Bullion Prices Jump On Trump Impeachment Buzz, China Trade Mess

As the last full week of September 2019 moves forward, several types of news headlines are influencing the direction of bullion prices. Perhaps the...
2019 Delaware Dollar

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...
1975 No S Roosevelt Dime

The 1975 No-S Roosevelt Dime Notches Another Record — And It’s...

Just a few days after the finer of two known 1975 No-S Roosevelt dime crossed the auction block at the Long Beach Expo for...

COINage Confidential: David Thomason Alexander

By David Thomason Alexander December 2019 will mark my 70th year as a coin and medal collector. It occurs to me that my life in...
TN-6a $100

Earliest U.S. Circulating Currency

BY DONALD H. KAGIN, PH.D. It is now clear that the first circulating currency issued by the United States was not the Demand Notes of...
2019 ATB Quarters

2019 Quarter 10-Coin Sets To Be Released October 9

The United States Mint will be releasing the 2019 America The Beautiful Quarters in a handsome 10-coin set in October. The set, an annual...
Gold & Silver Prices

A Wild Mid-September Week For Gold Prices

Some roller coasters leave riders frazzled, and that probably best describes the situation for bullion investors this week as they come off some of...
1955 Penny

Retailers, Stop Rounding To The Nickel — I Want My Pennies,...

I’ve got an issue that is really starting to bother me as a collector of pennies (or one-cent coins), and it’s a complaint I’m...
1975 No S Roosevelt Dime

1975 No-S Roosevelt Dime Sells For Nearly Half Million Dollars

One of just two known 1975 No-S proof Roosevelt dimes sold at the September 2019 Long Beach Expo for $456,000 (including 20% buyer's fee),...

Issue Highlights: October/November 2019

Below is a snapshot of some of the topics and interests you can expect to see in the pages of the October/November 2019 issue...
2019 American Eagle One Ounce Palladium Reverse Proof Coin

2019 American Eagle One Ounce Palladium Reverse Proof Coin To Be...

The next installment of the popular American Palladium Eagle series will soon hit the streets with the release of the 2019 American Eagle One...
Silver

Gold & Silver Prices Posting Solid Gains This Week

As United States precious metals investors returned to active trading following the long Labor Day weekend, they found a bullish bullion market. Gold jumped...

Six Lucky Collectors Split PCGS Bounty For First Discovery 2019-W San...

Two of the fortunate finders just started collecting this year Five fortunate collectors in Utah and a lucky collector in Texas were the first to...
Long Beach Coin Show September 2019

Long Beach Coin Show Runs September 5-7, 2019

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, COINage News Editor  As Labor Day hits this long weekend, we turn our minds toward autumn and, ultimately, the upcoming holidays. And...
1939-D Jeferson Nickels

What Non-Silver Coins Do You Keep?

I think most coin collectors reflexively look for and keep all pre-1965 silver coinage that happens to run through our pockets and purses. Granted,...
Gold & Silver Prices

Gold Starts Last Week of August 2019 Bearishly Bullish

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, COINage News Editor  Gold prices started off the last week of August well above the $1,500 threshold – a price point that...
coin album

Decisions, Decisions: Coin Folder Or Coin Album?

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, COINage New Editor  In the course of my coin collecting journey, I’ve had to grapple with one of the great decisions we...
NLG 2019 Awards

2019 Numismatic Literary Guild Award Winners Announced

The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG), a nonprofit organization composed of editors, authors, writers, bloggers, and content producers who cover news and feature stories about all forms...
American Eagles

Gold Started The Week Lower, But Gold Coins Are Popular As...

The price of gold started the week trading slightly lower than $1,500, a threshold the yellow-colored precious metal crossed several days ago and has...
1894-S Barber Dime

Rare 1894-S Barber Dime Sold For $1.32 Million, Now In Greatest...

An example of the 1894-S Barber dime, considered one of the most famous of all rare United States coins, found its way into the...