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The 1942 Glass Cent Pattern: The WWII Penny That Almost Shattered in America’s Pocket
The WWII Penny Made of Glass: America’s Strangest Cent Pattern
In 1942, the United States Mint faced a wartime problem that reached all the way...
1885 Pattern Morgan Dollar in Aluminum Shows Snowden’s Bold Fight Against Counterfeiters
This Rare 1885 Morgan Dollar Pattern Hid Its Secret on the Edge
An 1885 Pattern Morgan Dollar in aluminum offered collectors a rare look at...
The Unique 1877 Pattern Morgan Half Dollar
Before the Morgan Dollar: The Unique 1877 Half Dollar Pattern
A great coin sometimes tells collectors what came next. The 1877 Pattern Morgan Half Dollar,...
1885 Aluminum Indian Head Cent Turns a One-Cent Coin Into a High-Tech Relic
This 1885 Cent Was Struck in a Metal Once Treated Like Treasure
The 1885 aluminum Indian Head cent looks familiar at first. James B....
James Earle Fraser’s Lost 1952 Lincoln Cent Pattern Reverse
The Lincoln Cent That Nearly Changed Forever
In 1952, the Lincoln cent nearly took a bold new direction.
The artist behind that proposed change was James...
Four Gold Stellas and a 1933 Indian Eagle Ignite the Heritage CSNS U.S. Coins...
Heritage Auctions heads into its April 29-May 2, 2026, CSNS U.S. Coins Signature® Auction with a lineup that reaches straight into the top tier...
Goloid Dollars: America’s Electrum Coinage
By Jesse Kraft for American Numismatic Society (ANS) .....Updated and reformatted by CoinWeek
Goloid Dollars, the “Crime of ’73,” and America’s Silver Crisis
Few moments in...
Collecting US Pattern Coinage
U.S. Pattern Coinage: Inside America’s Rarest “What-If” Coins
From the 1792 Half Disme to the Bob R. Simpson cabinet, U.S. Pattern coins tell the story...
1850 Ring Cent: The Pattern Coin That Tried to Replace the Large Cent
Why the 1850 Ring Cent Almost Changed American Coinage
Long before the Flying Eagle cent changed American pockets, the United States Mint chased a bolder...
Unique 1849 “Handmade” Gold Dollar Pattern Engraved by Hand at the U.S. Mint
Few United States coins carry a backstory as unusual as the 1849 Gold Dollar pattern known as Judd-115. Numismatic research indicates that this piece...
The 1852 Pattern Gold Half Dollar: A Rare Mint Experiment
A Radical Coin Born from a Monetary Crisis
In 1852, the U.S. Mint experimented with a radical idea, a ring-shaped gold half dollar. Only a...
Four Unique Pattern Coins Housed at the Smithsonian
By Blanchard and Company, Inc ...... Updated and reformatted Feb 2026
Rare and historic U.S. pattern coins at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian stands as the largest...
Nova Constellatio Pattern Coins: The Foundation of Our Numismatic Legacy
By Blanchard and Company, Inc ......
1783 Nova Constellatio Pattern Coins: America’s First National Coinage Proposal
In 1783, Great Britain ended eight long years of war...
Unique 1795 Draped Bust Dollar Struck on a Copper Planchet
One of the Most Astonishing United States Numismatic Rarities Ever Discovered
Some coins stop collectors in their tracks. This 1795 Draped Bust Dollar struck on...
Una and the Lion in Gold: The Coin That Crowned a Queen and Defined...
The Legendary 1839 British 5 Pounds Pattern at the January 2026 NYINC
Some coins attract admiration. Others inspire devotion. A rare few transcend numismatics altogether...
