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1916-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar - San Francisco Mint

1916 Walking Liberty Half Dollar: The S-Mint Key That Launched a Legend

Three 1916 Walking Liberty Halves Exist. One Mintmark Changes Everything The 1916 Walking Liberty Half Dollar did more than replace an old design. It changed...
1884-CC $10 Liberty Head Eagle PCGS XF-40

1884-CC $10 Gold Eagle: Carson City’s Mystery-Marked Rarity

The Carson City Gold Eagle With Mystery Marks on Liberty’s Neck The 1884-CC $10 gold eagle does not need a stagecoach, a saloon, or a...
1796 Draped Bust Quarter. Browning-2. Rarity-3. Mint State-66 (PCGS).

The First American Quarter: How the 1796 Draped Bust Quarter Beat Jefferson’s Decimal Dream

America’s First Quarter Was Almost Never Meant to Exist Every quarter in America’s pocket has a strange ancestor. It did not begin as the neat product...

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America’s Rarest “What-If” Coins: Proven Strategies for Collecting U.S. Pattern Coinage

United States pattern coins represent ideas that never reached circulation. They show what the U.S. Mint considered, tested, and ultimately rejected. For collectors, that...

Errors & Varieties

1968 No S Roosevelt Dime: The Tiny Proof Set Mistake That Created a Modern Rarity

,A Missing “S” Turned This 1968 Proof Dime Into a $22,800 Modern Rarity In 1968, the United States Mint sought to restore order to American...

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224 Gold Rarities From the Tyrant Collection Bring 1,700 Years of Empire to ANA Pittsburgh

The Tyrant Collection Unleashes 1,700 Years of Empire at ANA Pittsburgh A new chapter of the Tyrant Collection will make its public debut at the...

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Unique Double-Struck 1820 Philippines Octavo: A Tiny Manila Copper With a Big Colonial Story

A Tiny 1820 Manila Copper Coin With a Huge Spanish Colonial Story An 1820 Philippines Octavo should not stop traffic. It measures only about 17...

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1899 Black Eagle Silver Certificate: A Gem Fr. 236 Takes Flight at Stack’s Bowers

The Black Eagle Dollar That Carried Silver,and Survived the Titanic Stack’s Bowers Galleries will offer a high-grade example of one of America’s most famous banknotes...

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World’s Heaviest Silver Coin: Texas Precious Metals Sets Guinness Record With 2,500-Ounce America 250 Coin

This 2,500-Ounce Silver Coin Just Set a Guinness World Record A new Guinness World Records title now belongs to a coin that most collectors could...

Medals & Tokens

The Panama-Pacific International Exposition Award Medal

A Landmark Moment for American Exposition Medals The 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition produced more high-quality numismatic designs than any American exposition before or since. The official...

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U.S. Mint’s Best of the Mint Series Turns to the Rare 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter

The 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter Returns in Gold for America’s 250th The United States Mint will launch the second release in its Best of the...

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ANA Offers Two Hands-On Coin Seminars Before Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money

Counterfeits Are Getting Better. ANA’s Pittsburgh Seminars Show Collectors How to Fight Back The American Numismatic Association will give collectors a head start before the...

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U.S. Mint Brings Morgan, Peace, and Gold Standing Liberty Releases to Summer FUN

U.S. Mint Hits Summer FUN With Morgan, Peace Dollars and a Gold Standing Liberty Set The United States Mint will bring major collector energy to...

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The 1792 Silver Disme: America’s First Dime Almost Vanished Before It Began

The 1792 Silver Disme Is the Dime America Almost Forgot In 1792, the United States did more than launch a Mint. It tried to prove...

1971 “No S” Proof Jefferson Nickel: The Only Missing Mintmark in the Series

The 1971 No S Error - 1,655 examples - Check your Proof Sets! The 1971 “No S” Proof Jefferson Nickel (FS-501) ranks among the most...

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A Tiny 1859 Half Dime Hides One of the Mint’s Quietest Design Experiments The 1859 Liberty Seated Half Dime looks quiet at first glance. It...