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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...
1794 and 1795 Silver Plugged Dollars

U.S. Mint Silver Plug Coins: The 1794 Planchet Problem That Collectors Still Chase

U.S. Mint Silver Plug Coins and the 1794 Planchet Problem In the first years of the United States Mint, quality control did not look modern....
Figure 2. Experimental 1860 thin half eagle produced in response to filling coins with platinum. This pattern is 27 millimeters in diameter, the same diameter as a gold Eagle, but weighs 8.36 grams, identical to a standard half eagle. The pattern is approximately one millimeter thick. This piece is cataloged as Judd 271. (Courtesy HA.com)

Counterfeit Gold Coins Filled With Platinum: Hollow Gold

The Strange Story of The Hollow Gold Scam: Counterfeit Gold Coins Filled Real $10 Eagles With Platinum By Roger W. Burdette - Updated by CoinWeek May 2026 Counterfeit...

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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...

Errors & Varieties

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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The Unorthodox Tetradrachm of Perseus

The Last King of Macedon Before Rome Crushed His Kingdom Original By Tyler Rossi - Updated by CoinWeek Perseus of Macedon ruled at the edge of...

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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...

Paper Money

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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1924 Paris Olympic Gold Medal, First to Carry the Olympic Rings, Heads to Auction

The Gold Medal That Put the Olympic Rings on the Podium Heads to Auction A rare gold winner’s medal from the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics...

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The 1994-W Vietnam Veterans Memorial Silver Dollar: The Coin That Touches the Wall

The U.S. Silver Dollar That Turns Memorial Day Into a Hand on the Vietnam Wall A hand reaches toward black granite. A fingertip rests on a...

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Madison County Coin Club Launches Challenge Coin Honoring Huntsville’s Rocket City Legacy

Huntsville Coin Club Launches a Saturn V Challenge Coin With a Standing Liberty Twist The Madison County Coin Club of Huntsville, Alabama, has released a...

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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1928-D Mercury Dime in PCGS MS-65 FB CAC: A Denver Gem With Full Bands Power

A small silver dime can carry a big story. The 1928-D Mercury Dime does exactly that. Denver struck just 4,161,000 examples that year. As a...

Unique 1830 French 5 Francs Off-Center Error Survived Nearly 200 Years

A Royal French Coin With a Mint Error Twist The Paris Mint struck millions of silver 5 francs coins during the 19th century. Most served...

Unique James Earle Fraser’s 1913 Buffalo nickel Galvano

A rare bronze window into James Earle Fraser’s 1913 Buffalo nickel Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold a remarkable bas-relief bronze galvano of James Earle Fraser’s reverse...

The Only Certified Proof 1828 Capped Bust Half Dollar

A Great Early Half Dollar Rarity An 1828 Capped Bust Half Dollar with extraordinary proof status sold for $192,000 in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ August 2023...

The Unique 1877 Pattern Morgan Half Dollar

Before the Morgan Dollar: The Unique 1877 Half Dollar Pattern A great coin sometimes tells collectors what came next. The 1877 Pattern Morgan Half Dollar,...

CAC Coins Bring Strong Premiums in April 2026 Auctions

CAC-approved and CACG-encapsulated coins performed well in April 2026 public sales. Several coins brought clear premiums over comparable non-CAC examples. In some cases, lower-graded...

Shipwreck Treasure: The Real Story Behind Lost Coins and Sunken Gold

Shipwrecks and buried treasure still fire the imagination. Yet real treasure carries history, legal risk, and ethical responsibility. Lost treasure has always stirred the imagination. Robert...

Five Hidden Treasures in America That May Still Be Waiting to Be Found

Five Lost Treasures Still Waiting Somewhere in America America still has room for mystery. Collectors know that history often hides in plain sight. Sometimes it appears...

Continental Dollar Mystery Heads to Stack’s Bowers Rarities Night

The mystery surrounding the Continental Dollar - the "coin" that may not be a coin. A famous “1776” Continental Dollar will headline the opening stretch...

Original 1836 Gobrecht Silver Dollar Proof-63 CAC Offered by GreatCollections

The Silver Dollar That Restarted America’s Dollar Story GreatCollections will offer an Original 1836 Gobrecht Silver Dollar, Medal Alignment, graded PCGS Proof-63 with a CAC...