Coin Collecting

5 Excellent Gift Ideas For Coin Collectors

Buying gifts for loved ones who are numismatists can be tricky, whether shopping during the holidays or for birthdays and anniversaries. But regardless of how well you know what your favorite coin collector loves...
Roger Federer

Champion Tennis Player Roger Federer First Living Person On Swissmint Commemorative Coin

Fans of tennis know Roger Federer as one of the sport's greatest players of all time. And now numismatists will know the 38-year-old Swiss 20-time Grand Slam champion as the first living person ever...
Gold Coins

Gold Coins Dropped In Salvation Army Red Kettles

It’s that giving time of the year again, and those iconic Salvation Army red kettles are popping up at shopping centers around the country. Usually, donors will drop in a quarter, a dollar bill,...
2019-S Enhanced Reverse Proof American Silver Eagle

2019-S American Silver Eagle Sells For More Than $14,000!

The 2019-S Enhanced Reverse Proof American Silver Eagle coin keeps making waves in the marketplace. After selling out in a matter of minutes following its November 14 release from the United States Mint, which...

Unprecedented $50 Million Gold Eagles Tyrant Collection Exhibit at February Long Beach Expo

More than 300 historic U.S. $10 coins in unparalleled set’s display A never-before seen exhibit of United States $10 Eagle gold coins from the extensive Tyrant Collection will be publicly displayed at the February 20-22, 2020...

Rare 1856-S/s Quarters Discovered in Amazing SS Central America Treasure

Nine elusive examples of the large mint mark over small mintmark variety now confirmed from treasure retrieved in 2014 The fabled SS Central America, the famous “Ship of Gold” that sank in 1857 carrying tons of...
Gold Prices

How You Can Combat Counterfeiting

By R.W. Julian The hobby of numismatics is at a crossroads. The increasing number of counterfeits in the marketplace calls for strong responses, the first of which is the system of third-party grading services. The...

PNG 2020 YN Scholarship Competition Opens

Young Numismatists have until March 13, 2020 to submit an essay The annual Professional Numismatists Guild Young Numismatist (YN) Scholarship Competition has opened. The PNG will provide a scholarship to a deserving YN to attend one...

COINage Confidential: Ron Guth

Ron Guth is a recognized authority on the United States and a specialist in German coins. He has written or co-authored numerous books, several of which have garnered awards from the Professional Numismatists Guild...

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 dealt with both groups when I was the editor of...