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Classic Head Quarter Eagle, 1834-1839 | CoinWeek

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   While the United States Mint had produced gold coins since 1795, few gold coins of...
1865 Two-Cent Piece. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1865 Two-Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... First struck in 1864 in an attempt to solve the nationwide coin shortage, caused by the onset of the U.S. Civil...
1846 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Image: Heritage Auctions.

1846 Liberty Seated Half Dime : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Philadelphia Mint deployed one set of dies to produce the entire business strike mintage of 27,000 1846 Liberty Seated Half...
A Mint State 1925 Lincoln Cent

1925 Lincoln Cent : History and Value | CoinWeek

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   In 1925, the United States Mint struck a total combined mintage of 188,909,000 Lincoln Cents across all three facilities. Of this,...
1909-S V.D.B. Lincoln Cent. Image: Heritage Auctions (visit www.ha.com).

1909-S V.D.B. Lincoln Wheat Cent : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Philadelphia Mint had been solely responsible for producing minor coins since the first half cents and large cents rolled off the...

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By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little...

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Roman Household Gods on Coins

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Shipping and Receiving Rare Coins: Jeff Garrett

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By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ......   The internet has vastly expanded the reach and scope of the rare coin business. You can...

Modern Quarters Worth Money

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New Book Published on Fascinating Naseby Cup and the Coins It Contains

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The Naseby Cup is an elaborately crafted silver drinking vessel that stands over two feet tall and is decorated with rare coins and medals...

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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...

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Medal Alignment – One Way to Orient Obverse and Reverse

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   (n.) To say that a numismatic object--specifically a round object made of metal with designs engraved...

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Shield Nickel, With Rays (1866-1867) : A Collector’s Guide

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Introduced following the end of the Civil War, the Shield nickel was the nation's first five-cent piece with nickel metal content. The coin was...
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Condition Rarity – When to Look for It, When to Be Leery of It

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(n.) The term condition rarity can refer to two things: ) A coin that is considered rare because of its exceptional state of preservation. This...
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Sacagawea Dollar, 2000-Present : A Collector’s Guide

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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Sacagawea Dollar Follows More Than Two Centuries of Dollar Coin Flops Over the course of...
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MS64 : The In-Between Grade

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MS64 is an in-between grade that splits the difference between MS63 (Choice) and MS65 (Gem). On January 1, 1986, NCI (Numismatic Certification Institute), a Dallas,...
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Selvage – A US Paper Money Security Feature

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(n.) The term selvage refers to the extra paper around the edge of paper money before it is cut – sometimes used as a security...
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Terminal Point and How It Impacts Certified Coins

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(n.) The "terminal point" is the highest possible grade where the cost of submitting a coin to a third-party grading service is still higher than...
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Spurious Set – Collecting Coins by Theme

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(n.) As used by coin writer Susan Headley, a spurious set is any set of coins that lack a true relationship to each other except...
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Guilloché – The Intricate Web Pattern on Paper Money

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(n.) Guilloché (pronounced “GEE-uh-shay” with a hard g) is a word borrowed from the fields of jewelry and metalworking that is frequently encountered when dealing...
Medals and Tokens

Love Tokens Were Once Popular Valentine’s Day Gifts

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By CoinWeek .....   Love tokens are a class of numismatic collectible, where one or sometimes both sides of a coin have been smoothed down and...
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1838-O Capped Bust Half Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

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The 1838-O Capped Bust Half Dollar is one of the greatest rarities in all of American coinage. Its origins are enigmatic. Ranked in the...
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