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Paradime is offering this 1879 Gilt Stella – Looks Like Gold, but Its Real Story Is Better At first glance, the 1879 Coiled Hair Stella gilt pattern looks like one of America’s gre...
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....
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...
A Famous Gold Rarity Fooled Collectors for More Than 60 Years A mysterious gold striking once ranked among the most intriguing experimental pieces linked to the Liberty Head Quarte...
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...
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...
The Unique 1910 Lincoln Cent Uniface Die Trial: The Full Story PCGS called it a uniface test strike. Mike Diamond argued that it looked like a mint error. Later, USPatterns accepte...
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...
The coins have a gold-like finish, but aren't made of gold.
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...
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...
The 1997 Sabi Sabi Proof Krugerrand Became a Modern Gold Trophy The Krugerrand usually represents liquidity, recognition, and gold ownership. South Africa produced millions of the...
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...
On some 1875 Indian Head cents, a small but unmistakable raised dot appears on the reverse. The dot sits near the upper-left corner of the N in ONE, and it shows up only on coins s...
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...
For the first time, the United States Mint will display all 11 of its 1933 $20 Double Eagles together on Aug. 28 at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Pit...
“You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.” The expression has circulated for centuries. Writers used a recognizable version of it during the 1500s. Its meaning remains clear...
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...
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...
Australia Put a Convicted Forger in Charge of Its First Coins. Now the Holey Dollar Is Back Australia’s first locally minted currency began with a money shortage, 40,000 Spanish si...
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...
Worn Nearly Smooth and Worth Thousands: Inside the Strange World of Low Ball Coins A nearly blank silver dollar rests inside a pristine plastic holder. Liberty’s face has vanished....
Near-Perfect 1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar Heads to GreatCollections A city rose from disaster. A canal changed global trade. Then, two legendary U.S. Mint engravers captured b...
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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