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By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek ….. I remember a while back, a collector (DeplorableDan) posted photos and comments about an 1836 Quarter Eagle, Block 8, on a PCGS messag...
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By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek ….. I remember a while back, a collector (DeplorableDan) posted photos and comments about an 1836 Quarter Eagle, Block 8, on a PCGS messag...
A July 4 Trump Dollar Reached PCGS Before Release, Now the 250,000-Coin Hunt Begins A new modern U.S. coin hunt has already produced its first major certification milestone. Profes...
1961 Franklin Half Dollar Doubled Die Reverse: FS-801 Guide Millions of Proof Franklin half dollars left the Philadelphia Mint in 1961. Most remain affordable today. However, one r...
The 1928 $10 Gold Certificate Star Note, cataloged as Friedberg #2400* and graded PCGS Banknote Choice Uncirculated 63, stands as one of the most desirable issues in small-size Uni...
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...
CAC Coin Premiums Result in Impressive Auction Prices for September Two gold coins carried the same date and grade. Both came from the same legendary American coin series. Yet one...
This 1806 Quarter Has 10 Hidden Varieties and One “Good-4” Sold for $7,200 At first glance, the 1806 Draped Bust Quarter looks like a simple piece of early American silver. Look cl...
New Trump Dollar Error Discovery Exposes its Copper Core A missing outer layer exposes the coin’s copper core. NGC graded the newly reported discovery MS 65, according to MintError...
“The appearance of this coin is not merely important for Registry collectors of the series, but it is an event for the history books."
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...
Market Insights & More from Jeff Garrett Today’s rare coin market gives collectors more information than ever before. However, knowing how to use that information can make the...
By Jesse Kraft for American Numismatic Society (ANS) …..Updated and reformatted by CoinWeek Goloid Dollars, the “Crime of ’73,” and America’s Silver Crisis Few moments in American...
With its darkened silver surface and coppery-gold hues, the more than 130-year-old dime may not look especially remarkable at first glance. But the 1894-S Barber dime is conside...
A private auction tied to a limited CAC Grading label issue has generated a six-figure sum that will be distributed to nonprofit numismatic organizations and other charities. The f...
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...
By CoinWeek ….. Collectors often feel overwhelmed when they first enter the hobby. There is a lot of information about coin values. However, many beginners miss the core principles...
By CoinWeek IQ Paper money may look uniform and precise, but every note begins life as a physical object moving through massive, high-speed printing presses. Like coin striking, th...
John Albanese Is Signing 20,000 CACG Labels and Says He’ll Never Do It Again A new CAC Grading initiative will turn 20,000 hand-signed certification labels into funding for coin cl...
Monnaie de Paris Table Mountain Gold A modern coin with a mintage of 150 qualifies as scarce. Drop that number to 25 and the collecting equation changes dramatically. Make only 10,...
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. What to Look for in Pocket Change and While Coin Roll Hunting Coin collectors often start with the simplest source of treasure: pocket change. Every...
Inside the 1877 U.S. Mint: How William Barber Kept Coin Dies From Breaking Every struck coin begins with controlled violence. A coining press forces two hardened steel dies agains...
A rare 1893-S Morgan Silver Dollar, the lowest-mintage business-strike issue of the series, has sold for $1,181,250 at GreatCollections. The Clapp-Eliasberg specimen, graded PCGS M...
1832 Large Letters Half Dollar: The Die That Broke At first glance, an 1832 Capped Bust Half Dollar can look like just another survivor from one of America’s most widely collected...
Who Counterstamped These Early U.S. Quarters? A New Look at the E and L Mystery For more than a century, collectors have asked the same question about a small group of E and L coun...
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