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On the evening of July 13, 1792, Thomas Jefferson stopped...
The Dragon That Faced the Other Way: China’s 1911 Reversed Dragon Dollar Pattern
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In 1911, China’s Qing Dynasty stood on the edge of history. Its government still tried to modernize the...
Goloid Dollars: America’s Electrum Coinage
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The Lincoln Cent the U.S. Mint Says Collectors Can’t Own
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The Rare 1848 Gothic Florin Pattern Behind Britain’s “Godless Florin” Scandal
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At first glance, the 1848 Great Britain Gothic Florin Pattern looks like pure Victorian theater.
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The 1942 Glass Cent Pattern: The WWII Penny That Almost Shattered in America’s Pocket
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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...
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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...
