Whitman Publishing announces the release of A Guide Book of Barber Silver Coins, by Q. David Bowers.

U.S. Mint officials met face-to-face Aug. 12 with secondary market distributors who buy bulk quantities of the bureau’s numismatic products.

Searching through rolls of U.S. dimes can produce some truly interesting discoveries.

Goldman recalls, "I actually had a 1933 $20 double eagle in my hands — for a couple of minutes."

For most coins, production ends with the strike. But Presidential and Native American dollars go through an additional step that generates the edge design.

In the whole of U.S. bullion coinage produced from 1986 to date, only five issues can be found with prooflike surfaces

Also this week, Q. David Bowers wrote about collecting Coronet gold $5 half eagles, and Louis Golino profiled the market for graded world coins.

The 2015 Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential $1 coin and First Spouse medal set goes on sale from the U.S. Mint at noon Eastern Time Sept. 3.

As part of our continued conversation with our readers, we like to ask Coin World Facebook fans and Twitter followers to share about recent acquisitions.

L&C Coins has gotten into the habit of posting pictures of big, new releases from the U.S. Mint on its Facebook page before sending the coins off for grading.

A chance purchase at a Kentucky bingo hall in 2012 turned out to be a PCGS AU-55 1893 Barber dime obverse die cap with full obverse brockage on reverse.

What about the Continental Currency coins? The general belief is that they were coined to replace the paper dollars in the emissions of late 1776 through 1778.

The upcoming second part of the D. Brent Pogue Collection sale will feature a coin that has already topped $2 million in pre-auction bidding.

Mel Wacks is producing new counterstamped coins commemorating Pope Francis’ historic first trip to the United States from Sept. 22-27, 2015.

The U.S. Mint managed to sell nearly half the 90,000 2015 American $1 Coin and Currency sets on the opening day of sales Aug. 24, even with website trouble.

My comments on collecting gold coins this week focus on Augustus Goodyear Heaton and his Mint Marks, A Treatise on the Coinage of United States Branch Mints.

The L.R. Davis McKinney Jr. example of the 1795 Liberty Cap, Reeded Edge cent hasn’t been part of the numismatic mainstream since 1964.

The Confederate half dollar is known to have been struck by the Confederate government but the Confederate cent's origins are debatable.

Author gets to take “Numismatic Paper of Early America” course, enjoy company of others in the hobby.

The 2015 American $1 Coin and Currency Set contains an Enhanced Uncirculated 2015-W Native American dollar that is available only in the set.

Illinois numismatist Mike Diamond has a firm grounding in the scientific method, having taught college-level evolutionary biology and anthropology.

Numismatics is not immune to fallacy; numerous examples could be produced in which yesterday’s correlation or notion became today’s “fact.”

Steve Roach takes you through some impressive purchases from the World's Fair of Money

The U.S. Mint starts taking orders for the Proof and Uncirculated 2015-W Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson First Spouse $10 gold coins at noon Eastern Time Aug. 27.

GreatCollections moved to larger facilities on Red Hill Avenue in Irvine, Calif. Another plus for clients: PCGS headquarters is nearby.