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coinweek.com /1 month ago

1922 High Relief Peace Dollar: The Mint Experiment That Changed the Series

Why the 1922 High Relief Peace Dollar Became a Six-Figure Mint Experiment The 1922 High Relief Peace Dollar tells a more complicated story than collectors once believed. For decade...

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nbcdfw.com /1 month ago

This dime sold for $1.2 million. The story behind its extraordinary value

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...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

Why Great Coins Need More Than Rarity: The Stories That Create Numismatic Legends

The $18.9 Million Lesson: Why the Greatest Coins Need a Great Story Rarity and condition can make a coin valuable. However, history, beauty, pedigree, and a remarkable story can tu...

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coinweek.com /2 weeks ago

The Finest 1792 Half Disme Is Back And Its Rittenhouse Pedigree Is No Longer Certain

This Tiny 1792 Coin Helped Launch U.S. Money. Now Its Famous Pedigree Is a Mystery On the evening of July 13, 1792, Thomas Jefferson stopped in Chester, Pennsylvania, while traveli...

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coinweek.com /4 weeks ago

1837 Feuchtwanger Cent: The Tiny Token That Almost Changed U.S. Coinage

The Dime-Sized 1837 Token That Almost Replaced America’s Copper Cent In 1837, Americans needed small change. They also needed confidence. The Panic of 1837 shook banks, businesses,...

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coinweek.com /1 month 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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coinweek.com /1 month ago

The Rare 1848 Gothic Florin Pattern Behind Britain’s “Godless Florin” Scandal

1848 Gothic Florin Pattern: Britain’s Decimal Revolution in Silver At first glance, the 1848 Great Britain Gothic Florin Pattern looks like pure Victorian theater. Queen Victoria w...

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coinweek.com /1 month 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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coinweek.com /1 week ago

1792 Half Disme Shatters Record at $2.93 Million as Heritage Auctions Top $19 Million

A Five-Cent Coin From 1792 Just Sold for $2.93 Million Newly discovered Civil War-era gold coin and D.B. Cooper ransom money add to an extraordinary week of rare coin and currency...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

Rare 1687 James II Five Guineas part of Sovereign Rarities Auction XXIII

A Tiny Mark on This Massive 1687 Gold Coin Reveals a Much Bigger Story A massive gold coin struck for a king who would lose his throne only a year later will offer collectors a dir...

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coinweek.com /5 days ago

Dated 1849, Struck in 1848: The Mormon $10 Gold Coin That Nearly Disappeared

Only 46 Were Struck. Now One of the Finest Survivors Has a $2 Million Estimate and a Legendary Pedigree. The date says 1849. The mint records tell a different story. On December 12...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

From Counterfeiter to Mintmaster: Australia Revives the Legendary Holey Dollar

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...

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coinnews.net /1 month 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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timesofindia.indiatimes.com /1 month ago

In 2023, a Kentucky farmer found an 1856 silver half dollar in his field; within an hour...

A Kentucky farmer discovered over 800 Civil War-era gold and silver coins. This extraordinary hoard, valued at more than three million dollars, was found buried. The collection inc...

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coinweek.com /6 days ago

Lost at Sea, Saved by History: Sedwick Auction 40 Brings Spanish Gold and Colonial Rarities to Market

Lost in a 1715 Hurricane, This Gold Royal Returns at Sedwick Auction 40 A gold coin struck in Mexico City in 1714 survived one of the greatest maritime disasters in Spanish colonia...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

The Lincoln Cent Nobody Saved And Why the 1914-D Became the True Mint State Key

Collectors Saved the 1909-S VDB. They Spent the Lincoln Cent That’s Rarer in Mint State One Lincoln cent became famous almost the moment it appeared. The other became famous becaus...

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

The Lincoln Cent the U.S. Mint Says Collectors Can’t Own

The Mint Made 1.57 Million of These Cents. Why Can’t Collectors Buy One? Most great American coin rarities became rare because the Mint struck very few of them. The 1974 aluminum c...

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wlky.com /2 weeks ago

Archaeologists found 11 silver coins buried 2,000 years ago

Archaeologists in Germany found 11 rare silver coins known as quinarii that were made by an ancient Celtic culture. But a mystery around them remains unanswered.

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kmbc.com /2 weeks ago

Archaeologists found 11 silver coins buried 2,000 years ago

Archaeologists in Germany found 11 rare silver coins known as quinarii that were made by an ancient Celtic culture. But a mystery around them remains unanswered.

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coinweek.com /1 month ago

The “E” and “L” Capped Bust Quarters: An 1881 Clue to a 145-Year Numismatic Mystery

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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coinnews.net /1 month 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 /4 weeks ago

Goloid Dollars: America’s Electrum Coinage

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...

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coinweek.com /3 weeks ago

Gold From “America’s Titanic”: A 1836 Half Eagle Lost at Sea in 1838

Gold From a 45-Minute Disaster: The 1836 Half Eagle of the S.B. Pulaski An 1836 Classic Head Half Eagle recovered from the S.B. Pulaski carries two remarkable histories. One began...

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coinweek.com /3 weeks ago

The 1913 Buffalo Nickel Was an American Masterpiece Until the Design Started Wearing Away

1913 Buffalo Nickel Type 1: Why the Original Design Had to Change The 1913 Buffalo Nickel Type 1 marks a turning point in American coinage. It replaced the Liberty Head “V” Nickel...

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