The annual Assay Commission was canceled after 1980 as unnecessary. The restoration of production of precious metals U.S. coins is grounds for the restoration of this lost tradition.

With the return of the ANA World's Fair of Money in August, Heritage Auctions and Stack's Bowers Galleries are putting together the lots that will be showcased at the Chicago area event.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed and recommended designs for the three-coin commemorative program in 2022 recognizing the centennial of the Negro Baseball League.

H.R. 3325, proposed to award gold medals to the agencies involved in protecting the U.S. Capitol from the breach of protestors on Jan. 6, 2021, has passed the House of Representatives.

An anonymous buyer paid $104, 625 for a 1792 Flowing Hair half disme graded Fair 2 that gained national attention after it was found in a dealer's junk box in Washington a few months ago.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee spent two days reviewing designs, including those for three of the 2022 American Women quarter dollars and a gold medal for Merrill's Marauders.

A Proof 2021-S American Eagle, Reverse of 2021 silver dollar, minted at the San Francisco Mint, becomes available for sale from the U.S. Mint Aug. 16, but ordering details are lacking.

After a four-month delay, the silver medal honoring the United States Air Force will become available on June 22, the 2.5-ounce silver medal offered for $160.

Sale of the Weitzman-owned 1933 gold double eagle drew headlines around the world and our readers were at the epicenter of interested parties, while a future gold offering also held high interest.

Jeff and Larry talk to author Rob Kravitz about postage currency while wondering aloud about the new 1933 double eagle owner (not us).

The sale of the sole 1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagle authorized for private ownership for a price topping $18.8 million is evidence that the top of the coin market remains strong.

The American Eagle 2021 One-Tenth Ounce Gold Two-Coin Set Designer Edition, featuring one coin apiece of the year's designs, will be limited to one order per household when sales begin July 29.

Wilma Mankiller, Adelina Otero-Warren and Anna May Wong join Dr. Sally Ride and Maya Angelou as subjects to be featured on the five 2022 American Women quarter dollars.

Announcement of delays for future 2021 Morgan and Peace dollar sales and the upcoming sale of Chris Dempsey's Hobo nickel collection attracted reader attention.

Valuable varieties and error coins remain to be found in circulation, and popular book's new edition offers suggestions for alert observers to spot treasures before they get spent at face value.

A privately struck "peace medal" to strengthen relations for the fur trade with indigenous populations of North America in the 1830s, one of seven traced and the second in private hands, sold for $144,000.

The high-profile sale of a numismatic rarity is drawing attention to coin collecting, and a new program can assist collectors in determining authenticity, value and connection through Coin World+.

The only 1933 $20 gold double eagle legal to own sold in just five minutes June 8 in a Sotheby's auction that realized $18,872,250, establishing a record for any coin sold at auction.

The only 1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagle authorized for private ownership realized $18,872,250 in a three-lot auction conducted by Sotheby's in New York on June 8.

A 1915 octagonal Panama-Pacific International Exposition $50 obverse and reverse hubs trial on a large, round copper planchet was a featured pattern offered in April from the Bob R. Simpson Collection.