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2026 Semiquincentennial Silver Proof Set Brings Liberty, Silver, and a Historic Lincoln Cent Together
Liberty Returns, Silver Shines, and the Lincoln Cent Enters a New Era
The United States Mint will open sales for the 2026 Semiquincentennial Silver Proof...
U.S. Mint Launches Best of the Mint 1916 Mercury Dime Gold Coin and Silver...
America’s Mercury Dime Returns in Gold for the 250th Anniversary
The United States Mint has opened one of its most closely watched Semiquincentennial numismatic programs...
1973 Eisenhower Dollar : A Collector’s Guide
, By CoinWeek Notes .....
The $1 Coin America Never Got to Spend
The 1973 Eisenhower Dollar looks ordinary at first glance. It is large, clad...
The 1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece: America’s 500-Coin Gold Rarity
Only 500 Were Made: The Odd $3 Gold Coin That Collectors Still Chase
The 1881 Three-Dollar Gold Piece tells a strange American money story.
It began...
Unique 1977 Lincoln Cent Struck in Aluminum: The Modern Penny That Should Not Exist
The 1977 Aluminum Penny That Should Not Exist
A 1977 Lincoln cent should be copper-colored. It should also weigh about 3.11 grams. Yet one extraordinary...
Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal” for American Coinage
The President Who Turned American Coins Into Art
By GOVMINT
The Civil War changed America forever. Then, in the decades that followed, the nation changed again.
Industry...
The Finest 1792 Half Disme: America’s First Federal Coin With a Direct Rittenhouse Pedigree
The Tiny 1792 Coin That Launched America’s Mint
It arrived before the first Philadelphia Mint building stood ready. It carried a new national promise in...
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...
1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar: The Silver Coin That Marked San Francisco’s Comeback
The Half Dollar That Celebrated San Francisco’s Miraculous Comeback
On April 18, 1906, San Francisco woke to disaster.
A massive earthquake struck before dawn. Then fires...
Mysterious “E”, “L” Counterstamps on Capped Bust Quarters Intrigue Numismatists
The Tiny “E” and “L” Counterstanps That Turned Two Early U.S. Quarters Into a 140-Year Mystery
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS ......
Originally based on reporting...
U.S. Mint Silver Plug Coins: The 1794 Planchet Problem That Collectors Still Chase
U.S. Mint Silver Plug Coins and the 1794 Planchet Problem
In the first years of the United States Mint, quality control did not look modern....
Counterfeit Gold Coins Filled With Platinum: Hollow Gold
The Strange Story of The Hollow Gold Scam:
Counterfeit Gold Coins Filled Real $10 Eagles With Platinum
By Roger W. Burdette - Updated by CoinWeek May 2026
Counterfeit...
