COINage Magazine

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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),...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Philadelphia, known as “The Cradle of Liberty,” was abuzz in early July with the nation’s 243rd anniversary of independence, but the Philadelphia Mint was...

Rosemont, Illinois – The Professional Numismatists Guild has honored Paul Nugget of East Meadow, New York with the PNG 2019 Abe Kosoff Founders Award...

Current Director Beth Deisher will step down in September after successful anti-counterfeiting work Rosemont, Illinois –  Doug Davis, founder of the Numismatic Crime Information Center and...