COINage Magazine

James L. Halperin is the co-founder and co-chairman of Heritage Auctions (HA.com). Heritage, which he co-founded in 1982, is now an in-demand online auction house destination with reported total sales exceeding $1.45 billion in 2022. Halperin...

The 1907 Extremely High Relief Inverted Edge Letters Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS PR 69 is the Professional Grading Service’s (PCGS) Coin of the Month. The debates will continue for time immemorial as to which coin should...

CAC-approved coins fared well in many public sales during January 2024 and in a live auction in Dallas County, Texas. Here are ten examples, which were selected from a large number of results that...

Small coins with high grades and low populations are big-ticket items these days. As recently as the late 1990s, a coin selling for $1 million was considered a big deal. Today, $1 million for...

It was 25 years ago, on January 4, 1999, that the 50 State Quarters program kicked off a national fanfare and forever changed the way Americans looked at their coins. An ambitious program fielding 50...

Right now, if we listen to the polls and pundits, the 2024 U.S. presidential election looks like it will be a rematch of the two candidates from 2020: Joe Biden versus Donald Trump. It can be...

The 1870-S $3, PCGS SP50 is the Professional Grading Service’s (PCGS) Coin of the Month. There are few coins as enigmatic and storied as the 1870-S $3, a special-strike coin that has gone down in history...

The Sacagawea dollar has a namesake that is as enigmatic as the coin itself. First issued in 2000, the Sacagawea dollar is an expedition into coin collecting that, like the westward journey of Captains...

Economic forecasts for 2024 point to an easing of inflationary tensions, a weakening global economy and volatility in precious metals. Conditions in 2024 could lead to a coin market with many moving parts. Collectors...

The 1902 Indian Cent, PCGS MS68RD is the Professional Grading Service’s (PCGS) Coin of the Month. The Indian cent, struck from 1859 through 1909, is one of the most widely collected coins of the 19th century,...