ANA World’s Fair of Money Planning Continues
August Convention Remains on the Schedule
While the country begins to reopen for business and stay-at-home restrictions are lifted, the American Numismatic Association (ANA) continues to plan for the World's Fair of Money. The premier...
Wiling Away Time Searching for Valuable Coins in the Change Jar
Searching my coin jar of spare pocket change at home is something I’ve been doing since I first became a coin collector in 1992. And it’s always been a fruitful way to pick up...
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 to a life we once knew but will never quite...
Investment Report: Ultimate Security is PCGS and NGC Certified Gold Coins
By James Passin
The gold market is now breaking down. It is impossible to settle COMEX gold futures trades as dealers are unable to secure or transport suitable gold bars to settle against the contracts....
COINage Profile: 1995 Doubled Die Lincoln Cent
The coin collecting community was abuzz in the spring of 1995 with the news that a major doubled die had just been discovered on what were then the newest Lincoln cents. The 1995 obverse...
Gold Prices Start Week At $1,750 As Progress Continues On COVID-19 Vaccine
Gold prices are starting the week off strong, with one ounce of gold trading for about $1,750 on the morning of Monday, May 18, 2020. Even if prices soften a bit, the $1,700+ territory...
PCGS Attributing Emergency Bullion 2020 American Silver Eagles from the Philadelphia Mint
Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has announced the attribution of qualifying bullion-quality 2020 American Silver Eagles struck at the Philadelphia Mint during an emergency run. These Philadelphia Mint American Silver Eagles were produced in...
COINage Profile: 1982 No-P Roosevelt Dime
One of the most popular modern coin varieties is the 1982 no-P Roosevelt dime. Struck just two years after the Philadelphia Mint began stamping its "P" mintmark on all of its coins greater in...
The Cent Project 2020: How Many Pennies Are Really Out There?
Ever wonder how many 1975 Lincoln pennies are floating around out there in circulation? No, don't need to look up mintage figures... Those don't really mean much of anything in the context of how...
Gearing Up For Summer Coin Collecting Fun
I was looking at my calendar this morning and am stunned at how quickly we’re approaching Memorial Day weekend, a time considered by many to mark the unofficial start of summer. Of course, the...
