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1958-D Lincoln Wheat Cent : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Last Lincoln Wheat Cent The 1958 Lincoln Cent and 1958-D Lincoln Wheat Cent were the last regular issues to feature...
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2012-D Acadia National Park Quarter : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 2012-D Acadia National Park Quarter was the third America the Beautiful (ATB) quarter design released in the program's third year...
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1991-S Proof American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Collector demand for the 1991-S Proof American Silver Eagle was down 26% from the year before, even as the United States...
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Liberty Head Half Eagle, No Motto (1839-1866) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... In the late 1830s, United States Mint Director Robert M. Patterson had Engraver Christian Gobrecht update...
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2024 American Eagle Gold Proof Coins Available May 2

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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Bill Introduced to Facilitate Lawful Trade of Ancient Coins

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...

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Modern Quarters Worth Money

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

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Ten Powerful and Beautiful Women on Coins

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

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

(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...

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Precious Metals Dealers Charged in $7 Million Retirement Account Fraud

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ...... The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on Tuesday, September 26, that it has filed a complaint in the...

What Does MS64 Mean When Grading Coins?

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ...... There’s no question that grade matters in coin collecting. When it comes to grading, the Sheldon Scale rules, with...

What Gives a Coin the “Wow” Factor?

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner At shows or while viewing auctions, I look at a lot of coins. Most leave no impression,...

Physical Bitcoin Sales Pass $4 Million at Stack’s Bowers Auction

The August 2023 Stack’s Bowers sale of Physical Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency attained a record total of $730,624 USD--up more than 30% over their offering...

Charles and Hubert Take the U.S. Mint’s 250th Anniversary Survey

Charles: Here we go. Mary Lanin, formerly of the CCAC , had high hopes for this 2026 program when we last spoke on the...

Coins Stashed in Garage Top $987,000 at Heritage Auction

Fresh-to-the market coins that had been stored in a Boston garage for decades brought the results of Heritage’s The Boston Collection US Coins Showcase...

ANA Library Receives Copy of 1st Edition of Van Loon Medal Book

The American Numismatic Association (ANA) Dwight N. Manley Library is perhaps the largest numismatic lending library in the world, possessing more than 128,000 books...

Royal Mint Releases 1st 2024 Britannia Bullion Coins

The Royal Mint of the United Kingdom has launched both the gold and 1oz silver 2024 Britannia bullion coins, both of which feature the...

1841 Proof Braided Hair Half Cent Offered by GreatCollections

As part of their October 8 online auction of classic and rare U.S. coins, GreatCollections is offering an original 1841 Braided Hair half cent...

Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Silver Medal Available Oct. 2

The United States Mint Presidential Silver Medal featuring 18th president Ulysses S. Grant (in office 1869-77) will be available at noon Eastern on October...

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