Tag: Coin Profiles
1857 Braided Hair Half Cent : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The smallest denomination ever struck by the U.S. Mint, the half cent is an extremely...
1936 Lincoln Cent : History and Value | CoinWeek
Demand for domestic coinage continued to grow in 1936 and the United States Mint responded by adding shifts and ramping up production. In Philadelphia,...
1972-D Roosevelt Dime : A Collector
As the Roosevelt dime entered production in 1972, the design had served its statutorily-mandated minimum service life of 25 years. The four-term president was...
1861 Indian Head Cent : A Collector’s Guide
The 1861 Indian Head cent is fairly rare and has the lowest mintage of the copper-nickel type.
By January 1861, the process of southern secession...
1972 Roosevelt Dime : A Collector’s Guide
As the Roosevelt dime entered production in 1972, the design had served its statutorily-mandated minimum service life of 25 years. The four-term president was...
United States 1987-S Proof Kennedy Half Dollar
According to the 1988 Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, due to declining demand, no 1987 Kennedy half dollars were struck for...
1947-D Jefferson Nickel : A Collector’s Guide
The 1947-D Jefferson Nickel
37,822,000 Jefferson nickels were struck at the Denver Mint in 1947, significantly less than Philadelphia's output for the year (95,000,000), but...
1976 Bicentennial Kennedy Half Dollar : A Collector’s Guide
Americans have long considered the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 as the birthday of the United States. And 1976...
1954-S Franklin Half Dollar : History and Value
The last Franklin half dollar struck at the San Francisco Mint, the 1954-S offers a window into an evolving postwar United States Mint.
Replacing the...
1999-D Delaware 50 State Quarter : A Collector’s Guide
The 1999-D Delaware quarter, released on January 1, was the first issue in the 50 States Quarters series struck at the Denver Mint. Delaware...
1912-D Liberty Nickel : A Collector’s Guide
The 1912-D Liberty Head nickel was struck during the only year when any of the coins in the series were struck at branch mints....
1908 No Motto Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle
Acclaimed as one of the most beautiful and artistic numismatic designs ever realized in the United States, the Saint-Gaudens $20 gold Double Eagle is...
1951 Franklin Half Dollar Proof : History and Value
The 1951 Franklin Half Dollar Proof was a second-year Proof issue struck at the Philadelphia Mint and represents a challenging issue for collectors looking...
1909-S Indian Head Cent : History and Value | CoinWeek
The 1909-S Indian Head cent is a semi-key coin that also represents one of the last issues of the iconic one-cent coin series that...
Ancient Coin Profiles: Roman Provincial – Antioch Tetradrachm of Augustus
This tetradrachm (a silver four-drachmae coin), issued around the year 2 BCE, is from the Greco-Roman city of Antioch-on-the-Orontes in what is now southern...
1982-D Jefferson Nickel : A Collector’s Guide
Why Are Mint State 1982-D Jefferson Nickels Scarce?
The United States Mint took a two-year hiatus from manufacturing Uncirculated Coin Sets starting in 1982, which...
US Gold Coin Profile – The 1796 With Stars Gold Quarter Eagle
By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...........
Production of the gold quarter eagle denomination began in 1796. The initial production run of 932 coins featured the...
Austria 1807 Copper 30 Kreuzer Coin : A Collector’s Guide
Overview:
The Doppelkaiser
The 1807 Austrian 30 kreuzer copper coin features a portrait of Franz II, last ruler of the Holy Roman Empire and first ruler...
Mexico 2017 Silver Libertad
The 2017 Silver Libertad is a Mexican .999-fine bullion coin that is available in a range of more than a half dozen sizes, including...
United States 2015 Lady Bird Johnson First Spouse $10 Gold Coin
On August 27, 2015, the United States Mint issued the 2015 Lady Bird Johnson First Spouse 1/2 oz $10 Gold Coin. The coin is...
Australia 2016 Remember Me Convict Love Token $1 Copper Coin
The 2016 Convict Love Token One Dollar coin series is an Australian commemorative program rooted in the history of Australia’s founding as a nation....
Australia 2016 Forget Me Not Convict Love Token $1 Copper Coin
The Australian 2016 Convict Love Token One Dollar coins hearken back to the country’s colonial roots, when some of the earliest European settlers were...
Australia 2016 Gaol Bird Convict Love Token $1 Copper Unc. Coin
The 2016 Convict Love Token One Dollar coin series is an Australian commemorative initiative that hearkens back to the roots of Australia’s founding as...
United States 2016 National Park Service Centennial Commemorative $1 Silver Coin
Description:
The National Park Service Centennial $1 silver coin honors the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS). Signed into law by President Woodrow...
United States 2016 Betty Ford $10 Gold Coin
On March 25, 2016, the United States Mint issued the 2016 Betty Ford First Spouse 1/2 oz $10 Gold Coin. The coin is struck...
CoinWeek Weekly Coin Report – March 18, 2016 – 4K Video
CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan returns to the CoinWeek Weekly Coin Report after a few weeks of hiatus prepping a presentation for a major numismatic conference...
Canada 2016 Call of the Wild: Roaring Grizzly Bear $200 Gold Proof Coin
Description:
The Canada Grizzly Bear Proof $200 Gold Coin is the third issue in the three-piece “Call of the Wild” series honoring Canada’s diverse and...
World Coin Profile – Austria 2016 Dürer’s Young Hare (Feldhase) 5 Euro Silver Coin
Description:
Albrecht Dürer was an innovative engraver, painter and printmaker and an important contributor to the Northern Renaissance in Germany.
Born in Nuremberg in 1471, Dürer...
United States 2016 Patricia Nixon First Spouse $10 Gold Coin
On February 18, 2016 the United States Mint issued the 2016 Patricia Nixon First Spouse 1/2 oz $10 Gold Coin. The coin is struck...
United States 2015 Bess Truman $10 Gold Coin
On April 16, 2015, the United States Mint issued the 2015 Bess Truman $10 Gold Coin. The coin is struck in .9999 gold and has a maximum authorized mintage...