The Extremely Fine 45 grade can sit frustratingly short of the AU grade. August auctions offered some examples showing how just a touch too much wear or diminished luster can hold a coin at the EF level.

The Legacy Collection offered in Stack’s Bowers’ Aug. 16 auction included two vividly toned About Uncirculated dollars representing both major design types in the 1794 to 1804 run of silver dollars.

August auctions offered some gold $10 eagles that illustrate diverse causes of an Extremely Fine-45 grade; weak strikes leave these frustratingly short of the AU grade.

One of the most interesting “coins” in Stack's Bowers' Aug. 16 sale of the Legacy Collection was an electrotype 1804 Draped Bust dollar, formed by joining two copper shells that were then silvered.

Recovery of material lost in the 1875 wreck of the SS "Pacific," which carried considerable gold, is developing as cooperative efforts are planned to identify where to best focus reclaimation attempts.

Leading selections at Stack’s Bowers Galleries Rarities Night session Aug. 16 was one of six traced Proof 1821 Capped Bust quarter dollars, a new discovery graded PCGS Proof 64, that realized $252,000.

A ceremony held at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sept. 20 revealed designs approved for the three-coin 2024 Greatest Generation commemorative coin program.

Numismatic Financial Corporation's new location in Maitland, Florida, features a spacious showroom, security and expanded space for business. (Welcome to the world of moving boxes!)

Companion legislation was introduced in September in both chambers of Congress seeking a congressional gold medal for posthumous award to former FSU head football coach "Bobby” Bowden.

Readers rediscovered the information about the opening of a time capsule at the U.S. Military Academy, and the fate of star notes continued to be a hot topic.

Updated values and new research are provided in Whitman's latest Franklin and Kennedy half dollar guide by Rick Tomaska, in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the Franklin coin.

It's time to get "political" and participate in the U.S. Mint's survey seeking public input on designs for the 2026 coins celebrating the Semiquincentennial. The Mint suggests some themes; what do you want?

Two November auctions by GreatCollections give collectors a chance to own quality Flying Eagle and Indian Head and Barber dimes from the registry set collections of the late Stewart Blay.

Modern equipment could play a role in phasing out production of popularly collected star notes, and interest remains high in the arrival of the only U.S. palladium product for 2023.

Stack's Bowers Galleries Aug. 16 offered the collection of Dr. George Schwenk, an investor who diversified into gold coins, including a PCGS MS-68+ 1880 Indian Head gold dollar, which realized $19,200.

The sixth and final volume in an illustrated series of reference books detailing the U.S. half cents from 1793 to 1857 is a pocket-sized variety attribution guide, now available from author Ed Fuhrman.

The U.S. Mint is providing an opportunity to suggest potential Semiquincentennial redesigns for the country's circulating coinage, with a survey available until Oct. 10 at the Mint's website.

Solid type coins were among the attractions in the sale of the George Schwenk Collection by Stack's Bowers Galleries, with a couple of silver dollars graded MS-67 and -68 showing great eye appeal.

One of only 1,120 1854-D Indian Head gold $3 coins came to the block in Stack's Bowers Galleries' auction of one of George Schwenk's PCGS Registry Sets in mid-August.

Two primary consignments will get plenty of attention during the Kolbe & Fanning sale 168, which includes a vast collection of Canadian numismatic literature and a complete set of "The Numismatist."