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1933-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar. Image: Heritage Auctions / CoinWeek.

1933-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Domestic coin demands increased slightly in 1933, prompting the San Francisco Mint to strike 1,786,000 Walking Liberty Half Dollars in 1933,...
1909 Indian Head Cent, reportedly the first one struck that year. Image: Stack's Bowers.

1909 Indian Head Cent : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The year 1909 marked the 50th and final year of James Barton Longacre's Indian Head...
1992 American Silver Eagle. Image: CoinWeek / Adobe Stock.

1992 American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   After a surge of American Silver Eagle sales in 1991, demand softened considerably in 1992. Still, the 1992 American Silver Eagle...
1776-1976 Bicentennial Quarter with Jack Ahr’s Drummer Boy (actually a man) reverse. Image: Adobe Stock.

1976-S Bicentennial Quarter Clad Proof : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1976-S Bicentennial Quarter Clad Proof is one of five 1976 Bicentennial Quarters the United States Mint struck in 1975 and...
1863 Three-Cent Silver. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

Three Cent Silver, Type 1 (1851-1853) : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Called a trime in some Treasury Department records, the Three Cent Silver coin was the smallest ever issued by the United...

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First Read: 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, Third Edition

Review by Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   With nearly six decades of experience in the business, Chicago coin dealer Harlan J. Berk is a well...

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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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World Coins

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...

Bullion

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...

Numismatic Terms

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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Latest Articles & News

Numismatic Crime – $100,000 Worth of Coins Stolen at Starbucks

By Doug Davis - Founder & President, Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) ...... Coins and Silver Seized in Arrest The Police Department of Groveland, Florida is...

Treasury Secretary Appoints Dr. Lawrence Brown to Chair CCAC

On Friday, January 28, the United States Mint announced that the Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Dr. Lawrence S. Brown as the next...

2022 Could Be “Year of Sound Money” in States

By Jp Cortez - Money Metals Exchange ......   Last year was a good year for state-level sound money legislation across the United States. 2022 could...

Impressive Gold Half Anna, Other World Coins at Atlas Numismatics

By Atlas Numismatics ...... This month we have brought together quite an interesting selection of coins and medals for your consideration. If you see something of interest,...

What Were the Odds? A Rare 1862 Seated Liberty Dollar in Mint State

By Greg Shishmanian ..... Last year a friend who’s been a coin dealer since the late 1970s shared a story about a shop he visited...

World and US Paper Money Highlights in February Stack’s Bowers CCO Auctions

By Christopher Dahncke - Currency Auction Associate, Stack's Bowers Galleries ...... 1923 $5 Lincoln Porthole Silver Certificate The Stack's Bowers Galleries February 2022 U.S. Currency Collectors...

Heritage to Offer Long Island Collection of European Coins January 30

Sunday, January 30 will see the first dedicated Showcase sale from Heritage Auctions featuring offerings from The Long Island Collection, a wide-ranging collection of...

America’s First Silver Dollar Acquired for $12 Million by GreatCollections

World's Most Valuable Silver Coin and Second-Highest Price Ever Paid for a Rare Coin   An exceedingly rare coin minted in 1794, widely believed to be...

CEO of Florida Armored Transport Company Pleads Guilty in Dirty Gold Scheme

By United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida ...... Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., 45, former CEO of Transvalue, a South Florida company that transported...

From the Dark Corner: An “Authenticated” NOT 1787 Connecticut Copper

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC) ...... In this series, I intend to continue to showcase different levels of "counterfeits", using a rather...

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