COINage Magazine

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 U.S. Mint produced large-denomination silver coinage for mass circulation. It...

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 cancellation of the summer event, originally scheduled for June 3-5....

The final coin in the ongoing America the Beautiful quarter series, honoring the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama, was released on Feb. 19. Its reverse design features a Tuskegee Airman pilot suiting up...

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 and Legend Numismatics recently completed an historic $6 million transaction...

As mid-February draws to a close, gold and silver prices remain unexcited — and unexciting — with relatively little stirring investors. Gold prices dropped back below $1,800 earlier this week and are trading around $1,775...

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 all 50 coins in the series, which are often prized...

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 coin book, especially because there are so many great numismatic...

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 recently traded worthy of any press it can get. Three-cent...

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 yielded more than 20 million troy ounces of gold worth...

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 the general media, our hobby wins, right? Numismatic luminaries and...