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1889-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-63 (PCGS). CAC. CMQ.

1889-CC Morgan Dollar: The King of Carson City Returns in CAC-Approved MS-63

Only 350,000 Were Made: This CAC 1889-CC Morgan Dollar Is a Carson City Legend Some Morgan dollars owe their fame to tiny mintages. Others owe...
2025-W 24 Karat Gold Sacagawea Dollar. Image: United States Mint / CoinWeek.

The Incredible 2000 Sacagawea Dollars

By Jeff Garret Want to collect this series? Start with the remarkable group of inaugural 2000 issues and decide how far your budget can take you. The...
1936 Norfolk, Virginia, Bicentennial Half Dollar NGC MS-65 (CAC Gold) OH (Vintage Black NGC Old Holder)

A Norfolk Rarity at the Crossroads of History, Grading, and Condition

1936 Norfolk, Virginia, Bicentennial Half Dollar NGC MS-65 with a CAC Gold sticker on a Vintage Black NGC Holder When a classic U.S. commemorative coin appears...

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Top 10 U.S. Coins That Tell the Story of America

Coins are more than metal, they’re artifacts of the nation's history. Each design reveals something about America’s identity, values, economic challenges, and changing societal...

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The Gold Quarter That Shouldn’t Exist: 1970-S Proof Error Heads to Auction

Gold Washington Quarter Mint Error - Struck Over an 1898 $5 Gold Coin Author’s Note: Mint Error News featured this extraordinary gold quarter on the...

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Ancient Coins

Big Beard: The Coinage of Constans II

The Byzantine Emperor Whose Beard Grew Across His Coins “As presented to us by the scanty records of his time, the man we are led...

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The Last Duke’s Silver Coin: Peter Biron and the 1780 Courland Thaler

The Last Duke’s Silver Coin Before Russia Took Courland By Lev Moiseev - Updated 8-12-26 A Small Baltic Duchy With an Outsized Story In the middle of...

Paper Money

Only 35 Known: The 1890 $100 ‘Watermelon’ Note Returns to Auction

America’s Legendary $100 “Watermelon” Note Some great American currency earned fame through artistry. Other notes became famous through rarity. The 1890 $100 Watermelon Treasury Note...

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CoinWeek Bullion Report: Gold Breaks $4,300 as Central Banks Buy and Hormuz Keeps Markets Guessing

Gold has rediscovered its momentum. However, the reason tells a bigger story than another week of rising bullion prices. Gold jumped more than 7% last...

Medals & Tokens

2026 Freedom 250 Race Medal: U.S. Mint’s IndyCar First

U.S. Mint Puts Washington’s First IndyCar Race on a Half Dollar Planchet For one weekend in August, Indy cars will thunder past the monuments of...

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Morgan and Peace Dollars Get a 250th-Anniversary Makeover: Enhanced Uncirculated Coins Launch August 25

Two of America’s most celebrated silver dollar designs return on August 25 with a distinctly 2026 twist. The 2026 Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars Enhanced...

Clubs & Orgs

Anthony Terranova Earns ANA’s Highest Honor as Eliasberg, Green Enter Numismatic Hall of Fame

The American Numismatic Association will honor three major figures in American numismatics during the 2026 World’s Fair of Money in Pittsburgh. Renowned early American coin...

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A Lifetime of Numismatic Rarities: Loring-Levin Collection Heads to Heritage’s 2027 FUN Auction

1792 Birch Cent, 1854-S Gold Headline the Loring-Levin Collection at Heritage FUN 2027 A collecting partnership that reaches deep into the history of American numismatics...

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11 Legendary 1933 Double Eagles Headline $100 Million Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money

Eleven of America’s most notorious gold coins will come together in public for the first time this month. The United States Mint will bring all...

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The Empress Who Rejected Her Own Portrait: The Legendary 1757 Dassier Rouble

Elizabeth Hated This 1757 Rouble Portrait. Collectors Now Call It a Masterpiece For a brief moment in 1757, one of Europe’s greatest medallists transformed the...

Gold CAC 1796 Quarter Emerges as a Landmark Mint State Rarity

 The Only Gold CAC Mint State 1796 Quarter Heads to Auction A remarkable 1796 Draped Bust Quarter will offer collectors a rare combination of history,...

ANA Honors Three Numismatic Leaders Who Are Shaping the Future of Coin Collecting

Three Numismatic Powerhouses Will Receive Major ANA Awards in Pittsburgh The American Numismatic Association will honor three influential hobby leaders during the 2026 World’s Fair...

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The World’s Most Spectacular Mint Errors Are Now Free to Explore Won NLG Award for Best World Coin Book Mike Byers’ landmark reference brings the world’s...

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America’s Most Famous Barber Half Dollar Variety The 1892-O Barber Half Dollar, Micro O stands at the very top of the Barber half dollar series....

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With Permission By Russell A. Augustin In the long history of ancient coinage, innovation usually followed power. Greek city-states expressed civic identity through coin designs,...

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The 1943-S Quarter That Turned a Tiny Minting Slip Into an $18,800 Rarity Millions of Washington Quarters poured from the San Francisco Mint in 1943....

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Walking Liberty Returns in Gold for a Landmark 2026 Best of the Mint Set

America’s Walking Liberty Returns in Gold for a Spectacular 2026 U.S. Mint Release One of America’s greatest coin designs will take another historic step in...

1872 Two-Cent Piece: Born in War, Killed by Peace

Why the 1872 Two-Cent Piece Became a Legendary Rarity The 1872 Two-Cent Piece did more than close a short-lived coin series. It marked the final...