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Mar 31, 2015, 16:13 PM
Nonprofit hopes to return to Old Mint to carry out museum plan
The San Francisco Museum and Historical Society is leaving the Old Mint, but its president hopes it won’t be a permanent move. -
Mar 31, 2015, 12:30 PM
Convict ‘transportation tokens’ highlights Dix Noonan Webb’s sale
Engraved tokens made by convicts condemned to Australia are affordable highlights of Dix Noonan Webb's May 13 auction. -
Mar 31, 2015, 12:14 PM
Jefferson 'nickel' struck with steel among popular wartime errors
Striking error coins look unusual and are the result of something going wrong during the minting process. -
Mar 31, 2015, 10:48 AM
Need a refresher? Check out our collector basics
Plenty of info here this morning from Coin World -
Mar 30, 2015, 16:40 PM
Doolittle Tokyo Raider passing drops survivors to two
The March 29 passing of Lt. Col. Robert L. Hite, 95, at a Nashville nursing home leaves the number of surviving Doolittle Tokyo Raiders to just two. -
Mar 30, 2015, 14:30 PM
ANA announces new online registration for Summer Seminar
Big savings await collectors who register for the ANA seminar early -
Mar 30, 2015, 12:05 PM
You bought it: Silver Jefferson 5-cent coins, 2015 Pandas
As part of our continued conversation with our readers, we like to ask our Facebook fans to share about the numismatic acquisitions they've made recently. -
Mar 30, 2015, 10:00 AM
Feds investigate counterfeit mutilated U.S. coins from China
Federal prosecutors say several U.S.-based metal recyclers conspired in an elaborate scheme to bilk the U.S. Mint out of more than $5.4 million. -
Mar 27, 2015, 14:21 PM
Late coin dealer J.H. Cline honored with empty booth
J.H. Cline is gone, but he is certainly not forgotten among the crowd of coin collectors and dealers at the Whitman Baltimore Expo. -
Mar 27, 2015, 13:00 PM
Read why the lease at the Old Mint in San Francisco was terminated
An official wrote that the city terminated the lease with the historical society, effective immediately, due to “lack of progress” on the restoration project. -
Mar 27, 2015, 10:02 AM
1792 Birch cent brings $1,175,000 at Kendall Foundation auction
A 1792 Birch cent brought $1,175,000 at Stack’s Bowers Galleries March 26 auction of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation’s collection at the Whitman Baltimore Expo. -
Mar 27, 2015, 09:01 AM
Helping the U.S. Mint stop Hammer blow
What might have been but wasn’t: 1983 and 1984 Olympics commemoratives distributed solely by the Occidental Petroleum Co. -
Mar 27, 2015, 09:00 AM
What's happening at the Whitman Expo 2015?: Morning Report
A lot happening this week, keep it here at for the latest -
Mar 27, 2015, 07:45 AM
Inexpensive modern United States coins among best
Sometimes in this column I talk about a fantastic auction result and explain why a coin is so desirable, why it went for so much money. -
Mar 26, 2015, 16:45 PM
Condition rarity worth a fortune
Numismatists tend to prize coins that are pristine and that are in as close to perfect condition as they possibly can be. -
Mar 26, 2015, 13:00 PM
Coin dealers welcome at COMPEX 2015
Coin dealer applications welcomed for bourse of mainly stamp-related event, held in newly renovated Forest View Educational Center in Arlington Heights, Ill. -
Mar 26, 2015, 12:00 PM
TNA will issue its 2015 convention medal May 29
An October 1835 skirmish considered the "Lexington of Texas" is commemorated on bronze and silver versions of 2015's TNA convention medal, from Frank Galindo. -
Mar 26, 2015, 10:33 AM
BEP and United States Mint at Whitman Baltimore Expo
The U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) will share booths #1409/1415 at the Whitman Baltimore Expo March 26 to 29. -
Mar 26, 2015, 09:12 AM
Counterfeit 1883 Hawaiian dime offers incentive
In 1883, the Kingdom of Hawaii authorized the production of a set of silver coins, intended to ease the coin shortage on the islands. -
Mar 26, 2015, 07:00 AM
San Francisco moves on from group's plan to renovate Old Mint
The City of San Francisco is kicking the nonprofit San Francisco Museum and Historical Society out of the Old Mint. -
Mar 25, 2015, 08:05 AM
Survey shows rising United States silver jewelry sales in 2014
Silver jewelry sales in the United States rose in 2014 according to an online survey fielded by “National Jeweler” magazine. -
Mar 24, 2015, 16:30 PM
Bowers assesses trying times at ANA during 1960s
The years that Margo Russell served as editor of Coin World — from 1961 until her 1985 retirement — were some of the most evolutionary in our hobby. -
Mar 24, 2015, 15:00 PM
Jack Nicklaus receives congressional gold medal March 24
Congressional leaders presented a congressional gold medal March 24 to golfer Jack Nicklaus. -
Mar 24, 2015, 08:39 AM
ANA exhibiting numismatic rarities at Georgia show
The American Numismatic Association Road Show will make its next stop at the Georgia Numismatic Association 51st Coin and Currency Show, April 17 to 19. -
Mar 24, 2015, 08:15 AM
Two of three surviving Doolittle Raiders to attend April 18 event
Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Congressional Gold Medal Presentation Ceremony April 18.