Tag: Dollar coins
On the Hunt for New Dollar Rolls with Falco the Dog
By Michael O’ Higgins
Owner of Gobrecht Numismatics
I am a coin dealer and collector, and I have spent a lifetime loving the history and...
Whitman Expo shifts gears, eyeing expanded November event
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...
UPDATE: Morelan Collection Auctioned on October 8
By Greg Reynolds
Bruce Morelan’s set of early silver dollars and his assortment of 18th century type coins were offered by Legend Auctions on Thursday,...
COINage Profile: 1981-S Type II Susan B. Anthony Proof Dollar
The Susan B. Anthony dollar was one of the nation's shortest-lived coin series, originally running only from 1979 through 1981. While the coin was...
PCGS-Certified Pogue 1804 U.S. Silver Dollar Sold for $1.44 Million by...
Known as “The King of American Coins,” an 1804 United States Draped Bust Dollar certified by Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) as PCGS PR55...
2019 Delaware Dollar Honors A Real Astronomy Star
The new 2019 Delaware American Innovation $1 coin, honoring Annie Jump Cannon, marks the first of 56 new dollar coins commemorating the nation's pivotal...
My Two Cents’ Worth: Is Special JFK Coinage in Store?
Early this year, I suggested in this column that a one-time commemorative coin--perhaps a silver dollar--be issued to mark the 5oth anniversary of President...
Opportunity Knocks
by Amy Drew Thompson
In March, the Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver Dollar became the first-ever commemorative to acknowledge a girls’ organization. Will...
My Two Cents’ Worth: Throwing Collectors a Curve Ball
Next year is the 75th anniversary of Cooperstown’s pride and joy—an occasion at least as important as the 100th anniversary of the Lions Clubs...
My Two Cents’ Worth: Has the Buck Really Stopped?
Reports of the demise of “mini-dollar” coins appear to have been premature. Fifty weeks after the Obama Administration administered last rites to the Presidential $1...