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2024 American Eagle Gold Proof Coins Available May 2

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By CoinWeek ....   Product options for the 2024 American Gold Eagle Proof coin (collectible versions of the annual bullion coin) will be available for purchase...
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Big Things Happened at the United States Mint in May

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By CoinWeek .....   Summer gets underway in May and for some Americans, this is a period of rest and relaxation. Not so for the United States...
1839 Liberty Head Half Eagle Proof. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

1839 Liberty Head Half Eagle Proof : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Proof coinage of the gold $5 half eagle denomination is reported in very low numbers...
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1839 Liberty Head Half Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan, Hubert Walker, and Russell Augustin for CoinWeek Notes ..... Christian Gobrecht's Liberty Head design for the half eagle replaced the William Kneass...
1852 Liberty Head Double Eagle. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

Liberty Head Double Eagle, Without Motto (1850-1866) | CoinWeek

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... In the 1830s, minor gold rushes in the Southeast spurred the private coinage of the Bechtler...

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Bill Introduced to Facilitate Lawful Trade of Ancient Coins

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On April 2, 2024, United States Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-TX24), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced a technical correction...

Roman Household Gods on Coins

First Read: 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, Third Edition

Coins of Justinian the Great

Jesus Christ on Ancient Coins

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Modern Quarters Worth Money

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By CoinWeek .... Have you ever looked through your change, wondering if any of the coins you have might be valuable? Some of them are....

Some Practical Coin Grading Concepts for the Average Collector

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Why Bullion Investors Often Transition Into Being Coin Collectors

Budget Coin Collecting: How to Raise Money to Buy Better Coins

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Ten Powerful and Beautiful Women on Coins

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By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   Janina Żółtowska The first woman on this list, depicted on the Polish 2, 5, and 10 Zlote coins between 1932...

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Costco Gold Bars Earn Almost 25% Return for Early Buyers

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By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   Since the summer of 2023, Costco has offered its members 24-carat, .9999 fine PAMP Suisse 1oz gold bars, both...

10 Things to Ask Before Buying Physical Gold, Silver, or Other Metals

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Medal Alignment – One Way to Orient Obverse and Reverse

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(n.) To say that a numismatic object--specifically a round object made of metal with designs engraved on two faces--is in medal alignment means that the...

The Sheldon Scale – How Coins Are Graded

Kernel – Inner Disc of a Bimetallic Coin

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Challenge Coin: What Are These Colorful Mementos?

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A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion issued by any number of public or private organizations but most frequently associated with branches...
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Naufraga Reperta: Shipwreck Medals in the 17th Century

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By Peter van Alfen for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   As long as there have been shipwrecks, there have been attempts to salvage the cargo...
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Stack’s Bowers 2024 NYINC Auction Results Show Strength

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By CoinWeek .....   Held from January 12-18, Stack's Bowers Galleries' ancient and world coin and world currency auction at the 2024 New York International Numismatic...
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Edward Dean Adams – Coin Collector

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Coin Collector, Businessman, Banker. Born April 9, 1846, in Boston, Massachusetts. Died May 20, 1931. Education: Norwich University (Bachelor of Science, 1864); Massachusetts Institute...
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Azure : A Heraldic Term Used on Coins

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(n.) In heraldry, azure is the color blue. It is typically (but not always) a deeper shade of blue based on the precious stone lapis...
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Unsearched Roll : What It Does and Doesn’t Mean

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An unsearched roll is a roll of coins that has not been sorted through or cherrypicked by a collector looking to remove rare dates...
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2018-D Kennedy Half Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

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The 2018-P and 2018-D Kennedy half dollars were struck in an Uncirculated finish and sold directly to collectors through the United States Mint's website...
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War Nickel : How to Identify These Valuable Nickels

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Sometimes referred to as “War Silver”, “Warnicks”, or “Wartime Silver”, the term "War Nickel" refers to the Jefferson five-cent coin produced from 1942 to...
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Big Things Happened at the United States Mint in February

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By CoinWeek .....   February may be the shortest month in the calendar year, but it has traditionally been a very busy month for the United...
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1927-D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle: A Collector’s Guide

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Nearly every 1927-D Saint-Gaudens $20 double eagle gold coin was destroyed after the gold recall of 1933. The National Numismatic Collection has three. Most...
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