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1838-O Capped Bust Half Dollar. Reeded Edge. HALF DOL. Specimen-63 (PCGS). CAC.

1838-O Half Dollar: The New Orleans Mint Mystery Behind One of America’s Great Silver...

The 1838-O half dollar occupies a rare place in American numismatics. It is not merely scarce. It is legendary. This Capped Bust half dollar links...

1974 Aluminum Cent: The U.S. Mint’s Bold Penny Experiment, the Auction That Collapsed, and...

The 1974 Aluminum Cent Almost Reached Auction. Then the U.S. Mint Took It Back. The 1974 aluminum cent ranks among the most famous “coins that...
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2021-P Washington Crossing the Delaware Quarter : A Collector’s Guide

2021-P Washington Crossing the Delaware Quarter Value, Mintage, and Design Guide By CoinWeek Notes The 2021-P Washington Crossing the Delaware Quarter holds a unique place in...

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Collecting Startegies: Selling Coins by Private Treaty

Not all coins need to be sold through an auction house; a private sale can be fruitful By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC)...

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1937-D “3-Legged” Buffalo Nickel : A Collector’s Guide

1937-D 3-Legged Buffalo Nickel: Value, History, and the $84,000 Stack’s Bowers Specimen By CoinWeek Notes The 1937-D 3-Legged Buffalo Nickel ranks among the most famous modern...

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Ancient Greek Coins – The Mythology of Ajax the Lesser

The Colosseo Collection Ancient Greek Coins - By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC Opus stood as a small, infertile territory on the coast of...

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1869 $10 Legal Tender Note: The Rainbow Jackass Note

Few pieces of American paper money command attention like the 1869 $10 Legal Tender Note. Standard catalogs list the type as Fr. 96 and...

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Coin Striking Process: How Design, Metal, and Pressure Shape Modern Bullion

By Alex Sim  – First Mint LLC A great bullion coin looks effortless. Light moves across the fields. Frost catches the eye. Lettering stays sharp. Relief feels...

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Jeffrey Briggs Wins MEDALS250 Competition with Striking Young Benjamin Franklin Medal

The results are in, and the margin was razor-thin. Collectors and readers of CoinWeek and other leading numismatic publications have selected Jeffrey Briggs as the...

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Truncation – How Portraits Fit on Coins

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... (n.) Truncation on coins can refer to the following things: 1.) The shortened part of a more complete object, such as a bust....

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Donald Kagin Wins PNG’s Top Award as $1 Million Banknote Recovery Takes Center Stage

The Professional Numismatists Guild has selected Donald Kagin, Ph.D., for its 2026 Abe Kosoff Founders Award, the organization’s highest honor. PNG announced the award...

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Only 1,004 Packs: UltraBreaks Sets April 30 Debut for NFL Super Bowl Series

UltraBreaks and Celebrity Mint will launch the UltraBreaks NFL Super Bowl Series on April 30. UltraBreaks says the release is fully licensed through the...

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Sedwick Auction 39 Delivers Rare Gold Cobs, Shipwreck Treasure, and Landmark Collections

Collectors have a major opportunity ahead. Sedwick’s Auction 39 brings together rare gold cobs, historic shipwreck treasure, and elite collections from across the numismatic...

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Wrestlers on Ancient Coins

Is Thisby Mike Markowitz Ancient Greeks loved wrestling . Cities celebrated champion wrestlers as hometown heroes. They raised statues in their honor. Even today, modern...

The Unique Nürnberg “1700” Gold Piefort That Recasts a Famous Paschal Lamb Series

By Mike Byers - MintErrorNews ....... Unique Gold Piefort -Nürnberg "1700" 2 Ducats Collectors know Nürnberg’s 1700-dated Paschal Lamb gold as one of the classic trophy...

Goloid Dollars: America’s Electrum Coinage

By Jesse Kraft for American Numismatic Society (ANS) .....Updated and reformatted by CoinWeek Goloid Dollars, the “Crime of ’73,” and America’s Silver Crisis Few moments in...

Atlas Numismatics Drops 589 New Rarities – Ancient Masterpieces, Gold Ducats, and Museum-Level Coins Hit Market

Atlas Numismatics has released a major new fixed-price list. In total, 589 coins, medals, and tokens are now available through its website. The selection...

Sedwick Auction 39 Delivers Rare Gold Cobs, Shipwreck Treasure, and Landmark Collections

Collectors have a major opportunity ahead. Sedwick’s Auction 39 brings together rare gold cobs, historic shipwreck treasure, and elite collections from across the numismatic...

1793 Chain Cent: America’s First Federal Cent and the Story Behind Its Varieties

By CoinWeek Notes The 1793 Chain Cent stands at the start of federal coinage. The United States Mint delivered the first 11,178 copper cents on...

Stack’s Bowers Spring 2026 Showcase Auction Smashes Records Across U.S. Coinage

Stack’s Bowers Galleries delivered a powerful result in its Spring 2026 Showcase Auction, reinforcing the strength of the high-end rare coin market. The Costa...

Collecting US Pattern Coinage

U.S. Pattern Coinage: Inside America’s Rarest “What-If” Coins From the 1792 Half Disme to the Bob R. Simpson cabinet, U.S. Pattern coins tell the story...

Gene Cernan’s Moon-Flown $2 Bill Heads to RR Auction

Most $2 bills move from one wallet to another. This one traveled through the Space Race. RR Auction now offers Gene Cernan’s Series 1953 $2...

1864 Two-Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide | CoinWeek

By CoinWeek Notes ..... The Birth of the Two-Cent Piece in 1864 In 1864, Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1864 and introduced a brand-new denomination:...