My Two Cents’ Worth: Uncle Sam’s Art Disease
From all indications, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) is an earnest, well-meaning panel that does its best to steer U.S. coinage art in...
My Two Cents’ Worth: Roads to Hobby Happiness
Half cents have never received full credit from most collectors for the high degree of rarity many possess. That’s likely to change dramatically Read the rest of...
Coinage Kids: Heroes and Coins
The United States Mint makes everyday coins, special coins and medals to help us remember these heroes. The names of some of those coins are...
“Austria by Its Children” Series Continues
The Austrian Mint in Vienna will issue on May 7 the fifth silver coin in its charming series “Austria by its Children," also known...
April’s Coinage Kids: April Fool’s Coins
Find and identify the error coins as REAL or FAKE. Then mail your completed quiz to April Quiz, COINage magazine, P.O. Box 7030 Ventura,...
My Two Cents’ Worth: The Other Big Change of 1965
For coin collectors, 1964 was a year of momentous events.
The Kennedy half dollar made a dramatic debut. Proof set production surged to nearly 4...
Coin Collecting’s Sweet Spot
by Amy Drew Thompson
Cacao might not have been the world’s earliest form of currency, but it remains, arguably, the tastiest. Read the entire story...
My Two Cents’ Worth: Many Happy Returns
Coins are good investments. Most of us accept that statement almost as a tenet of faith—even when we try to convince ourselves that we...
February’s Coinage Kids
Braille Coins
Braille would be 205 now, and while he would be proud of his invention, he would probably be a little embarrassed by all...
Victims and Investigators Need to Be Persistent
There are important actions to take if you are the victim of or are an investigator looking into crimes involving gold or rare coins,...
My Two Cents’ Worth: A Golden Year
Where were you when COINage first came out?
Unless you’re now 50 or older, it’s likely that you weren’t even born yet— for this magazine hit the...
January’s Coinage Kids
Find and identify the words about the Winter Olympics in the grid. Then mail your completed quiz to January Quiz, COINage magazine, P.O. Box...
December’s Coinage Kids: Double Puzzle
Each of the clue words was taken directly from this month’s COINage. Unscramble each of the clue words, then place the letters in the...
My Two Cents’ Worth: A Tribute to a Treasured Curator
Recently, the curatorial staff of the Numismatic Collection came up with the idea of freshening it, and strengthening weaker areas, by launching a new...
