COINage Magazine

Nine elusive examples of the large mint mark over small mintmark variety now confirmed from treasure retrieved in 2014 The fabled SS Central America, the famous “Ship of Gold” that sank in 1857 carrying tons of...

By R.W. Julian The hobby of numismatics is at a crossroads. The increasing number of counterfeits in the marketplace calls for strong responses, the first of which is the system of third-party grading services. The...

Young Numismatists have until March 13, 2020 to submit an essay The annual Professional Numismatists Guild Young Numismatist (YN) Scholarship Competition has opened. The PNG will provide a scholarship to a deserving YN to attend one...

Ron Guth is a recognized authority on the United States and a specialist in German coins. He has written or co-authored numerous books, several of which have garnered awards from the Professional Numismatists Guild...

By Tom DeLorey Within the general field of U.S. numismatics, there are the sub-fields of collecting error coins and coins with significant die varieties. I dealt with both groups when I was the editor of...

By Maurice Rosen For over fifty years, I’ve been closely following developments in the gold market and the many factors which affect its price. Today, we are at an unprecedented time when gold’s historic and...

Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has announced new PCGS CAC Set Registry composites (sets), which will permit collectors to build collections of PCGS-graded coins that have been awarded a seal of approval from Certified...

The 2019-S Enhanced Reverse Proof Silver American Eagle is one of the hottest items on the coin market right now. It's become something of a modern holy grail for collectors. Many lined up at...

Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) will again be authenticating, grading, and certifying United States and world paper money domestically with the launch of a new service, PCGS Banknote (www.PCGS.com/banknote), in early January 2020. The company has successfully provided PCGS Gold...

Below is a snapshot of some of the topics and interests you can expect to see in the pages of the December 2019/January 2020 issue of COINage. Plus, we've included some sample pages for...