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Apr 19, 2021, 11 AM
Countermarked Spanish colonial coin turned art sold
Jeff Starck
A Peruvian silver 8-real coin with an 1830s Philippines revaluation mark hosts circa 1900 folk art commemorating the wreck of the USS Yosemite and realized $1,320 in a Stack's Bowers Galleries auction. -
Apr 19, 2021, 9 AM
Market Analysis: ‘Ugly Head’ or ‘Washington the Great’
Steve Roach
An early American issue of mysterious origin listed in the Red Book, the 1784-dated Washington “Ugly Head” or “Washington the Great” token from Partrick’s collection sold for $72,000. -
Apr 19, 2021, 7 AM
Monday Morning Brief for April 19, 2021: What's your strategy?
William T. Gibbs
Collectors of limited means can still build coin collections that make them happy and give them pride of ownership. All you needs is a good collecting strategy, some patience, and a little restraint. -
Apr 18, 2021, 11 AM
Firm gains patent for note disinfectant system
Arthur L. Friedberg
An American firm's newly patented system for quickly disinfecting millions of notes, thus maintaining note use, responds to worldwide fears of viruses like SARS-2 spreading on money. -
Apr 18, 2021, 10 AM
Lithuania issues nature €2 coin
Jeff Starck
Lithuania’s next 2021 circulating commemorative €2 coin focuses on the country's largest wetland, Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve, with release of the 500,000-coin mintage planned for May. -
Apr 17, 2021, 4 PM
Jacobson selected as winner of AINA’s 2021 Shekel Prize
Larry Jewett
The award for the American Israel Numismatic Association's Shekel Prize for 2021 has been given to David Jacobson for his work on Agrippa II, the last of the Herodian kings. -
Apr 17, 2021, 11 AM
Finland plans commemorative coin for journalism
Jeff Starck
Finland is celebrating its freedoms, giving a nod to the role of journalism and effective communication, with a 2021 circulating commemorative €2 coin to be issued in a mintage of 800,000. -
Apr 17, 2021, 10 AM
2022 American Women quarter dollar design review is set
Paul Gilkes
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee meets April 20 to examine proposed designs for the reverses of 2022 quarter dollars, the first in the American Women Quarters Program (2022–2025). -
Apr 17, 2021, 7 AM
Market Analysis: Proof 1903 dollar in its original holder
Steve Roach
Stack’s Bowers Galleries' March 25 auction offered a Proof 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, McKinley commemorative gold dollar in its original Philadelphia Mint holder, with wax Mint seal. -
Apr 16, 2021, 6 PM
PCGS grades sole legal 1933 $20 as MS-65
Paul Gilkes
Professional Coin Grading Service has evaluated the Stuart Weitzman-owned 1933 Saint-Gaudens $20 double eagle prior to the June 8 Sotheby's sale, giving the coin an MS-65 rating. -
Apr 16, 2021, 5 PM
ACCG offers guidance for importing ancient coins
Jeff Starck
Collectors seeking to legally add ancient coins to their collections are invited to read updated information at the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild website regarding import restrictions. -
Apr 16, 2021, 9 AM
Metal detectorist finds 10th known 1800s 'Free Slave' badge
Paul Gilkes
A metal detectorist exploring a South Carolina construction site in February uncovered the tenth known example of a copper Charleston Free Slave badge, one of only five in private hands. -
Apr 16, 2021, 9 AM
First honorees include poet and physicist-astronaut for 2022 quarters
Paul Gilkes
Coin designs depicting Sally Ride and Maya Angelou, the first two of an eventual possible 20 American women to be honored through 2025, are under review for 2022 quarter dollars. -
Apr 16, 2021, 9 AM
Week's Most Read: Latest quarter released
Larry Jewett
The newest quarter dollar to be released for circulation is generating buzz while the latest designs in the dollar coin program being revealed has drawn plenty of attention this week. -
Apr 16, 2021, 8 AM
Benjamin Franklin medallions in April Philadelphia sale
Steve Roach
Several 18th century Benjamin Franklin portrait medallions, highly sought in Europe in his day, are among offerings in Freeman’s American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts auction April 27. -
Apr 16, 2021, 7 AM
Market Analysis: Sesquicentennial 1926 gold quarter eagle
Steve Roach
An exceptional Mint State 66+ example of a gold 1926 Sesquicentennial $2.50 quarter eagle caught the eye of bidders at the Stack's Bowers Galleries March 25 auction, realizing $10,800. -
Apr 16, 2021, 6 AM
Mint seeks to reopen telephone ordering, in the process of training
Paul Gilkes
The Mint is working to train personnel so that customers can again place product orders by phone, a service that halted with the arrival of the pandemic a little more than a year ago. -
Apr 15, 2021, 4 PM
Harrison congressional gold medal re-enters the market
Paul Gilkes
A congressional gold medal presented to William Henry Harrison in the 19th century for his military achievements is coming back up for sale after selling by private treaty in 2015. -
Apr 15, 2021, 4 PM
2021 Morgan and Peace dollar sale dates, price and specifications posted
Paul Gilkes
The Mint's posting of sale dates for the planned Morgan and Peace centennial dollars reveals pricing, product availability, mintages, household order limits and surface finishes. -
Apr 15, 2021, 2 PM
Mint facility public tours remain closed due to COVID restrictions
Paul Gilkes
After more than a year of being shut down by the pandemic, public tours and sales centers at the U.S. Mints in Philadelphia and Denver will remain closed for the foreseeable future as a public safety measure.