Gold Tops $1,500, Breaking 6-Year Price Record
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, COINage News Editor
Gold is on fire this week, hitting the $1,500 threshold on August 7 and hovering at that mark over...
The Queen’s Beasts Coins
Ten six-foot tall statues, by sculptor James Woodford RA, OBE, formed an honor guard at the entrance to Westminster Abbey for the June 1953...
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...
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....
Two Young Numismatists Receive ANA Scholarships
The American Numismatic Association (ANA) has awarded 2021 college scholarships to Paige Price from Bolivar, Missouri, and Madeline Rodriguez from Evanston, Illinois. Each winner...
Longtime Collector, Dealer Dale Larsen Joins Respected Virginia Beach Coin Firm David Lawrence Rare...
David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) is pleased to announce the addition of Dale Larsen to the David Lawrence team as a Senior Numismatist and...
Treasure Auction Brings $3.1 Million
A variety of rarities and strong turnout by bidders helped propel Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC’s Treasure Auction 24 results to more than $3.1 million, a record-breaking sale for the firm. The sale, held live on Nov. 2-3 in Orlando, Florida, and online on Nov. 5, featured more than 2,300 lots.
New Act for Veteran Commem Gaining Support
The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act (H.R. 1683), if passed, would authorize the U.S. Treasury to produce $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins at the United States Mint at West Point.
On This Day: ‘In God We Trust’
January 1, 1866: United States silver and gold coins begin bearing the motto, "In God We Trust." The one exception: the dime, due to its...
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Since the numerical grading scale that we use today for U.S. coins was first published in 1949, it has included the “70” grade. This magic number has always represented the highest grade, the best imaginable condition of a particular coin.
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Gold as Insurance
By Maurice Rosen
The price of gold reached its historic high in 2011: $1,923 per troy ounce. That price was nearly three times where it...
$5 Million Nickel?
Don’t have two nickels to rub together? Well how about just one worth $3 to $5 million+? Stack’s Bowers Galleries has announced it will...
4 Tree-Rific Coins For Celebrating Arbor Day
It's been a busy week... Monday helped kick off National Coin Week, Wednesday was Earth Day. And today, Friday April 24? It's Arbor Day....
