COINage Magazine

By BARRY SUNSHINE An Exceptional Half-Dozen Early Dimes As a certified public accountant and a sophisticated collector of the finest-quality early dimes, I know how to count to six with the best dimes I have ever...

Protecting Coin and Bullion Buyers & Sellers David Crenshaw, executive director of the National Coin & Bullion Association (NCBA), has been immersed in numismatics since discovering his first blue Whitman folder at age 10. A...

David Bowers Award of 2025 Given at Central States Convention One of the country’s most prominent numismatists received another prestigious honor. The Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) presented its annual Q. David Bowers Award this...

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez Q. David Bowers Award of 2025 Given at Central States Convention             One of the country’s most prominent numismatists received another prestigious honor. The Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) presented its annual Q....

SPECIAL OCCASIONS CAN BE RECOGNIZED WITH PRECISION  CryptoCoinage BY JAMES McCARTNEY  "All loaded physical bitcoins feature an inherent timestamp of their production that is captured on the blockchain for eternity.” Imagine being able to acquire a rare...

Calls for the Nickel to be Discontinued MARKET REPORT By Mike Fuljenz “In 2024, each five-cent nickel cost 13.8 cents to produce, resulting in a loss of 8.8 cents on all 202 million of the coins that...

Rare Bitcoin Token Sets World Record, Realizing $117,000 at Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ June Showcase Auction Sells for Nearly 1,000 Times Original Value of $120  Costa Mesa, CA – A physical 1 Bitcoin from the Casascius series sold for...

Costa Mesa, CA – Following in a long line of trend-setting sales that have been standard-bearers for the Asian numismatics marketplace, venerable auction house Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio is excited to announce their Spring 2025...

Coin dealer, author, and hobby group founder once helped rescue singer Donny Osmond from exuberant fans. Tulsa, Oklahoma rare coin dealer John Highfill, founder of the National Silver Dollar Roundtable and author of a landmark...

CAC approved and CACG encapsulated coins fared well in public sales during the month of April 2025. Here are a dozen examples, which were selected from a larger number of results that could have...