COINage Magazine

Nearly two dozen vintage coin boards, all at least 80 years old and most with a dozen or more historic U.S. coins in their respective slots, will be offered in the Pre-Long Beach auction...

David J. Camire is a collector, grader, conservator and authority on mint errors and modern minting technology and production. He has achieved great fame and renown as the president of Numismatic Conservation Services (NCS) and...

A 1964 Kennedy half dollar sold for a world record $108,000, making it the most expensive coin of its type, during a public auction of rare U.S. coins held April 25, by Heritage Auctions....

Three lucky Florida residents, one in New Smyrna Beach and a husband and wife in Orlando, are the latest winners in the Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) Quarter Quest to discover specific West Point...

By James Passin On April 24th, in the year 1184 B.C., when the city of Troy fell to Greek invaders, the Trojans hauled the “gift” left by the Greeks, the great wooden horse, into the...

By Donn Pearlman Literally hundreds of thousands of counterfeit coins are coming into the United States from overseas, most of them reportedly manufactured with impunity in China. Some are intercepted by law enforcement agencies, but...

From a single idea a tradition is born. The Raleigh Coin Club recently unveiled the promotional wooden nickel associated with it's annual Money Expo, which is scheduled for June 7-9. This marks the second year,...

Whitman Publishing recently released the second edition of Robert D. Leonard Jr.’s award-winning Curious Currency: The Story of Money from the Stone Age to the Internet Age. The 160-page hardcover book debuted shortly...

The American Medallic Sculpture Association (AMSA) is holding a special art medal competition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States in 2020. Call for Medal Entries The competition is open to...

By Donn Pearlman Do you bid in auctions for coins or bank notes? Multi-million dollar “trophy” coins and notes make big headlines, but there also are thousands of lower-priced items offered in auctions every week...