Attempt Made to Sell Fake $300,000 Gold Coin
Seller is suspect in another counterfeits case
Acting on a tip from the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline.org), federal and local California law enforcement agents now...
Ancient Gold Coin Commands $700,000
Earlier this year, a young metal detectorist came across a small 24-karat gold coin. It recently sold at auction for $700,000.
The 1,700-year-old Roman...
Safe Coin Collecting Storage
Safe coin collecting storage is a speciality for Victor J. Gonzalez as he's been involved in the insurance industry since 1985. After a successful...
Can You Dig It?
Metal detecting—or “digging,” as enthusiasts sometimes call it—has drawn a plethora of passionate hobbyists with varied interests for decades, and reality television is shining...
10th-Grader Expands Hobby
COINage recently spoke with YN Kenny Sammut about his involvement in the hobby and listened as he offered some tips about how the coin field can expand and gain the interest of more young numismatists.
W-Mint Quarters Spur Growth In Numismatic Economy
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, COINage News Editor
The West Point Mint is making news this year by producing 2 million examples of each of the five...
My Two Cents’ Worth: The Weight-ing Game
THE WEIGHT-ING GAME
by Ed Reiter
It’s official: The Realm of Coins has a new heavyweight champion—with a seven-figure price tag to back its claim to...
Coin of the Week: 1855-D Gold Dollar
By Antoinette Rahn, Managing Editor
Have you ever thought about coins as treats? Although it is dinner time as I write this, my observations are...
Gold Doubloon Commands Record-Setting $9.36M at Auction
A 1787 Brasher Doubloon, the finest of just seven known specimens, became the world’s most valuable gold coin after selling for a new record...
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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) announced today, May 12, 2021, that the NGC Registry will recognize and score coins evaluated by Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC)...
UK Scraps October 31 Brexit Coins
A special British 50 pence coin struck to honor Great Britain’s exit from the European Union, originally planned for October 31, is being “recycled”...
Take Note: Valuable New Issues
Just 2 million of each of the five 2019 quarter dollars issued will feature the “W” mintmark of the famous West Point Mint....
























