COINage Confidential: David Thomason Alexander

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...

Earliest U.S. Circulating Currency

TN-6a $100
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...

2019 Quarter 10-Coin Sets To Be Released October 9

2019 ATB Quarters
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...

A Wild Mid-September Week For Gold Prices

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

Retailers, Stop Rounding To The Nickel — I Want My Pennies,...

1955 Penny
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...

1975 No-S Roosevelt Dime Sells For Nearly Half Million Dollars

1975 No S Roosevelt Dime
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),...

Issue Highlights: October/November 2019

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...

2019 American Eagle One Ounce Palladium Reverse Proof Coin To Be...

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

Gold & Silver Prices Posting Solid Gains This Week

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

Six Lucky Collectors Split PCGS Bounty For First Discovery 2019-W San...

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...