Rebel With a Mint: Breakaway Country Rises With Issues
By Dr. Kerry Rodgers
Few countries are as misunderstood as the Principality of Hutt River.
Collectors will be hard-pressed to find its issues in the Standard...
U.S. Government Seizures of Coins and Gold
By R.W. Julian
The history of seizures of coins and gold is a checkered one and dates back to the 19th century. The first tentative...
Teaching Space
With recent rocket launches, solar and lunar eclipses, and planetary sightings, the subject of space is a hot topic. The U.S. Mint has...
1913 Barber Half Dollar: PCGS Coin of the Month
The Professional Grading Service’s (PCGS) Coin of the Month is the 1913 Barber Half Dollar (PCGS MS66+).
Philadelphia Mint Scarce Coins
When one thinks about early 20th-century...
1804 Dollar, Other Legendary Coins Passed Up in Oct 8 Auction — And Here’s...
By COINage News Staff
A series of iconic coins were offered for sale last night as part of the Legend Rare Coin Auctions offering of...
Partners: COINage, December 2018
We are proud to partner with the following businesses for our December 2018 issue of COINage magazine.
Declared Finest Known, 1794 Dollar is Now Graded CACG MS67 And Insured For...
(Virginia Beach, Virginia) January 21, 2025 – A 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar, sold at auction “raw” as Gem Brilliant Uncirculated by Stack’s in...
My Two Cents’ Worth: A Perfect Spring Day
A PERFECT SPRING DAY
by Ed Reiter
Big things are afoot in the world of coins.
In response to complaints from disgruntled consumers, the United States Mint...
COINage Profile: 1970-D Kennedy Half Dollar
The 1970-D Kennedy half dollar is the last of its breed, a silver business-strike coin representing the tail-end of the era when precious-metal coins...
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ED REITER: A LIFE WELL WRITTEN
Ed Reiter, former New York Times numismatics columnist, dies at 79
(Wilkes-Barre, PA) Aug. 24, 2017—Ed Reiter of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, a one-man institution in coin...
Market Report: Discontinue the Cent
President Trump wants each U.S. department to cut five percent in costs. Everyone has an idea for cutting small amounts, but we have to think bigger to make a dent in a public debt that is $21 trillion and growing by about $1 trillion each year. When it comes to the U.S. Mint and Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), I have made the most cost-effective suggestion many times over the last five years: Kill the penny!
Zachary Taylor Presidential Dollar
Zachary Taylor has the distinction of being one of a handful of U.S. presidents who never won an elective office before capturing the nation’s...
