Orders for the Uncirculated 2014 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 5-ounce silver quarter dollar may be placed with the U.S. Mint starting April 7.

The American Venturist Association, the organization since 1948 for collectors of transportation tokens, is preparing for its 2014 convention.

Heritage’s San Francisco auction of the collection of entrepreneur Donald E. Bently realized $8.9 million on March 20. It included MS-60 and MS-61 coins.

One of the first recruits who recently began paid internships in PNG's "Promoting Numismatic Growth" project has been offered and has accepted a full-time job.

The Commission of Fine Arts is moving toward a process that should make its recommendations more like those of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

A lustrous gold 1920-S Saint-Gaudens $20 double eagle sold for $38,187.50 at Heritage’s March 20 auction.

How and where a California coin hoard came to be buried is more interesting than the coins. Keeping the source secret is a loss to history and potential owners.

The 1850-C gold Coronet $2.50 quarter eagle, with an original mintage of 63,591 pieces, triples in price from About Uncirculated 50 to Mint State grade.

A new history of Central States Numismatic Society will be released at the CSNS 75th Anniversary Convention in Schaumburg, Ill., set for April 23 to 26.

Why commemorate Kennedy on 50th anniversary of his assassination? Traditional celebration event, his 100th birthday, is only three years away.

To interest potential collectors, schools could have hobby contests and exhibits, and bank displays could promote coin collecting.

How to increase club membership? Tell people about the club! And have fun!

Kennedy half dollar prototypes for 2014 were struck by the thousands in the research and development lab at the Philadelphia Mint.

Donald H. Kagin and David McCarthy will discuss the Saddle Ridge Hoard of gold coins at the Chicago Coin Club meeting at the CSNS coin show.

U.S. Mint officials formally recognized a 12-year-old Baltimore Orioles fan as buying the first Baseball Hall of Fame coin sold at the Whitman Baltimore Expo.

The new ICTA Industry Council for Tangible Assets logo has three components: the logotype, the symbol and the slogan.

Numismatic Guaranty Corp. and Professional Coin Grading Service will have special grading labels for the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins.

An MS-61 1893-S Morgan dollar brought $94,000 at Heritage’s auction of the Bently Collection.

Everyone seems to be having fun with the March 27 launch of the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coin program.

A dedicated roll-searcher recently posted photos of a 1998 Lincoln cent showing a second set of letters on the reverse face.

The Indian Head gold $2.50 quarter eagles and half eagles have been favorites of counterfeiters for as long as I have been working as an authenticator.

Collectors may find it much more difficult to find original rolls of currently circulating coinage at face value. But social media may aid collectors.

Cassie McFarland donated to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum the baseball glove she used as inspiration for her winning commemorative coin design.

The Mint used precision equipment and techniques to duplicate the relief and other features found on the original 1964 tooling.

Botswana has issued new circulating coinage struck by the Royal Canadian Mint using the RCM's multi-ply plated steel technology.