1865 Liberty Seated Dollar PCGS PR65DCAM

PCGS Coin of the Week: 1865 Liberty Seated Dollar, PR65DCAM

Liberty Seated dollars are rather elusive in high-end condition... Circulation strikes were mostly made in small batches, with a few dates seeing six-figure mintages...
1794 Flowing Hair Half Dollar PCGS MS64+.

PCGS Coin of the Week: 1794 Flowing Hair Half Dollar, MS64+

The 1794 Flowing Hair half dollar marks the first year of the 50-cent denomination in the United States and also the first year the...
Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission

Whitman Expo shifts gears, eyeing expanded November event

An expanded “Mega Bourse” is being planned for the November 2021 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo. This news was shared by the show’s management following...
2021 Tuskegee Airman quarter

Tuskegee Airmen Three-Coin Set rounds out America the Beautiful program

The final coin in the ongoing America the Beautiful quarter series, honoring the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama, was released on Feb....
1913 Liberty Nickel

Bruce Morelan Buys Finest 1913 Liberty Nickel; Legend Numismatics Buys The...

Multimillion-Dollar Sets Involve the All-Time Finest 1913 Liberty Nickel, Graded PR66 by Professional Coin Grading Service (Santa Ana, California) February 23, 2021 – Bruce Morelan...
Gold Bullion Coins

Gold, Silver Prices Remain Lukewarm To Finish the Week

As mid-February draws to a close, gold and silver prices remain unexcited — and unexciting — with relatively little stirring investors. Gold prices dropped back...
1936 Battle of Gettysburg half dollar

ANA unveils online resource for classic commemorative coins

A new online resource produced by the American Numismatic Association highlights the U.S. Mint's early silver commemoratives (1892-1954). It provides detailed images and information for...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Legendary Celebrities Buying Coins (Part II)

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez Editor’s Note: This is the conclusion of a two-part series. Enjoy Part I >>> Read a good book lately? Hopefully, it was a...
1863 Trime, PCGS MS67+PL.

PCGS Coin of the Week: 1863 Trime MS67+PL

Yo, can you spare a trime? These tiny three-cent silver piece aren't often the coins that make numismatic headlines, but there's one specimen that...
Bullion scale

Rush to Gold: From Mines to Mints (Part II)

By Steve Voynick Editor’s Note: This is the conclusion of a two-part series. Enjoy part I >>> Gold Boom Sparks Mint Expansion By 1857, California’s mines had...
Thomas Jefferson

Legendary Celebrities Buying Coins (Part I)

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. Enjoy Part II >>> Numismatics In the Media Spotlight When coins make it into...

Going Once, Going Twice, SOLD! Five Intriguing U.S. Coins Sold in...

By Antoinette Rahn Coin auctions may seem to some to be about as far from a spectator sport as one can get, but if you've...
Emily Damstra

U.S. Coin Designer Emily Damstra Signs Exclusive PCGS Signature Labels for...

Damstra will be signing PCGS Signature Labels for 2021 American Silver Eagle, Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Silver Dollar & Other Coins (Santa Ana, California) February 15,...
1849 woodcut of California gold-rush prospector

Rush to Gold: From Mines to Mints (Part I)

By Steve Voynick Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. Enjoy part II >>> Gold rushes had a significant impact on American monetary...
Christa McAuliffe PCGS label

PCGS Offering Special Label Memorializing NASA Challenger Astronaut Christa McAuliffe

Professional Coin Grading Service pairs special Astronaut Memorial Foundation label with commemorative silver dollar honoring NASA Astronaut Christa McAuliffe (Santa Ana, California) February 13, 2021...
1930 numismatic catalog

Early History of Coin Fame

By. R.W. Julian Although numismatics was a lively hobby by the mid-1860s, there was little in the way of a national push towards increasing the...
Genuine 1878 Morgan dollar. Image is courtesy of ACEF.

Silver Rush Creates Silver Scams

Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation warns of surge in fake “silver” coins offered online (Temecula, California) February 11, 2021 -- The recent panic buying of silver bullion...
Gold Bullion Coins

Bullion Prices Bump Through The Week of February 8, 2021 But...

Bullion investors watch as gold and silver prices twist and turn throughout the week of February 8, 2021, but there have been no unusual...
Donn Pearlman with Mike Fuljenz

COINage Confidential: Michael Ray Fuljenz

America’s Gold Expert™ At seven years old, Michael Ray Fuljenz received his first shiny silver dollar after making straight As on his report card. It...

Paper Money Mindset: Franklin’s Colonial Currency

By Antoinette Rahn "A penny saved is a penny earned." The same man to whom the above quote is attributed was one of America's busiest colonists...