When it was first released, the 1964–2014-W Kennedy half dollar was one of the hottest coins in the marketplace, bringing prices well above issue price. So what has happened since then?

An Arkansas collector located more than 300 2019-W Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness quarter dollars Oct. 29, a week before the scheduled Nov. 4 release.

In less than 20 minutes Nov. 14, enough one-coin orders were placed for the Enhanced Reverse Proof 2019-S American Eagle silver dollar to reach its 30,000-coin limit, and a lot of Mint customers are unhappy their orders were not successful.

Two features in the December monthly issue of Coin World focus on the real women who appear on U.S. coins and the real women who may have inspired the many portraits of Liberty seen on the coins since 1792.

Our top articles of the past week included reports about the U.S. Mint 2020 products schedule, a hoard of Morgan dollars from the New Orleans Mint, and anger at Mint revelations.

This NGC Poor 1, Counterstamped 1796 Draped Bust quarter dollar's strong date identifies it as from the denomination's first year of issue and a one-year type.

The U.S. Mint’s authorized purchasers will be able to place orders for the 2019 Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness 5-ounce silver bullion quarter dollar Nov. 25.

Jeff and Chris find religion on this week's Coin world Podcast as they interview Bill Bierly, author of the forthcoming book In God We Trust, which details the story of the national motto's appearance on U.S. currency.

Deep toning on a candy-colored 1948-S Washington quarter dollar graded PCGS MS-67+ with a green CAC sticker made it a prize from both a technical and aesthetic standpoint.

Recent revelations from U.S. Mint officials surprised readers, and they responded in force to news about $1 million in destroyed gold coins, discounted bulk sales for dealers, and a possible Morgan gold dollar.

More than 1,500 people, including 1,200 schoolchildren, converged Nov. 6 on Salmon Jr./Sr. High School in Salmon, Idaho, for the official U.S. Mint launch of the 2019 Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness quarter dollar.

Lustrous and well struck, a PCGS MS-65 1901-S Barber quarter dollar, among the finest surviving, realized $56,500 in Heritage Auctions' mid-October Signature Auction of U.S. coins in Dallas.

Two decades after being named executive director of the American Numismatic Society, Dr. Ute Wartenberg has stepped down to return to full-time numismatic research.

A hoard of 13,000 Morgan dollars from production at the New Orleans Mint has surfaced, stored in the Treasury-sealed canvas bags in which they were secured during the government sales of silver dollars in the early 1960s.

The U.S. Mint has published online its 2020 numismatic product schedule, including specific release dates for products through March 30.

Readers made news coverage of the destruction of U.S. gold coins, the possibility of a 2021 Morgan gold dollar and sales of surplus American Eagle silver dollars at discount prices the week’s “most-read” articles.

The profiled 1854 Indian Head gold dollar, graded PCGS Mint State 66 and with a green CAC sticker, is a stunning survivor and sold for $64,625 in the Exclusively Legend auction Oct. 24 in New Orleans.

If the U.S. Mint is successful in Congress, it could get authority to redesign both sides of all of the circulating coin denominations in 2026 for the nation’s Semiquincentennial.

Legend offered an 1852 Coronet half eagle graded PCGS MS-66+ with a green CAC sticker — the finest certified at PCGS — that blasted past estimates to reach $123,375 Oct. 24 in New Orleans.

British coinage takes center stage on this week’s Coin World Podcast as Jeff and Chris interview Dominic Chorney, an expert in medieval British coins.