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The 1918-S Mercury Dime Looks Common Until You Try to Find a Great One

The Hidden Challenge Behind the 1918-S Mercury Dime The 1918-S Mercury Dime stands as one of the most instructive issues of the Winged Liberty Head series. On paper, the coin appea...

The Coin America Was Never Meant to Own

GOVMINT Releases Exclusive Coins, 1933-2026 Saint-Gaudens "Fenton Double Eagle"

The 1913 Buffalo Nickel Was an American Masterpiece Until the Design Started Wearing Away

1913 Buffalo Nickel Type 1: Why the Original Design Had to Change The 1913 Buffalo Nickel Type 1 marks a turning point in American coinage. It replaced the Liberty Head “V” Nickel...

2020-W V75 Gold Eagle: Seven Minutes to Create a Modern U.S. Rarity

2020-W V75 Gold Eagle: The 1,945-Coin Modern Key Modern U.S. coins rarely become legendary overnight. The 2020-W End of World War II 75th Anniversary $50 Proof American Gold Eagle...

The 1917 Quarter America Redesigned as It Entered World War I

Why Did the U.S. Mint Cover Liberty’s Breast on the 1917 Quarter? The 1917 Standing Liberty Quarter Type 1 holds one of the most intriguing stories in American coinage. Its designe...

The Coin Roosevelt Demanded Returns: 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief Closes Best of the Mint in Gold

The Coin Roosevelt Demanded Returns in Gold for America’s 250th Anniversary America’s most celebrated gold coin returns for the nation’s 250th anniversary, and the U.S. Mint saved...

2026 American Eagle Palladium Coin: Only 5,000 Mark America’s 250th

Only 5,000: U.S. Mint’s 2026 Palladium Eagle Marks America’s 250th The United States Mint will open sales for one of its lowest-mintage 2026 American Eagle collector coins on Thurs...

Once Available for $1, the 1926-D Peace Dollar Returns as a CAC-Approved MS-66 Gem

1926-D Peace Dollar: CAC MS-66 Gem Heads to Auction In 1934, an American coin collector could order an Uncirculated 1926-D Peace Dollar directly from the U.S. Treasury. The price?...

From the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle to the Educational Series: Treasury Treasures Go on Display in Washington

America’s Most Beautiful Money Goes on Display, With the Original Art Behind It For coin and currency collectors, the U.S. Treasury has produced far more than money. For more than...

Five 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Worth $7 Million Headline GACC Show

Five Legendary 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Bring a $7 Million Story to Rosemont For one year, the United States Mint struggled to turn Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ artistic vision...

GOVMINT Exclusive 2026 American Bald Eagle Showcases Rising Numismatic Star Designer Beth Zaiken

1922 High Relief Peace Dollar: The Mint Experiment That Changed the Series

Why the 1922 High Relief Peace Dollar Became a Six-Figure Mint Experiment The 1922 High Relief Peace Dollar tells a more complicated story than collectors once believed. For decade...

U.S. Mint Names 37 Artists Who Could Shape the Future of American Coinage

Meet the 37 Artists Who Could Design America’s Next Coins Every new U.S. coin starts long before metal meets a press. First comes an idea. Then an artist must turn that idea into a...

2006-W Reverse Proof Gold Eagle: The Coin the Mint Never Sold Alone

2006-W Reverse Proof Gold Eagle: Mintage 9,996 The 2006-W $50 One-Ounce American Gold Eagle Reverse Proof looks like a familiar Gold Eagle turned inside out. Its fields glow with s...

1901 Pan-American Exposition Medals From the U.S. Mint

n By Vic Bozarth for PCGS …… This article continues my series on medals and tokens from World’s Fair expositions held between 1876 and 1926. It focuses on the medals and tokens of...

The Lincoln Cent Nobody Saved And Why the 1914-D Became the True Mint State Key

Collectors Saved the 1909-S VDB. They Spent the Lincoln Cent That’s Rarer in Mint State One Lincoln cent became famous almost the moment it appeared. The other became famous becaus...

1934-D Peace Dollar: The Depression-Era Silver Dollar With a Doubled Die Secret

The 1934-D Peace Dollar: The Depression-Era Variety Hiding in Plain Sight The 1934-D Peace Dollar has a story that feels larger than its mintage. On paper, the Denver Mint struck 1...

U.S. Mint Launches Saint-Gaudens Set, Final in Best of the Mint Series

Closing out the United States Mint’s five-release Best of the Mint series, the 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief $20 Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set goes on sale today at noon ET. The...

Found in a Tube of Ordinary Ikes: $264,000 Eisenhower Prototype Returns to Auction

1971-S Eisenhower Dollar Prototype In 2008, collector Lee C. Lydston looked through a tube of ordinary 40% silver Eisenhower Dollars at the Long Beach Coin Expo. One coin looked wr...

The Artist Who Helped Shape Latvia’s Coins and the Historian Who Brings the Past to Life Earn ANA Awards

From Latvia’s Coins to Forgotten Archives: Two Remarkable Careers Earn ANA’s Awards Coins preserve history in ways that few other objects can. Their designs reflect national identi...

1899 $2 Silver Certificate: The “Mini-Porthole” Note With a Rare Taft-Era Signature Pair

This 1899 $2 “Mini-Porthole” Note Hides an Incredible American Story At first glance, the Series 1899 $2 Silver Certificate grabs attention for an obvious reason. George Washington...

The $100 Platinum Eagle the U.S. Mint Never Meant to Sell: Frosted Freedom Hits $290,124

Just 12 Mint Trial Pieces Accidentally Reached Collectors Sometimes the difference between an ordinary modern Proof and a six-figure rarity comes down to a single word. In this cas...

Trade Dollar, 1873-1885 | CoinWeek

A Coin Born of Global Trade Competition The United States Trade Dollar stands as one of the most distinctive silver issues of the 19th century. Authorized under the Coinage Act of...