How To Grade Morgan Dollars: A Visual Guide
For the past 50 years or so, one of the most popular series among U.S. numismatists has been the Morgan silver dollar. Struck between 1878 and 1904 (with a final issue in 1921), Morgan dollars have achieved their popularity due to their large size, attractive design, and widespread availability in Mint State grades at relatively low cost (for common dates).
Gold Prices Skyrocket, Stocks Tank Amid Coronavirus Scare
It was a wild Monday on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 1,031 points, marking the third-worst single-session drop in history....
Premier Guide to Identifying Error Coins
By Tom DeLorey
Within the general field of U.S. numismatics, there are the sub-fields of collecting error coins and coins with significant die varieties. I...
The History of Colorized Coins
The popularity of coins with color on them drives certain segments of rare coin markets and collectors. Morgan Dollars, type coins, and classic commemoratives...
2022 Handbook of United States Coins Coming Soon
The 2022 Handbook of United States Coins (79th edition), popularly known as the Blue Book, will be available beginning May 10.
The 304-page book will...
Finest-Known 1885 Trade Dollar Brings $3.96 Million
The finest-known 1885 Trade dollar – among the rarest and most enigmatic issues in all of American coinage – sold for $3,960,000 through Heritage Auctions Thursday evening, Jan. 10, following a winning bid cast by collector Dell Loy Hansen of Logan, Utah.
Legacy Currency Grading Joins Marketplace
Noted money authentication expert Jason W. Bradford and a team of experts are heading Legacy Currency Grading (www.LegacyGrading.com), a new paper money grading and...
“Common-Date” Gold Type Coins Push Higher
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By Mike Fuljenz
Over the last few months, with gold moving up, demand from new and old customers has increased for gold bullion and...
New Issue: Breast Cancer Awareness Set Available
The United States Mint recently began accepting orders for the 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness Coin and Stamp Set.
The price of the set is...
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Coin designer Jamie Franki has signed an exclusive deal with Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) to hand autograph label inserts for certified coins bearing...
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Billionaire Coin Collectors Competing for “Best of Breed” Coin Sets
An old adage is that coin collecting is “The Hobby of Kings,” since only kings could afford or have the power to seize the top quality rare coins made of precious metals. Today, that slogan has changed to become “The Collector is King,” with the serious collector of rare coins driving up prices.
Coronavirus Effects on Coin Collecting and Investing
By Josh McMorrow-Hernandez
There’s an eerie silence in the world these days.
Humankind is hibernating, waiting until it’s safe to come back out again. To return...
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....
