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  • 1796 Draped Bust Dime JR-3: The “Mr. 1796” Coin
  • The Boston Mint and the First Colonial Coins
  • Top 10 U.S. Coins That Tell the Story of America

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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

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 /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 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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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 /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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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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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

The Dime That Should Not Exist: The Unique 1873-CC No Arrows Dime

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...

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coinweek.com /3 weeks ago

The Incredible 2000 Sacagawea Dollars

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...

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coinweek.com /4 weeks ago

The 1887 Half Eagle: America’s Only Proof-Only $5 Gold Coin

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...

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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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coinweek.com /3 weeks ago

11 Legendary 1933 Double Eagles Headline $100 Million Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money

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...

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coinweek.com /3 weeks ago

1866 Nickel Quarter Eagle Reopens a 160-Year-Old Mint Mystery

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...

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coinweek.com /4 weeks ago

The Twenty-Cent Piece: America’s Shortest-Lived Silver Experiment

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...

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coinweek.com /1 week ago

America’s $20 “Euro Before the Euro”: Finest 1879 Quintuple Stella Heads to Heritage

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...

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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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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 /2 weeks ago

Before the Buffalo Nickel Existed, James Earle Fraser Made These Remarkable 1912 Electrotrials

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....

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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 month ago

1776-2026 Enhanced Uncirculated Gold Eagle Prices Split After Hot Launch

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....

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coinweek.com /1 week ago

‘July 4th’ Privy Trump Dollar Discovered Before U.S. Mint Launch

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...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

The Mint’s Impossible $1.25 Coin Set a $194,000 Record

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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