where Nero’s Port Once Fed an Empire By Jeff Garrett The 2026 IAPN Congress in Rome gave the rare coin trade something...

Dealers & Industry

Only 7,500: U.S. Mint’s 2026-W Gold Eagle Brings Saint-Gaudens Liberty Into America’s 250th Year

The 7,500-Coin Gold Eagle Bringing Saint-Gaudens Liberty Into 2026 The United States Mint will open sales for one of its most important 2026 American Eagle...

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$20 Million Boston Expo Display Brings PCGS All-Time Finest Walking Liberty Half Dollar Set to Public View

The Finest Walking Liberty Half Dollar Set Ever Ranked by PCGS Heads to Boston Kelleher Auctions will bring a major $20 million collectibles exhibit to...

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Missouri Takes Center Stage at the 87th Anniversary CSNS Convention Coin Show

The Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) will spotlight Missouri during its 87th Anniversary Convention Coin Show, scheduled for April 23–25, 2026. The recognition continues...

World’s First Olympic Medal Heads to Auction at Bruun Rasmussen

UPDATE March 1, 2026: CoinWeek was advised by Bruun Rasmussen that the Price Realized for this amazing 1896 Olympic Metal blew past the estimates...

Mexican Beauty and Revolutionary Turmoil: The Story of the Un Peso Caballito

Mexico’s numismatic history stretches back more than 250 years before the establishment of the United States Mint. As a result, Mexican coinage funded commerce...

Girl on the Silver Dollar – the Merging of Greco-Roman and American Visions of Liberty

By Louis Golino  - Updated and reformatted by CoinWeek Revisiting the Woman Behind the Morgan Dollar Ask most collectors who the model was for the obverse...

CAC Graded Coins Continue to Command Premiums in January 2026 Public Auctions

Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC)–approved and CAC Grading (CACG)–encapsulated coins achieved strong results at public auctions in January 2026. Across multiple firms and series, CAC-approved...

Someone Paid $1.7 Million for This Penny, And It Was a U.S. Mint Mistake

Imagine this: a one-cent coin, the cheapest denomination in U.S. currency, selling for the price of a luxury car. That scenario isn’t a fantasy....

Remembering Phil Skingley, our Colleague, Director, and Friend.

I write with great sadness to share the news of Phil Skingley’s death. Phil served as a director of Coincraft and was a longtime...

1847-O Liberty Head Quarter Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By CoinWeek Notes ..... Liberty Head Quarter Eagles were struck at all four mints in 1847. The New Orleans Mint struck the most, more than...

Metal Prices and International Coins Take Center Stage at Major Winter Coin Shows

From Florida to New York City and then across the Atlantic to Berlin, the global numismatic calendar opened 2026 at full speed. Over several...

Stack’s Bowers Bidders Shatter Records at James A. Stack, Sr. Part II Sale

Rare Gold Coins Drive More Than $13 Million on February 3 Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Part II offering of the James A. Stack, Sr. Collection, conducted...