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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Tiny Weight Change Created America’s Rarest Carson City Coin that Sold for $3.6 Million A microscopic change in federal law created one of the greatest rarities in American numis...
By Jeff Garret Want to collect this series? Start with the remarkable group of inaugural 2000 issues and decide how far your budget can take you. The U.S. Mint recently made an unu...
By CoinWeek Few U.S. gold coins inspire as much curiosity as the 1887 Liberty Head Half Eagle. At first glance, it appears to be just another late-date $5 gold piece from the With...
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...
Eleven of America’s most notorious gold coins will come together in public for the first time this month. The United States Mint will bring all 11 government-owned 1933 Saint-Gaude...
Pattern or Mistake? This 1866 Nickel Quarter Eagle Still Baffles Experts One of the rarest 19th-century U.S. pattern coins asks a deceptively simple question: Did the Philadelphia...
Few United States coin denominations have failed as quickly, or as quietly, as the Twenty-Cent Piece. Authorized in the mid-1870s and struck for only four years, this oddball silve...
Five Were Struck: America’s Finest 1879 Quintuple Stella Five were struck. Four remain in private hands. One belongs to the Smithsonian. Now the finest-certified example of the leg...
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...
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...
The United States Mint struck the first Buffalo nickels, but James Earle Fraser had to sell Treasury officials on an idea. His solution did not involve conventional pattern coins....
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...
The 1776 ~ 2026-W Enhanced Uncirculated American Gold Eagle drew intense demand when it launched May 28, becoming unavailable from the United States Mint in less than two minutes....
Surprise July 4th Privy Trump Dollar Surfaces Days Before U.S. Mint Launch Heritage Auctions numismatist Rene Alvarenga discovered an unannounced “July 4th” privy-mark 2026 Donald...
The $1.25 Coin: How the U.S. Mint Created Its Most Famous Modern Mule Error In May 2000, Arkansas collector Frank Wallis opened a roll of new Sacagawea dollars and found the imposs...
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