COINage Magazine

Effigy Mounds National Monument … Kisatchie National Forest … Weir Farm National Historic Site … Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge … Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. These are among the natural and man-made...

It’s nice to have the National Numismatic Collection—or at least an important part of it—on display again at the Smithsonian Institution. Four years have passed since the Smithsonian closed the long-running “History of Coins and...

COINage, like the Lincoln cent, is marking a major milestone this year. This is a special birthday for us: the 45th anniversary of this magazine’s first appearance on the nation’s newsstands. For those keeping “score,”...

COUNTERFEIT COINS Fake Vintage and Modern Coins Flood the Marketplace The Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGDealers.org) recently warned buyers and sellers of the proliferation of counterfeit coins in today's marketplace. “We conducted an informal inquiry of PNG...

And what is so rare as a day in June? Well, by a process of elimination, I can think of a few things that are not as rare as a day in June—and, for that...

Tell Us Your Story Each month, COINage magazine strives to provide you with a balanced reading experience. A little bit of recent news from the Mint … some history through our “Coin Capsule” feature …...

I recently learned that numismatic photographer Frank Larry Stevens passed away in February. Larry’s pictures have been at the core of COINage since 1965. Thanks to Larry, the magazine’s archives include photos of the John...