Congress passed a bill allowing cheaper 5-cent coin compositions, including zinc clad in nickel, as minting costs exceed face ...

Congress passed a bill allowing cheaper 5-cent coin compositions, including zinc clad in nickel, as minting costs exceed face value. It also permits transaction rounding and potential suspension of ...

CAC Grading auctioned 20,000 CEO John Albanese-signed labels, raising six figures for nonprofit numismatic groups, charities ...

After failing to appear in court in April, the FBI began a manhunt for Bernard Hansen and Diane Erdmann, and the two were arrested by the FBI in Port Hadlock, Washington, in May. The former president ...

Fadeout and taper of the design rim is seen at both ends of a small curved clip in a 1972 Lincoln cent. Newcomers to the hobby often ask if their clips, or incomplete planchet coins, are genuine.

Reading and acting on the fine print found on U.S. silver certificates in the mid-1960s meant big profits for thousands of individuals and businesses. Not everyone reads the “fine print,” but in the ...

The eighth edition of Striking Gold in Alaska: Making Tokens from Placer Gold is available published by the author, Dick Hanscom. The numismatic dealer in Fairbanks, Alaska, with Alaska Rare Coins ...

Uncirculated 2007-W American Eagle silver dollars were struck on burnished planchets. Grading labels at the time carried no notation as such. I purchased a 2007-W silver American Eagle certified Mint ...

B. Max Mehl was a Texas coin dealer who became one of the most prominent professional numismatists of the mid-20th century. A complete set of auction catalogs by Texas dealer B. Max Mehl was among the ...

The U.S. Mint’s cost to produce and distribute each copper-plated Lincoln cent during Fiscal Year 2024 exceeded 3.5 cents. For nearly two decades, the cost to the United States Mint to strike and ...

Among the rarities of Spartan coinage is this silver tetradrachm of King Areus I from the mid-260s B.C. It bears his name, but uses the designs of Alexander III “the Great.” Among the foremost cities ...

Counterfeit 2021-CC Morgan dollar was offered on eBay at the same $85 price at which the U.S. Mint issued the genuine ones. Suspected counterfeit 2021-CC Morgan dollars were offered on eBay in August ...