Coins

05/22/2024

The United States Mint’s four production facilities in Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, and West Point, use a variety of machines and processes. Explore the steps of how the Mint makes coins at https://bit.ly/3RDjM3F.

03/13/2024

Varieties add an entirely new and dynamic element to a basic date-and-mintmark set because they enhance the complexity and challenge of the collection. https://www.pcgs.com/news/varieties-are-the-spice-of-collecting

02/05/2024

By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek .....   If you use Google's mobile app and you have an active interest in coin collecting, you've probably seen a few

01/24/2024

Collectors reach out to CoinWeek to share their discovery of a rare 1943 Lincoln cent error Coin shows Lincoln's head on both sides and is classified as

11/28/2023

Archaeologists discovered a massive cache of ancient coinage dating back over 2,000 years during preliminary construction-related excavations.

11/21/2023

What is the oldest coin in your collection?

11/20/2023

What year did you start collecting coins?
1976 for me.

11/14/2023

Bowers on Collecting: let’s go back to 1883! November 8, 2023 By Q. David Bowers Leave a Comment The following was re-posted from the “Bowers on Collecting” column on Coin Update Apart from certain Morgan silver dollars, the most available issue of federal coins available in Mint State today i...

10/22/2023

Have you ever wondered how coins are made? We walk through all of the steps in the process of striking a coin for circulation in modern times.

10/19/2023

NEW BOOK REDEFINES HISTORY OF CONTINENTAL DOLLAR:
A new book written by Farley Grubb, professor of economics at the University of Delaware, offers a radically different interpretation of the first U.S. currency, the Continental dollar.
Image courtesy of the University of Chicago Press.

Read more at Coin World here:
https://bit.ly/3Qm5qWD

10/05/2023

By Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ......   CoinWeek Content Partner   There is no getting around the fact that doctoring of rare United States

10/04/2023

09/23/2023

WEEK'S MOST READ: FUTURE OF STAR NOTES:

The BEP has made changes to how it prints some $1 notes that could result in an end to the production of star notes. BEP officials, however, were not immediately forthcoming to our questions on the agency's plans.

Read more at Coin World here: https://bit.ly/3EMK0eC

Original images courtesy of Heritage Auctions.

09/14/2023

Nickel production at the San Francisco Mint fell to 1.2 million coins in 1931, marking the lowest output of the denomination since 1926 and the second

09/11/2023

12/06/2022

As part of a major innovative PR campaign, the United States Mint partnered with the American food company General Mills to promote the new Sacagawea

11/08/2022

Lincoln Cent Description The Lincoln cent is the United States’ longest-serving coin. Its 1909 debut marked the centennial of the birth of Abraham

11/08/2022

The November/December 2022 issue of the PCGS Rare Coin Market Report is now available in digital form! Follow the link below to check it out!

10/15/2022

The popularity of the Morgan Dollar and the rarity of the Carson City mintage has led to many counterfeits, such as this fake 1884-CC Morgan Dollar. Starting with a significant issue involving its weight, this coin is easily identified as an imitation. Learn about the other signs that gave away its true nature at NGCcoin.com/news/article/10739

08/22/2022

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a server issue that prevented some people from entering the contest last week, we have decided to EXTEND CoinWeek Giveaway # 448 with a NEW end date of 8AM on Sunday September 4th to make it fair to all concerned.

This contest we will give away a classic a 1913 Buffalo Nickel Type-I MS-65 PCGS Just a beauty valued at over $230. Good Luck and enjoy the Giveaway
Enter Here - https://coinweek.com/coin-giveaway/

08/13/2022

BUYER BEWARE!!!
This is not an error, but was made by placing two coins in a vise.

https://ebay.us/SjXgas

interesting and Unique penny resembling strike through or double stamp error not of a variety! and one die break quarter Alaskan extra bear claw 2008 Philadelphia mint. Please don't take it upon yourself to assume things that are not listed like er...

07/23/2022

07/03/2022

By Mike Byers ......   A unique gold Buffalo Nickel has been sold by Mike Byers Inc for $400,000 USD to the JDG Trust, owner of several #1 ranked

06/18/2022

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