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COINage was in attendance at the American Numismatic Association's 2018 World's Fair of Money August 14-18 and captured many of the bourse highlights. Enjoy!                         Want...

  COINage magazine has been named Best Periodical by the Numismatic Literary Guid. The award, along with all other 2018 winners, was announced during the...

The finest known 1913 Liberty Head nickel brought a record $4,560,000 price Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the Stack's Bowers auction held in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money in Philadelphia. 

Each issue of COINage has compelling advertisements filled with historic, intriguing coins offered for sale. But have you ever seen a nickel three-cent piece, or a silver one, in person?

The finest known 1792 half disme, formerly owned by the first U.S. mint director, David Rittenhouse, and the finer of the two known 1861 Philadelphia Mint Paquet Reverse Liberty Head double eagles will be featured exhibits in the Museum Showcase at the American Numismatic Association’s 2018 Philadelphia World’s Fair of Money®.

Don’t have two nickels to rub together? Well how about just one worth $3 to $5 million+? Stack’s Bowers Galleries has announced it will...

Highlights of the September 2018 print edition of COINage magazine

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® has certified the New York Bank Hoard, a group of 16,000 Morgan dollars that had been stored in sealed U.S. Treasury...

Editor's Note: "COINage Confidential" is a new column that spotlights the movers and shakers in coin collecting and shares their insider views on the hobby. Q....

The phrase “Peak Gold” has been popping up more frequently. We have been reporting on estimates from various gold mining firms that they have been having trouble finding new deposits of gold, but now we have some solid statistical evidence.

Sales of American Eagle Gold coins had been fairly slow for the first four months of 2018, but the U.S. Mint reported that sales soared by a whopping 433% in May compared with April.

A previously unknown 1854-S Liberty Head half eagle – considered among the rarest of all U.S. coins – will be offered by Heritage Auctions...

Highlights of the August 2018 print edition of COINage magazine

Elite private collections of the finest U.S. coins known to exist powered Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach Expo. events to $18.1 million June 14-17 in Long Beach, California.

The recent Sotheby’s Historic Coins and Medals Auction in New York set new price records with Morgan silver dollars certified by Professional Coin Grading Service for authenticity and grade.

Come noon EST on June 14, collectors will be able to get their hands on the U.S. Mint's latest America the Beautiful silver offering: the 5-ounce uncirculated coin honoring Minnesota's Voyageurs National Park.

South Korea's ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs) has not stopped the appearance of new digital coins on local exchanges.

By David L. Ganz “Not every purchase of coins is an investment; not every acquisition of a collection constitutes an investment; not every collection or...

The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act (H.R. 1683), if passed, would authorize the U.S. Treasury to produce $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins at the United States Mint at West Point.

An old adage is that coin collecting is “The Hobby of Kings,” since only kings could afford or have the power to seize the top quality rare coins made of precious metals. Today, that slogan has changed to become “The Collector is King,” with the serious collector of rare coins driving up prices.