Issue Highlights: October-November 2020

Below is a snapshot of some of the topics and interests you can expect to see in the pages of the Oct./Nov. 2020 issue...

Purpose & Service in Numismatics: Paul Blaise Marino

By Antoinette Rahn In her poem “Children Learn What They Live,” author Dorothy Law Nolte provides various examples of the action and reaction of life...

Gold Prices Sink In Friday Morning Trading

Gold Coins
Gold prices are closing out the week on a soft note, falling below $1,930 an ounce as of Friday morning amid a strengthening dollar....

COINage Profile: 1939-D Jefferson Nickel

1939-D Jeferson Nickels
Jefferson nickels often get a bad wrap... They're too frequently dubbed a sleeper series because the common numismatic perception is that they offer little...

Protecting Yourself and Your Coins in a Disaster

By Scott A. Travers Hurricane Florence in 2018; Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017; Superstorm Sandy in 2012; Hurricane Katrina in 2005; and the Napa...

Gold Prices Start Week Sluggish

Gold & Silver Prices
Gold prices eased back a bit Monday morning as the dollar showed indications of some strengthening down the line. Gold was down as low...

COINage Profile: 1916-D Mercury Dime

1916-D Mercury Dime
The 1916-D Mercury dime is one of the rarest 20th-century regular-issue business-strike coins. With a mintage of only 264,000 pieces, the 1916-D dime had...

PCGS Will Grade Historic Colorized United States Mint Coins

Example of Basketball HOF half-dollar in PCGS holder-small
2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Coins will be a first for the Mint (Santa Ana, California) – August 26, 2020 – Professional Coin Grading Service...

5 of the Most Popular United States Gold Coins

US Gold Coins
With gold prices staying buoyant, it's important to keep close tabs on trends regarding what people are buying either for investment or collecting purposes....

Cashing in My Coins During The Coin Shortage of 2020

2019-W Quarter
I've finally cleaned out my change jar... I had been accumulating the coins from my cash transactions over the past several months in a...