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A 1961 Franklin Half Dollar Variety Sold for $46,125, Here’s What to Look For

1961 Franklin Half Dollar Doubled Die Reverse: FS-801 Guide Millions of Proof Franklin half dollars left the Philadelphia Mint in 1961. Most remain affordable today. However,...
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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...

From Therapy Dogs to K-9 Heroes: U.S. Mint Unveils 2027 Working Dogs Coins

See the U.S. Mint’s New 2027 Working Dogs Coins The United States Mint has revealed the six designs that will appear on one of its...

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By CoinWeek ..... Collectors often feel overwhelmed when they first enter the hobby. There is a lot of information about coin values. However, many beginners...

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The Odyssey on Ancient Coins: Homer’s Epic Struck in Metal

Before Hollywood, The Odyssey Was Struck on Ancient Coins By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek Tell me about a complicated man Muse, tell me how he wandered...

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Rare 1971 Malaysia 50 Sen Mint Tool Discovery Reveals How Edge Lettering Was Made

A 3.9-Pound Steel Mint Tool Reveals the Hidden Story of Malaysia’s 1971 50 Sen Most collectors know what appears on the face of a coin....

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1899 $5 Silver Certificate: The Real Story of Running Antelope

The U.S. Put Running Antelope on a $5 Bill, Then Changed His Headdress On the eve of the 20th century, the United States placed a...

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Bullion Report: China’s Gold Buying Surges as Silver Battles $60

China Is Buying Gold at a Stunning Pace and Now Silver Faces a $60 Test Gold suffered a sharp selloff Monday. Yet one of the...

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1837 Feuchtwanger Cent: The Tiny Token That Almost Changed U.S. Coinage

The Dime-Sized 1837 Token That Almost Replaced America’s Copper Cent In 1837, Americans needed small change. They also needed confidence. The Panic of 1837 shook banks,...

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Gold From “America’s Titanic”: A 1836 Half Eagle Lost at Sea in 1838

Gold From a 45-Minute Disaster: The 1836 Half Eagle of the S.B. Pulaski An 1836 Classic Head Half Eagle recovered from the S.B. Pulaski carries...

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ANA Raises Membership Dues November 1 as Collector Costs Climb

ANA Membership Costs Rise November 1. Here’s What Coin Collectors Will Pay The American Numismatic Association will raise membership dues on November 1, 2026, as...

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John Albanese Signs 20,000 CACG Labels to Raise Six Figures for Numismatic Charities

John Albanese Is Signing 20,000 CACG Labels and Says He’ll Never Do It Again A new CAC Grading initiative will turn 20,000 hand-signed certification labels...

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Five 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Worth $7 Million Headline GACC Show

Five Legendary 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Bring a $7 Million Story to Rosemont For one year, the United States Mint struggled to turn Augustus Saint-Gaudens’...

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Found in a Tube of Ordinary Ikes: $264,000 Eisenhower Prototype Returns to Auction

1971-S Eisenhower Dollar Prototype In 2008, collector Lee C. Lydston looked through a tube of ordinary 40% silver Eisenhower Dollars at the Long Beach Coin...

The $5,000 Bill That Nearly Vanished: One of Two Known 1928 Kansas City Notes Heads to GreatCollections

This $5,000 Bill Nearly Vanished. One of Two Known Kansas City Notes Heads to Auction Most Americans have never seen a genuine $5,000 bill. Even...

Royal Gold Rarity Leads Atlas Numismatics’ New Fixed-Price List

104-Gram Royal Gold Rarity With Kaiser Wilhelm Provenance Headlines New Atlas List A massive 104-gram gold royal wedding medal with an Imperial German pedigree leads...

One War Nickel, Two Mint Mistakes: 1945-P FS-801 Doubled Die Survives With a Curved Clip

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The Lincoln Cents’s Final Chapter? House Passes Bill That Could Permanently End America’s One-Cent Coin

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The Rebel Gold Dollar: How the Confederacy Struck America’s 1861-D $1 Coin

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The Lincoln Cent Nobody Saved And Why the 1914-D Became the True Mint State Key

Collectors Saved the 1909-S VDB. They Spent the Lincoln Cent That's Rarer in Mint State One Lincoln cent became famous almost the moment it appeared. The...

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