The First United States Mint (Part I)
Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series of articles about the Philadelphia Mint. Part I focuses on the beginning of the United States Mint through the first 150 years of its...
COINage Kids: Can You Spot the Fake?
By Marcy Gibbel
The best way for a young collector to avoid counterfeit, or “fake,” coins is to arm yourself with as much knowledge as possible. One of the first steps to developing this knowledge...
New Issue: Breast Cancer Awareness Set Available
The United States Mint recently began accepting orders for the 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness Coin and Stamp Set.
The price of the set is $39.95 and includes one Breast Cancer Awareness Proof Half Dollar...
Barron’s Rediscovers Gold
By Mike Fuljenz
The September 24, 2018, edition of Barron’s features a cover article, “Rediscovering Gold,” which features a line drawing of a lone Western cowboy pausing before a stack of gold bullion bars with...
COINage Confidential: David W. Lang
By Maggie Judkins
David W. Lange has served as director of research for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation since 1994 and is the author of nine books on United States coins and related subjects. He holds life...
Canada Hosts E-money Exhibit
Through early January 2019, the Galt Museum of Alberta, Canada, is hosting an exhibit from the Bank of Canada Museum.
“Decoding E-Money” is a traveling exhibition that examines the past, present and future of...
From Stamps to Coins — WOPA+ Expands
WOPA+, a leading online platform for new-issue stamps, is expanding into the coin market.
The Gibraltar-based firm serves as a seller to thousands of stamp collectors from more than 100 countries of new issues...
Market Report: Bitcoin is Sinking
By Mike Fuljenz
In September, over just a couple of days, Bitcoin fell from $6,500 to $6,262. Bitcoin peaked at $19,783 on December 17, 2017, the week it first traded on a recognized futures exchange,...
World War I Exhibit Will Live On Eternally
The American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) physical Money Museum exhibit “Trenches to Treaties: World War I in Remembrance” is scheduled to close in early 2019.
However, the exhibit will permanently exist on the ANA website...
Gold as Insurance
By Maurice Rosen
The price of gold reached its historic high in 2011: $1,923 per troy ounce. That price was nearly three times where it was just three years earlier in 2008. Gold coins, such...
