Tag: Coin Profiles
2007-W American Silver Eagle Proof : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The United States Mint issued three versions of the American Silver Eagle in 2007. For investors, it offered the standard bullion...
1912 Indian Head Quarter Eagle Proof : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
JD-1. Using one set of dies, the Philadelphia Mint struck a total of 197 1912 Indian Head Quarter Eagle Proofs, all...
1922 Peace Dollar : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
1922 Low-Relief Peace Dollar
The year 1922 marked the first full-calendar production year for artist Anthony de Francisci's Peace Dollar design. Premature...
1975 “No S” Roosevelt Dime : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
A common question we get from readers relates to the 1975 "No S" Roosevelt Dime....
1846 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
Quarter eagle production was down significantly in 1846, as the Philadelphia Mint struck only 21,498 pieces - roughly a fifth of...
2003-W American Silver Eagle Proof : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The United States Mint released the 2003-W American Silver Eagle Proof on April 2 at an issue price of $24 per...
1943-D Lincoln Copper Cent : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The valuable 1943 Copper Cent (or 1943 Bronze Cent, or 1943 Copper Penny) is that...
1886 Morgan Dollar : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
Millions of 1886 Morgan Dollars Were Struck and Stored
The 1886 Morgan Dollar is a coin...
1920-D Mercury Dime : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
Denver in 1920
The city of Denver, Colorado was still dealing with the "Spanish" flu pandemic...
2012-P Acadia National Park Quarter : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The 2012-P Acadia National Park Quarter was the third America the Beautiful (ATB) Quarter released...
1931-S Lincoln Cent : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The Lincoln Cent is the United States' longest-serving coin. Its 1909 debut marked the centennial...
1921-S Morgan Dollar Zerbe Proof : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The Zerbe Proof 1921-S Morgan Dollar is one of the rarest and most enigmatic issues of the Morgan Dollar series. The...
1863 Liberty Seated Dollar : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
Despite the United States Mint's best efforts to keep coins in circulation after the outbreak of hostilities, widespread hoarding of gold...
1921 Peace Dollar : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The 1921 Peace Dollar is the debut issue of sculptor Anthony de Francisci's design, which...
1973 Eisenhower Dollar : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
Production totals of Eisenhower Dollars for the first two years of the series were enormous:...
1912-S Liberty Head Nickel : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
With only 238,000 pieces struck, the 1912-S Liberty Head Nickel has the lowest circulation mintage...
2013-W American Silver Eagle Burnished : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The 2013-W American Silver Eagle Burnished coin went on sale May 28, 2013, at an issue price of $48.95 ($66.86 is...
1876-CC Twenty-Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The 1876-CC Liberty Seated Twenty-Cent Piece is one of the Great Rarities of United States numismatics. Despite being an unpopular denomination,...
2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent – Birth and Early Childhood : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
2009 marked the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, and to celebrate, the United States Congress instructed the Treasury Department to issue...
2024-P Celia Cruz American Women Quarter : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The Celia Cruz American Women Quarter was released on August 19, 2024, the 14th coin in the series and the fourth...
1854 Liberty Seated Quarter : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
Congress addressed the imbalance between gold and silver values with the Act of February 21,...
1829 Capped Bust Half Dime : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The 1829 Capped Bust Half Dime is the first half dime since 1805, the first with the William Kneass design, and...
1922 Grant Centennial Gold Dollar : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The Grant Memorial Gold Dollar is a gold commemorative coin stuck by the United States Mint in 1922 as part of...
2002 American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
America continued to reel from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. On cable news, video of the ruins of the...
1829 Capped Bust Half Dime Proof : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
After a 24-year hiatus, half dime production resumed on July 4, 1829, with the ceremonial striking of an unspecified number of...
2018-D Kennedy Half Dollar : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The 2018-P and 2018-D Kennedy Half Dollars were struck in an Uncirculated finish and sold directly to collectors through the United...
1938-D Lincoln Cent : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The United States Mint in Denver struck 20,010,000 Lincoln Wheat Cents dated 1938. This mintage is the median for all Denver...
1853 Liberty Seated Quarter, Arrows and Rays : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
The glut of gold coming from California unbalanced the silver-to-gold ratio, resulting in higher silver...
1846-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
After a fire on July 27, 1844, destroyed the Charlotte branch mint facility and its machinery, Congress debated whether or not...
1944-P Jefferson War Nickel : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....
Struck against the backdrop of war from an alloy developed to save copper and nickel, the 1944-P Jefferson Nickel is one...