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1926 Indian Head Quarter Eagle. Image: Stack's Bowers.

1926 Indian Head Quarter Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Philadelphia Mint struck 446,000 Indian Head Quarter Eagles in 1926, a typical mintage for the $2.50 gold coin denomination. 1926...
1888 Gold Dollar. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

Gold Dollar, Type 3 (Large Head) 1856-1889 | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 * * * In 1856, the United States Mint...
1809 Capped Bust Dime, Large Size. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

Capped Bust Dime, Large Size (1809-1828) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Before being introduced on the dime, John Reich's Capped Bust Liberty design was used to refresh the designs of United States...
1853 Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Arrows and Rays. Image: David Lawrence Rare Coins / CoinWeek.

Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Arrows and Rays (1853) | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... With vast quantities of California gold arriving in the nation's commercial centers, the balance of the gold-to-silver ratio had become so...
1868 Liberty Seated Half Dollar Proof. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek.

1868 Liberty Seated Half Dollar Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Large silver deposits were not forthcoming immediately after the Civil War, and because of this,...

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Roman Household Gods on Coins

By Dr. Steve Benner for CoinWeek .....   Most people who are even remotely familiar with the Roman Empire can name some of the gods that...

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Modern Quarters Worth Money

By CoinWeek .... Have you ever looked through your change, wondering if any of the coins you have might be valuable? Some of them are....

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Ten Powerful and Beautiful Women on Coins

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   Janina Żółtowska The first woman on this list, depicted on the Polish 2, 5, and 10 Zlote coins between 1932...

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Costco Gold Bars Earn Almost 25% Return for Early Buyers

By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ....   Since the summer of 2023, Costco has offered its members 24-carat, .9999 fine PAMP Suisse 1oz gold bars, both...

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Kernel – Inner Disc of a Bimetallic Coin

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   (n.) In numismatic terms, the kernel is the central or inner disc of a bimetallic coin....

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Out of the Woodwork: Important Coins Come out of Hiding

By Mark Ferguson for PCGS ...... Many famous and important rare coins can be traced back to their origins through their provenance with a reasonable...

The Coin Analyst: NGCX – What NGC’s New Grading Scale Does and Doesn’t Do

By Louis Golino, special to CoinWeek ..... Third-party numismatic grading is currently experiencing its most significant period of change since the launch of PCGS and...

Farewell to the Kuna: Croatia Mints World’s Smallest Coin

On January 1, 2023, Croatia will introduce the euro. To mark the occasion, the Croatian Mint came up with something very special for the...

Counterfeit Detection: Altered 1926-D Buffalo Nickel

By Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ......   In 1926, the Denver Mint struck some 5.6 million Buffalo nickels, which is nearly six times the San Francisco...

Sensational Curaçao 1960 100 Gulden in Stack’s Bowers 2023 NYINC Auction

By Christopher Dahncke - Currency Auction Associate, Stack's Bowers Galleries ...... One paper money highlight from our 2023 January New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC)...

Numismatic Crime – California Coin Shop Burglarized

By Doug Davis - Founder & President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) ...... Vehicle Burglary - San Francisco, California On November 9, a dealer traveling to...

Last of His Line: Medieval Coins of Defunct Dynasties

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and...

Numismatic Research and Peer Review

By Nathan Elkins for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... Numismatics is a rich and diverse topic that attracts both popular and scholarly interest. The number...

Counterfeit Detection: Altered Date 1814 Large Cent

By Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) ...... The Classic Head Cent was a short-lived seven-year series from 1808 to 1814, with a few commonly recognized varieties...

Ka-Ching! A Brief History of the American Cash Register

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... For thousands of years, merchants conducted business without the aid of the once-ubiquitous, and now increasingly defunct, cash register....

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