Tag: Coin Profiles

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   While the Lafayette Dollar was the third official United States commemorative coin after the Columbian...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Demand for the American Silver Eagle bullion coin in 2010 remained high, and the United States Mint, under pressure to source...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   The 2016-W National Park Service Centennial $5 Proof gold coin honors the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS)....

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   For the 200th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birth, the United States Congress authorized the production of a series of four commemorative...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   In 1849, gold coinage at the Charlotte Mint consisted of three issues: the 1849-C Gold Dollar, the 1849-C Liberty Head Quarter...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   What Is the 2016-W Mercury Dime Centennial Gold Coin? In 1916, Americans were introduced to three iconic U.S. coin designs: the Mercury...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   In 1994, the United States Mint reported declines in orders for a range of numismatic and investment offerings. Not everything in...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Morgan Dollar was struck at each of the four mints in 1881. The 1881-CC,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   With 1,610,000 struck, and only about two dozen bags equivalent of uncirculated examples saved, the 1925-S Peace Dollar is the key...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1839/8 Liberty Head Eagle Proof is an extraordinarily rare Proof striking of engraver Christian...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   The United States Mint issued the Washington Crossing the Delaware Quarter as a one-year type...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   In 1998, the United States Mint offered American Silver Eagles in an Uncirculated finish for bullion investors and as a Proof...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Dahlonega Mint produced Liberty Head Quarter Eagles and Half Eagles in 1846, with the $5.00 half eagle gold denomination being...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... In April 2012, the United States Mint announced it would mark the 75th Anniversary of the third San Francisco Mint building...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 2012-S American Silver Eagle Reverse Proof was one of two low-mintage Silver Eagle Proofs that the United States Mint offered...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1856 Liberty Seated Dollar is a semi-key in a type replete with deceptively tough dates. Researchers Osburn and Cushing have...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The third cent design issued in 1793, engraver Joseph Wright's Liberty Cap cent was a major improvement over the designs produced...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   It's amazing that two of the most celebrated American coin designs--the Indian Head $10 Eagle and Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle--ever...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Silver Kennedy Half Dollar was hurriedly prepared and released just months following the assassination...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 2012-S American Silver Eagle Proof is a low-mintage Silver Eagle that the United States Mint offered as part of two...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Legislation to authorize the creation of the Cincinnati Half Dollar was introduced in the United States Senate on January 22,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The famous 1937-D “3-Legged” Buffalo Nickel is one of the most important modern U.S. coins and probably the most well-known type...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   In 2012, the United States Mint offered three Proof versions of the American Silver Eagle: the 2012-W American Silver Eagle Proof,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   In 1912, the Philadelphia Mint struck 616,000 business strike Indian Head Quarter Eagles and 197 Proofs. Thanks to the sunken or...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Due to the pending (and ultimately temporary) shutdown of the United States Mint facility in San Francisco, the 1955-S Lincoln Cent...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1990 Eisenhower Centennial Commemorative Silver Dollar was the second United States coin struck to honor the 34th President of the...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   As the general election campaign of 1860 unfolded, it became clear that the fractured Democratic Party would be unable to select...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Lincoln Shield Cent, which debuted in 2010, was a continuation of the story told...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   1922 was an unusual year for Lincoln Cent production as only one mint facility, the...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Charlotte Mint struck three coin denominations in 1851: the Gold Dollar, the Liberty Head Quarter Eagle, and the Liberty Head Half...