Readers continue to be fascinated by the "Director's Strike" Uncirculated 2023-P Peace dollars, again making our coverage of these special coins the most-read article of the past week.

The U.S. Mint has updated its products release schedule through the end of November though a couple of numismatic offerings still lack a published release date in the schedule.

Fifty years ago, hobby leaders were supporting legislation being debated in Congress that would regulate the production of imitation numismatic items: the Hobby Protection Act of 1973.

Abolitionist Harriett Tubman will be depicted on commemorative coins in 2024, years before the $20 note depicting her is released. Coin and note designs take much different paths.

The just-released sixth edition, volume II, of the "Cherrypickers’ Guide to Rare Die Varieties" will be offered at the Whitman Publishing booth at the ANA show and 10 copies will be raffled.

The collecting community was surprised to learn that some purchasers of the Uncirculated 2023 Peace dollar received one personally struck by the Mint director, with documentation provided.

Sixty years ago, in July 1963, three hobby journals focused on the price of silver that was rising to a "danger point," a recent census of coins in dealer and collector hands, and the ANA board election.

Fifty years ago, Congress was debating whether restrictions on gold ownership should be lifted, while the Mint director warned that the debate could threaten the planned Bicentennial coins.

Collectors recently questioned why two coins of different rarity bring prices that are similar and even identical across multiple grades. Who said that establishing coin values has to be logical?

Consumers are beginning to find the Series 2021 notes in circulation after the Bureau of Engraving and Printing printed the $1 and $5 notes, which bear the signatures of two women for the first time.