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  • The Boston Mint and the First Colonial Coins
  • The 1652 Pine Tree Shilling: The Coin Massachusetts Wasn’t Supposed to Make
  • Heritage Early Copper and Colonial Coin Auction Tops $436,000

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

The Boston Mint and the First Colonial Coins

Why the Massachusetts Bay Colony Began Striking Its Own Coins in 1652 How did the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a trade-based outpost of England’s vast maritime empire, become the firs...

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coinweek.com /1 day ago

The 1652 Pine Tree Shilling: The Coin Massachusetts Wasn’t Supposed to Make

Why the 1652 Pine Tree Shilling Became Colonial America’s Most Famous Silver Coin The date says 1652. Yet the coin may not have existed until 15 or even 20 years later. That appare...

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coinnews.net /1 month ago

Heritage Early Copper and Colonial Coin Auction Tops $436,000

Heritage Auctions realized $436,092 in its mid-July Early Copper & Colonial U.S. Coins Showcase Auction, led by a pair of early American cents that each brought $6,100. The sal...

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coinweek.com /2 weeks ago

1936 Delaware Half Dollar: The Three-Date Coin That Sold for a Record Price

The U.S. Half Dollar With Three Dates, and a $19,200 Record Some coins tell their story with a portrait. Others rely on a famous battle, monument, or national symbol. The 1936 Dela...

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coinweek.com /3 weeks ago

A Norfolk Rarity at the Crossroads of History, Grading, and Condition

1936 Norfolk, Virginia, Bicentennial Half Dollar NGC MS-65 with a CAC Gold sticker on a Vintage Black NGC Holder When a classic U.S. commemorative coin appears that checks every me...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

1796 Draped Bust Dime JR-3: The “Mr. 1796” Coin

America’s First Dime and the Collector Who Made 1796 His Mission America’s first dime entered circulation without the word DIME, a numeral, or any other statement of value. Instead...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

Five Ancient Gold Coins and the Stories They Tell

Golden Echoes: Five Ancient Coins That Changed the World Gold has always represented more than just wealth. In antiquity, it symbolized the divine, immortal, untarnished, and reser...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

Gold CAC 1796 Quarter Emerges as a Landmark Mint State Rarity

 The Only Gold CAC Mint State 1796 Quarter Heads to Auction A remarkable 1796 Draped Bust Quarter will offer collectors a rare combination of history, condition, and exceptional th...

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coinnews.net /1 month ago

U.S. Mint Launches Liberty Bell-Shaped Gold Coins and Medal

Three distinctive new U.S. Mint products shaped like the Liberty Bell go on sale today as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebration, launching the new Freedom Ringing series....

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coinweek.com /3 weeks ago

Top 10 U.S. Coins That Tell the Story of America

Coins are more than metal, they’re artifacts of the nation’s history. Each design reveals something about America’s identity, values, economic challenges, and changing societal tas...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

Congress Planned 3.3 Million Civil War Coins. Collectors Bought Only One-Third

The complete story of the 1995 Civil War Battlefield Commemorative Coin Program Congress created the 1995 Civil War Battlefield Commemorative Coin Program to help save historic gro...

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coinweek.com /2 weeks ago

1857-S Spiked Shield Double Eagle: A Gem Survivor of the S.S. Central America

This Gem 1857-S Double Eagle Survived a Hurricane and 131 Years Beneath the Atlantic Some rare coins survive history. Others seem to survive the impossible. This 1857-S Liberty Hea...

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cleveland.com /1 month ago

Rare coin sold for $170,800 at July auction

The orange-gold $20 coin has only about 20 to 25 known survivors.

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coinweek.com /1 week ago

1861-O Half Dollar Mystery: Rare Specimen Connects Three Governments and a Mint in Rebellion

Who Struck This Rare 1861-O Half Dollar? A Civil War Mint Mystery Deepens In 1861, the New Orleans Mint changed hands as the United States fractured into civil war. Yet its coin pr...

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coinnews.net /2 weeks ago

U.S. Mint 1776-2026 Enhanced Uncirculated Morgan and Peace Dollars Launch

Collectors have another opportunity to acquire two of America’s most iconic silver dollar designs, as the U.S. Mint releases the 1776 ~ 2026 Enhanced Uncirculated Morgan and Peace...

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coinweek.com /1 week ago

Five Volcanoes, One Vanished Republic: The 1824 Central American 8 Reales

The Ceiba: Liberty Struck in Silver Most countries outlive their money. In 19th-century Central America, something remarkable happened. The money outlived the country. The 1824 Cen...

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coinnews.net /3 days ago

Photos Show U.S. Mint’s 1804 Dollar Gold Coin & Silver Medal Set

CoinNews photos offer a closer look at the United States Mint’s 1804 Silver Dollar Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set, the first modern U.S. Mint coinage to recreate the famed 1804 dol...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

1872 Two-Cent Piece: Born in War, Killed by Peace

Why the 1872 Two-Cent Piece Became a Legendary Rarity The 1872 Two-Cent Piece did more than close a short-lived coin series. It marked the final circulation issue of a denomination...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

The King Returns in Gold: U.S. Mint Revives the 1804 Dollar for America’s 250th

Best of the Mint 1804 Silver Dollar Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set The date tells a lie. However, the coin tells one of the greatest stories in American numismatics. No U.S. Mint w...

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coinweek.com /3 days ago

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...

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coinnews.net /1 week ago

U.S. Mint Launches 1804 Dollar Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set

One of America’s most famous rare coins returns in a new form today as the United States Mint releases its Best of the Mint 1804 Silver Dollar Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set. The 1...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

Superb Gem 1937-D Texas Centennial Half Dollar Reaches the Summit at PCGS MS-68

This Texas Half Dollar Packs an Entire Revolution Into 30.6 Millimeters A superb 1937-D Texas Independence Centennial Half Dollar now offered through Stack’s Bowers Marketplace com...

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coinnews.net /1 month ago

1776-2026 Silver Dollars, 1804 Gold Lead U.S. Mint August Releases

August brings another high-profile slate of Semiquincentennial products from the U.S. Mint, including enhanced uncirculated Morgan and Peace silver dollars, two additions to the Be...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

Unique 1878 Gold Pattern Quarter Eagle Just Set a New Record

Unique 1878 Gold Pattern Quarter Eagle Sets $439,200 Auction Record Only one genuine gold example of the 1878 Judd-1566 Pattern Quarter Eagle survives. That fact alone places the c...

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