COINage Profile: 1982-D Small Date Bronze Lincoln Cent Transitional Error
In the Lincoln cent series there are many popular errors and varieties. But one of the newest kids on the block is the 1982-D...
Gold Prices Collapse Against Rising Dollar, Increasing Pandemic Concerns
Gold prices opened the last full week of September down sharply, falling from $1,950 to below $1,900 and falling through the $1,880s still as...
Gold Prices Will Stay High?
As the week closes out and gold maintains its present clip at or around $1,950 (or more) per ounce, many investors are asking, "how...
COINage Profile: 1834 Capped Bust Half Dollar
The Capped Bust half dollar is one of the most widely collected early United States coins. Large, heavy, scarce, yet also affordable and approachable,...
Gold Prices Off To Roaring Start This Week
After taking some losses over the past few days, gold prices opened Monday morning shooting up from $1,940 to nearly $1,960 before settling lower...
COINage Profile: 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent
Few coins are as famous as the 1909-S VDB Lincoln cent. Many people outside of the hobby know it as "the 1909 penny." Lincoln...
The Autumn 2020 Coin Market: What Lay Ahead
With the Labor Day holiday now behind us, the United States unofficially enters the fall season -- retail now looks ahead to the Christmastime...
Issue Highlights: October-November 2020
Below is a snapshot of some of the topics and interests you can expect to see in the pages of the Oct./Nov. 2020 issue...
Purpose & Service in Numismatics: Paul Blaise Marino
By Antoinette Rahn
In her poem “Children Learn What They Live,” author Dorothy Law Nolte provides various examples of the action and reaction of life...
Gold Prices Sink In Friday Morning Trading
Gold prices are closing out the week on a soft note, falling below $1,930 an ounce as of Friday morning amid a strengthening dollar....
COINage Profile: 1939-D Jefferson Nickel
Jefferson nickels often get a bad wrap... They're too frequently dubbed a sleeper series because the common numismatic perception is that they offer little...
Protecting Yourself and Your Coins in a Disaster
By Scott A. Travers
Hurricane Florence in 2018; Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017; Superstorm Sandy in 2012; Hurricane Katrina in 2005; and the Napa...
Gold Prices Start Week Sluggish
Gold prices eased back a bit Monday morning as the dollar showed indications of some strengthening down the line. Gold was down as low...
COINage Profile: 1916-D Mercury Dime
The 1916-D Mercury dime is one of the rarest 20th-century regular-issue business-strike coins. With a mintage of only 264,000 pieces, the 1916-D dime had...
PCGS Will Grade Historic Colorized United States Mint Coins
2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Coins will be a first for the Mint
(Santa Ana, California) – August 26, 2020 – Professional Coin Grading Service...
5 of the Most Popular United States Gold Coins
With gold prices staying buoyant, it's important to keep close tabs on trends regarding what people are buying either for investment or collecting purposes....
Cashing in My Coins During The Coin Shortage of 2020
I've finally cleaned out my change jar... I had been accumulating the coins from my cash transactions over the past several months in a...
No Significant “Panic Selling” of Gold, Reports Accredited Precious Metals Dealers
Younger buyers entering market and Baby Boomers are still acquiring precious metals
During the recent profit-taking and market correction, major retail sellers of physical gold...
Len Augsburger and Joel Orosz Selected As 2020 Numismatic Literary Guild...
August 18, 2020 -- Respected researchers and award-winning numismatic authors Len Augsburger and Joel Orosz have received yet another prestigious award. They have been...
COINage Profile: 1921 Peace Dollar
The 1921 Peace dollar marks an important numismatic milestone. The first truly 20th-century silver dollar honoring the end of "The War to End All...