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Counterfeit Gold Coins Filled With Platinum: Hollow Gold

The Strange Story of The Hollow Gold Scam: Counterfeit Gold Coins Filled Real $10 Eagles With Platinum By Roger W. Burdette – Updated by CoinWeek May 2026 Counterfeit Gold coins ha...

Coin Planchets: The Invisible Disc That Makes or Breaks a Bullion Coin

By Alex Sim at First Mint Collectors notice the finished coin first. They see the mirror surface of a Proof coin. They study the crisp strike of a Britannia. They feel the weight o...

1885 Pattern Morgan Dollar in Aluminum Shows Snowden’s Bold Fight Against Counterfeiters

This Rare 1885 Morgan Dollar Pattern Hid Its Secret on the Edge An 1885 Pattern Morgan Dollar in aluminum offered collectors a rare look at one of the Philadelphia Mint’s most intr...

Mint Records Confirm Proof Dies Did Double Duty in 1883 and 1884

Proof Dies in Pocket Change? Mint Records Reveal an 1880s Coinage Surprise Collectors like clean categories. Proof coins belong in one box. Circulation strikes belong elsewhere. On...

$1 coin featuring Trump image unveiled

The coins have a gold-like finish, but aren't made of gold.

The Only Certified Proof 1828 Capped Bust Half Dollar

A Great Early Half Dollar Rarity An 1828 Capped Bust Half Dollar with extraordinary proof status sold for $192,000 in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ August 2023 Global Showcase Auction,...

America’s Rarest “What-If” Coins: Proven Strategies for Collecting U.S. Pattern Coinage

United States pattern coins represent ideas that never reached circulation. They show what the U.S. Mint considered, tested, and ultimately rejected. For collectors, that makes the...

Lord of the Rings 50p revealed by Royal Mint... its first coin with 'caustic technology'

The Royal Mint have today unveiled a collectable 50p marking the anniversary of The Fellowship of the Ring.

$1 coin featuring Trump image unveiled

The coins have a gold-like finish, but aren't made of gold.

1915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Octagonal: America’s Gold Coin That Broke the Circle

The $50 Gold Coin That Broke America’s Circle for 111 Years The 1915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Octagonal gold coin did something no other legal-tender United States coin had done. It br...

2026 Morgan and Peace Reverse Proof Dollars Bring 1921’s Famous Silver Dollar Handoff Into America’s 250th Year

Two Classic Silver Dollars Return With a 250th Anniversary Twist The United States Mint will release the 2026 Morgan Silver Dollar Reverse Proof Coin and the 2026 Peace Silver Doll...

Inside the Legendary Sabi Sabi Krugerrand – a Modern Gold Trophy with Only 72 Struck

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...

PCGS Offers $5,000 Reward for First July 4 Privy Quarter

Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is offering a $5,000 reward for the first 1776 ~ 2026 Declaration of Independence quarter bearing the limited "JULY 4th" privy mark submitt...

1879 Coiled Hair Stella Gilt: The Gold Coin That Wasn’t

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...

1867 No Rays Shield Nickel with a Pattern Reverse

The 1867 Proof Shield Nickel Secret That Hid for 135 Years A five-cent coin should not need a detective story. This one does. Heritage Auctions will offer an 1867 No Rays Shield Ni...

The Finest 1792 Half Disme: America’s First Federal Coin With a Direct Rittenhouse Pedigree

The Tiny 1792 Coin That Launched America’s Mint It arrived before the first Philadelphia Mint building stood ready. It carried a new national promise in silver. Also, it passed thr...

First Known Certified 1824/1 Proof Half Dollar Heads to Auction

Family Collection Reveals First Certified 1824/1 Proof Half Dollar A newly certified 1824/1 Proof Capped Bust half dollar has emerged from a long-held family collection, and it is...

First Known Proof 1824/1 Half Dollar Heads to Auction

A rare 1824/1 Capped Bust half dollar described as the first known proof example of the overdate is heading to sale with a conservative pre-auction estimate of $75,000 to $90,000....

1968 No S Roosevelt Dime: The Tiny Proof Set Mistake That Created a Modern Rarity

,A Missing “S” Turned This 1968 Proof Dime Into a $22,800 Modern Rarity In 1968, the United States Mint sought to restore order to American coinage. Instead, it accidentally create...

The Secret Pattern Royal Mint Hides On Its Coins

You might already know how pounds got called a “quid,” or why the £1 coin has 12 sides.But I’d never even heard of Sterling coins joining up together to form a Power Rangers-style...

Trump Coins: Silver and gold medallions bearing Trump's face, 'designed' by him, cost up to $12,000

U.S. Mint Launches 1776-2026 Reverse Proof Silver Dollars

Two classic silver dollars take on a Semiquincentennial look as the U.S. Mint releases its 1776 ~ 2026 Reverse Proof Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars today at noon ET. Both coins ca...

1792 Copper Disme: The First U.S. Coin May Have Been a Dime That Wasn’t a Dime

Did America’s First Coin Start in a Philadelphia Cellar? The 1792 Copper Disme does not look loud. It does not need to. It sits at the edge of the American coinage story like a lit...

The Only U.S. Gold Coin Struck on an Elliptical Planchet

The “Football-Shaped” Gold Eagle: A Unique U.S. Mint Error A unique 2023 $5 Gold Eagle mint error shows how one tiny failure in the blanking process created one of the most dramati...