To successfully negotiate among grading inconsistencies, do what the specialists do: look at a lot of coins and cherrypick the best in the level you can afford.

Decades ago, there were no grading standards. Now there are. Still, it seems even an expert’s grading for the same coin can vary by the day.

Today, grading is the biggest bugbear in numismatics — the most unsettled, the most unscientific.

Things have changed since 1958, when the first book covering the grading of all American series was published.

The author mastered the science of differentiating between real and counterfeit coins, but is there any science to coin grading? How is that subject mastered?

A person used to study to determine authenticity, grade, and value. If he bought a fake, overgraded, or overpriced coin, it was his loss. Is it too easy now?

Numismatic legend Q. David Bowers looks back at what was going on in the hobby in 1955 when the ANA convention was being held in Omaha.

The summer of 2016 could have been my 64th anniversary as a member of the American Numismatic Association.

The American Numismatic Society was homeless for the first 50 years of its existence, meeting here and there in various rooms around New York City. Not anymore.

Established in New York City in March 1858, the American Numismatic Society is now more dynamic than ever.