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1916 Mercury 10c - CAC MS67+FB

1916 Mercury Dime: America’s First Modern Dime Still Rewards Sharp Eyes

1916 Mercury Dime: The Common First-Year Coin With a Five-Figure Secret The 1916 Mercury Dime looks modest at first glance but it is a small...
1969-S Lincoln Cent. FS-101. Doubled Die Obverse. MS-64 RD (PCGS). CAC.

1969-S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent: A Coin the Secret Service Thought Was Fake

The Secret Service Thought It Was A Fake The 1969-S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent stands among the most dramatic modern U.S. Mint errors. It also...
1891-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-65+ (PCGS). CAC.

1891-CC Morgan Dollar: The Carson City Gem That Escaped the Treasury Vaults

Stack’s Marketplace Offers a PCGS MS-65+ CAC Carson City Morgan Dollar The 1891-CC Morgan Silver Dollar tells a very different Carson City story. At first glance,...

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Inflation’s Impact on the Coin Market

By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ...... For decades, inflation in the United States has been a key consideration for anyone considering investing...

Errors & Varieties

1969-S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent: A Coin the Secret Service Thought Was Fake

The Secret Service Thought It Was A Fake The 1969-S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent stands among the most dramatic modern U.S. Mint errors. It also...

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Ancient Coins

The Lydian Lion Trite: The First Official Coin and the Birth of Money

Before coinage, money had weight. Then Lydia gave it a face. That face belonged to a roaring lion. It appeared on a small lump of...

World Coins

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 A Small Baltic Duchy With an Outsized Story In the middle of the 18th century,...

Paper Money

1914 $20 Federal Reserve Note: The “Horse Blanket” That Launched Modern Money

The 1914 “Horse Blanket” $20 That Launched Modern Money A century ago, the American $20 bill looked nothing like the one in your wallet. It was...

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Gold Tests $4,000 as Silver Defends $60 in a Market Suddenly Ruled by Rates

Gold’s $4,000 Line in the Sand: Why Silver’s $60 Test Matters Too Gold and silver entered Thursday’s session with a simple question on the tape. Would...

Medals & Tokens

Indian Peace Medals: Important and Historic Collectibles

Indian Peace Medals: Russ Augustin Explores Rare U.S. History Video with Russell Augustin   Indian Peace Medals rank among the most historic objects in American numismatics. They...

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The Five Traits Behind Every Great Coin Collection

How to Build the Next Legendary Numismatic Cabinet By John Kraljevich - Rewritten for CoinWeek Great coin collections rarely begin with money alone. They begin with a...

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Dennis Tucker Joins CSNS Board in Major Win for Collector Education

A Red Book Veteran Joins CSNS Leadership and Collectors Should Pay Attention Award-winning numismatist Dennis Tucker has joined the Central States Numismatic Society Board of...

Dealers & Industry

2026 Semiquincentennial Silver Proof Set Brings Liberty, Silver, and a Historic Lincoln Cent Together

Liberty Returns, Silver Shines, and the Lincoln Cent Enters a New Era The United States Mint will open sales for the 2026 Semiquincentennial Silver Proof...

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PNG Adds Dealer Day to November Baltimore Expo

Dealers Get a New Wholesale Trading Day Before Whitman’s Big November Show The Professional Numismatists Guild will add a PNG Dealer Day to the November...

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The Madison County Coin Club is Issuing a 25th Anniversary Medal

Madison County Coin Club Marks its 25th anniversary with copper and silver medals Daniel Carr was tapped to design the medals A limited...

1866 Liberty Seated Dime : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Despite 1865 bringing with it the end of hostilities between the North and the South,...

Flowing Hair Half Dime, 1794-1795 | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Small numbers of half dismes were made in 1792, a tangible result of the efforts...

Stacey Park Milbern American Women Quarter Bags and Rolls Available August 12

The United States Mint will open sales for rolls and bags of 2025 Stacy Park Milbern American Women Quarters beginning on August 12 at...

American Numismatic Society Sets up GoFundMe to Fund Semiquincentennial Medal

ANS Seeks $40,000 to fund Anniversary Medal Funds will cover artist's costs GoFundMe has so far raised $5,005 American Numismatic Society Launches Campaign to...

Peh Family Collection: 1728 Gold Proof Ducaton Highlights Heritage Sale

An exceedingly rare pattern that offers a peek into the implementation of the Ducaton as a denomination of United East India Company coinage is...

2010-S Franklin Pierce Presidential $1 Coin Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 2010-S Franklin Pierce Presidential Dollar Proof was struck at the San Francisco Mint and sold directly to collectors at...

1976-S Eisenhower Dollar Clad Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1976-S Bicentennial Eisenhower Dollar Clad Proof represents two of seven 1776-1976 Bicentennial Dollar coins the United States Mint struck in 1975...

In July 2025, CAC Coins Fetch Big Premiums

CAC-approved and CACG-encapsulated coins fared well in public sales during the month of June 2025. Here are fifteen examples, which were selected from a larger number...

2010-D Abraham Lincoln Presidential $1 Coin : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .... The 2010-D Abraham Lincoln Presidential Dollar is a one-dollar coin struck at the Denver Mint as part...