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2019-P Native American Dollar – Mary Golda Ross : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Each year since 2009, the United States Mint has unveiled a new reverse design for...
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Liberty Seated Dime, Obverse Legend (1860-1891) : A Collector’s Guide

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Thirteen stars were added to the obverse of the Liberty Seated Dime in 1838 to satisfy the interests of those who...
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Classic Head Cent, 1808-1814 | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Irish immigrant Robert Patterson was a schoolmaster, a shopkeeper, and a mathematician, the teacher of...
Jack Young's Top 5 Rare Coin Fakes, Part I.

From the Dark Corner: Top Five Counterfeits I Have Seen, Part I

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC), and the Dark Side Group ......   After the submission of my 50th exclusive CoinWeek article on counterfeits,...
1855-O Gold Dollar. Image: Stack's Bowers.

Gold Dollar, Type 2 (Indian Head) 1854-1856 | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   In 1854, the United States Mint issued a redesigned gold dollar with an increased diameter...

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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....

Mid America Rare Coins - Jeff Garrett

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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...

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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...

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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ANS 2023 Annual Gala to Honor Heritage Auctions

The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is pleased to announce Heritage Auctions as the recipient of the 2023 Trustees’ Award. Heritage Auctions, the largest auction house...

Royal Mint Unveils Official Coin Effigy of King Charles III

The Royal Mint has unveiled the official coin effigy of His Majesty King Charles III. The first coins to bear The King’s portrait are...

1795 Dollar Pedigreed to the Historic Eliasberg Collection Offered by GreatCollections

Bidding is now live on Greatcollections.com for a high-grade 1795 Three Leaves Flowing Hair silver dollar with exceptional provenance. This coin is graded as...

The New Orleans Mint: Part 2

By Victor Bozarth for PCGS ...... Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 * * * By 1850, the New Orleans Mint was producing a nearly...

Royal Canadian Mint Issues $2 Coin Celebrating Canada’s 1972 Hockey Triumph

Fifty years since the last game was played in an epic clash between hockey superpowers, the Royal Canadian Mint is issuing a $2 circulation...

The ANS at the XVI International Numismatic Congress in Warsaw

By Nathan Elkins for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... Two weeks ago, the American Numismatic Society’s offices closed as 12 members of the curatorial and...

A Brief History of Decimalization Day in the UK

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... Seemingly, a 20-second conversation was all it took to undo over 1,000 years of British numismatic tradition. In 1966,...

1882 $100 Gold Certificate Worth $700,000+ in Heritage Auction

Triple-signed note, leading Oct. 5-7 event, is one of just two known examples   A magnificent hand-signed, triple signature 1882 $100 gold certificate, one of just...

Stack’s Bowers Offers Harvey B. Jacobson, Jr. Collection of 1795-1804 $10 Gold Eagles

Only the Third Complete Set by Die Marriage Ever Formed   Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce the sale of the Harvey B. Jacobson, Jr....

United States 1925 Lincoln Cent

1925 represented a 31% drop in output from the previous year’s total production at the Philadelphia Mint. Despite producing a fraction of the previous...

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