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1855 Braided Hair Half Cent graded NGC MS65RD. Image: Heritage Auctions (visit www.ha.com).

1855 Braided Hair Half Cent : A Collector’s Guide

Cohen-1. Eckberg 1-A. Breen-1. Rarity-1. The Philadelphia Mint struck 56,500 circulation strike Braided Hair half cent coins in 1855. The United States Mint would...
1864 Two-Cent Piece. Small Date. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1864 Two-Cent Piece – A Collector’s Guide | CoinWeek

With the passage of the Coinage Act of 1864, the United States Congress authorized the design and production of a brand-new denomination, the short-lived...
Proposed Classic Commemorative Coins. Image: Adobe Stock / USPS / CoinWeek.

Commemorative Coin Programs Not Signed Into Law (Classic Era)

The classic era of United States commemorative coins saw the release of 50 silver and 13 gold types, for a total of 157 coins,...
2013-P Mount Rushmore Quarter. Image: Adobe Stock / U.S. Mint / CoinWeek.

2013-P ATB Mount Rushmore Quarter : A Collector’s Guide

The 2013-P Mount Rushmore National Memorial quarter was the fifth quarter released in 2013 and the 20th coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters...
This 1893 Isabella quarter, graded NGC MS65, was sold by Stack’s Bowers on 6/16/2021 for $840.

1893 Isabella Quarter : A Collector’s Guide

The Isabella quarter is a commemorative coin that was sold during the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. The obverse of the coin features...

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Griffins on Ancient Coins

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... But in the north of Europe there is by far the most gold. In this matter again I cannot...

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Some Practical Coin Grading Concepts for the Average Collector

By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek .....   Several days ago, a collector (DeplorableDan) posted photos and comments about an 1836 Quarter Eagle, Block 8...

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Monnaie de Paris Destroys 27 Million Coins in Design Snafu

By CoinWeek ....   In November 2023, the Monnaie de Paris had to destroy 27 million freshly struck 10-, 20-, and 50-cent euro coins that featured...

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The National Gold Bullion Depository at Fort Knox

By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek .....   Several months before passage of the Gold Reserve Act of January 30, 1934, the United States Treasury...

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William Jennings Bryan’s Cross of Gold Speech

By the 1890s, the United States Federal Government’s support of a de facto gold standard had ignited a bitter partisan divide. Democrats, led by...

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Jefferson War Nickel, 1942-1945 : A Collector’s Guide

As the United States converted its industrial might to the war effort, the Federal Government looked closely at its supply of strategic materials. Copper,...

Fairmont Gold Coins, Part II: The Non-Pedigreed Fairmonts

By Richard Radick for Douglas Winter Numismatics (DWN) ...... My Introduction to the Fairmont Gold Coin Collection By August 2020, when the first sale of Fairmont...

1900 Lafayette Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

While the Lafayette dollar was the third official United States commemorative coin (after the Columbian Exposition half dollar and quarter), it was still the...

Hawaii Overprint Currency Note: A Collectible From World War II

Hawaii Overprint Currency Notes (or Hawaii Wartime Notes; or United States Currency, Hawaiian Series; or Emmons Notes) were an emergency currency issued by the...

Cool Coins! Episodes 1-15 (2011-2013)

Cool Coins! is a long-running series of videos produced by CoinWeek that highlights interesting coins from dealers' cases at major coin shows and conventions...

Challenge Coin: What Are These Colorful Mementos?

A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion issued by any number of public or private organizations but most frequently associated with branches...

Naufraga Reperta: Shipwreck Medals in the 17th Century

By Peter van Alfen for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ......   As long as there have been shipwrecks, there have been attempts to salvage the cargo...

Stack’s Bowers 2024 NYINC Auction Results Show Strength

By CoinWeek .....   Held from January 12-18, Stack's Bowers Galleries' ancient and world coin and world currency auction at the 2024 New York International Numismatic...

Edward Dean Adams – Coin Collector

Coin Collector, Businessman, Banker. Born April 9, 1846, in Boston, Massachusetts. Died May 20, 1931. Education: Norwich University (Bachelor of Science, 1864); Massachusetts Institute...

Azure : A Heraldic Term Used on Coins

(n.) In heraldry, azure is the color blue. It is typically (but not always) a deeper shade of blue based on the precious stone lapis...

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