2019 Delaware Dollar

2019 Delaware Dollar Honors A Real Astronomy Star

The new 2019 Delaware American Innovation $1 coin, honoring Annie Jump Cannon, marks the first of 56 new dollar coins commemorating the nation's pivotal innovators and innovations. Cannon, born in 1863, was a pioneering...
1975 No S Roosevelt Dime

The 1975 No-S Roosevelt Dime Notches Another Record — And It’s Huge!

Just a few days after the finer of two known 1975 No-S Roosevelt dime crossed the auction block at the Long Beach Expo for an outstanding $456,000, the little modern rarity that could managed...

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 numismatics has spanned a world of change with which I...
TN-6a $100

Earliest U.S. Circulating Currency

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 1861 as was commonly believed for decades, but the Treasury...
2019 ATB Quarters

2019 Quarter 10-Coin Sets To Be Released October 9

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 offering from the United States Mint, includes five business-strike quarters...
Gold & Silver Prices

A Wild Mid-September Week For Gold 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 the wildest trading periods in recent memory. Gold started off...
1955 Penny

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

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 sure very few people have – especially among those who...
1975 No S Roosevelt Dime

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

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), making it one of the most valuable modern coins in...

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 of COINage. Plus, we've included some sample pages for you...
2019 American Eagle One Ounce Palladium Reverse Proof Coin

2019 American Eagle One Ounce Palladium Reverse Proof Coin To Be Released September 12

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