COINage Magazine

COINage was in attendance at the American Numismatic Association's 2018 World's Fair of Money August 14-18 and captured many of the bourse highlights. Enjoy!                         Want to receive COINage magazine in your mailbox or inbox? Subscribe...

  COINage magazine has been named Best Periodical by the Numismatic Literary Guid. The award, along with all other 2018 winners, was announced during the NLG's annual awards ceremony held August 16 in Philadelphia in...

The finest known 1913 Liberty Head nickel brought a record $4,560,000 price Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the Stack's Bowers auction held in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money in Philadelphia. 

Each issue of COINage has compelling advertisements filled with historic, intriguing coins offered for sale. But have you ever seen a nickel three-cent piece, or a silver one, in person?

The finest known 1792 half disme, formerly owned by the first U.S. mint director, David Rittenhouse, and the finer of the two known 1861 Philadelphia Mint Paquet Reverse Liberty Head double eagles will be featured exhibits in the Museum Showcase at the American Numismatic Association’s 2018 Philadelphia World’s Fair of Money®.

Don’t have two nickels to rub together? Well how about just one worth $3 to $5 million+? Stack’s Bowers Galleries has announced it will be selling the finest and most valuable U.S. nickel in...

Highlights of the September 2018 print edition of COINage magazine

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® has certified the New York Bank Hoard, a group of 16,000 Morgan dollars that had been stored in sealed U.S. Treasury bags for more than 50 years, the firm announced July...

Editor's Note: "COINage Confidential" is a new column that spotlights the movers and shakers in coin collecting and shares their insider views on the hobby. Q. David Bowers was named by COINage in 1999 as one...

The phrase “Peak Gold” has been popping up more frequently. We have been reporting on estimates from various gold mining firms that they have been having trouble finding new deposits of gold, but now we have some solid statistical evidence.