COINage Magazine

By R.W. Julian When the first settlers from Britain came to what is now the United States, there was little in the way of coined...

By Antoinette Rahn One of the many things I appreciate about various organizations within the numismatic community is their commitment to recognizing and honoring people...

By Donn Pearlman A reader cordially disagreed with my use of the word “curated” in the November 2018 edition of COINage. The column, headlined “Curated,...

By James Passin One of my favorite coins has always been the Morgan silver dollar, minted by the U.S. from 1878 to 1904 – and...

Market Report By Mike Fuljenz Over the last few months, with gold moving up, demand from new and old customers has increased for gold bullion and...

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) announced that an upgraded NGC Registry is now available at NGCcoin.com/Registry. The NGC Registry is an online platform that allows collectors...

By John Albanese In our information technology-based world, the desire to experience pleasure or fulfillment without delay predominates. There are probably a few things you...

Gold closed 2018 at its highest price since June 15th, moving in the opposite direction of stocks, which fell the most of any December since 1931.

By Donn Pearlman The United States Mint overwhelmingly does a splendid job for what it is supposed to do: provide billions of new coins each...

January 31, 2005: The California quarter is released as part of the United States Mint's 50 State Quarter Program.

Heritage Auctions will conduct a World Currency Weekly Auction that runs each Tuesday on HA.com, the firm announced Jan. 25. The weekly auctions came about because...

The annual Professional Numismatists Guild Young Numismatist (YN) Scholarship Competition has opened, the organization announced Jan. 24. The PNG will provide a scholarship to...

By Mike Fuljenz The World Gold Council reported that central bank demand for gold rose 22% in the third quarter of 2018 vs. the same...

January 24, 1924: The 67th Congress of the United States authorizes the Mint to produce commemorative coins in honor of the centennial of the Monroe Doctrine and its celebration at an exposition held in Los Angeles in mid-1923.

The United States Mint will open sales for its 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative program at noon EST Jan 24, it announced this week.

The finest-known 1885 Trade dollar – among the rarest and most enigmatic issues in all of American coinage – sold for $3,960,000 through Heritage Auctions Thursday evening, Jan. 10, following a winning bid cast by collector Dell Loy Hansen of Logan, Utah.

These days, even the U.S. Mint is manufacturing, promoting, and selling coins made from precious metals other than the conventional gold and silver, the most widely touted as investments.

By David J. Camire and Richard S. Montgomery Improper storage and exposure to harsh environments can diminish a coin’s eye appeal, grade, and, in some...

By Antoinette Rahn 64 - 1,500 - 15,000. Separately these three groups of numbers represent a wide variety of things. Together in the context of numismatics...

President Trump wants each U.S. department to cut five percent in costs. Everyone has an idea for cutting small amounts, but we have to think bigger to make a dent in a public debt that is $21 trillion and growing by about $1 trillion each year. When it comes to the U.S. Mint and Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), I have made the most cost-effective suggestion many times over the last five years: Kill the penny!