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.

A gem Mint State (1789) George Washington, Eagle and Star inaugural button in brass highlights Early American's Aug. 29 and 30 online auctions.

This half dollar has seen a varied range of price tags over the years.

The following news release was issued by American History Press on the publication of numismatic researcher Bill Nyberg's new biography on Robert Scot.

Collector Robert A. "Bob" Vlack died Aug. 11 at the age of 88 and is remembered for his welcoming smile and rocket scientist's scholarship applied to the hobby.

Coin World received a nice mix of responses in this week's 'You bought it'.

Plenty were honored by the NLG for their work in Numismatics both for this year and years passed.

Despite being a younger coin, this Indian Head warrants some intrigue.

Here is one of three Coin World is profiling this week that sold at Heritage’s Newman auctions in 2013 and 2014 and that have since returned to market.

It's hard to walk by a Morgan dollar display at the World's Fair of Money without stopping, especially when it's the top collection in the PCGS Set Registry.

The 2015 Eisenhower Coin and Chronicles set sold out in less than 15 minutes and its release coincided with technical issues with the U.S. Mint website.

After compensation for lost Bitcoin was refused in a Japanese courthouse earlier this month, it has been ruled that Bitcoin cannot be owned

There was plenty to cover at last week's World's Fair of Money that was held just outside of Chicago.

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Jim Morris, also known by his pro-wrestling moniker Hillbilly Jim, has been on hand all week at the American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money.

One of the more exciting things to do at a coin convention is have a seat at a major auction and listen to bidders have it out for a rare coin.

Early U.S. gold is rare, and typically collectors looking for an example are forced to deal with a variety of problems.

The United States Mint will be striking and releasing in 2015 an American Eagle 1-ounce platinum bullion coin.

A blank or struck coin can split along a horizontal plane, from a poorly mixed or impure alloy. Clues tell whether the pieces split before or after the strike.

Coronet $5 gold half eagles, sometimes referred to as Liberty Head coins, were minted continuously from 1839 to 1908.

Many collectors are familiar with contemporary counterfeit Capped Bust half dollars that circulated alongside genuine coins during the 19th century.

Coin World Managing Editor William T. Gibbs was honored at Thursday night's Numismatic Literary Guild Bash with the Clemy Award, the NLG's top annual honor.

Coin World has numerous sets of eyes on the ANA's 2015 World's Fair of Money Wednesday, and you can keep track of all the action right here.

Coin World is looking back at its five most-read stories of the week, according to reader metrics.

Are Attaboxes suitable for storing coins in a safe? Is the packing peanut that a seller used to keep coins in a tube from rattling around safe for the coins?

The 2015 Dwight D. Eisenhower Coin and Chronicles set sold out within about 15 minutes of its noon Eastern Time Aug. 11 sales launch.

You can begin collecting the coinage engraved by John Reich by focusing on 1834 and not have to worry about any pesky rare die marriages stopping you.

The CCAC Aug. 10 recommended the proposed reverse design favored by former first lady Nancy Reagan for the 2016 First Spouse gold $10 coin that will honor her.

The San Francisco Mint has installed a robotic loop assembly system that triples the speed of packaging Proof coins into plastic lenses for sets.

The U.S. Mint's Dwight D. Eisenhower Coin and Chronicles set sold out within approximately 15 minutes on Aug. 11.

The 1796 Draped Bust, Small Eagle, quarter is a rare one-year type and is the only 18th century regular issue quarter dollar issued by the Philadelphia Mint.

Tweeting all the ANA Day 2 action: Follow @CoinWorld for World's Fair of Money updates

Notable beards, curved coins among ANA exhibition topics: Something Social

Club officers need to know the membership so offerings appeal to their varied areas of interest. As new members join, their interest, too, must be met.

Officials from the Ameircan Numismatic Association, U.S. Mint, and Chicago Coin Club helped officially open the 2015 ANA World's Fair of Money.

U.S. Mint Principal Deputy Director Rhett Jeppson, President Obama's pick to become the next director of the Mint, was on hand at the ANA World's Fair of Money.

Scotsman Auction Co.’s 2015 Midwest Summer Sale showcased 1,118 lots and realized $1,657,502.

Day 1 at ANA: Ribbon-cutting ceremony opens show; American Liberty, High Relief gold coins on display

Mint reports website problems during sale of Eisenhower Coin and Chronicles set

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee was meeting by teleconference Aug. 10 to consider reverses for the 2016 Nancy Reagan, First Spouse $10 gold coin.

A 1795 Reeded Edge large cent, NGC VG Details, Corrosion, will be offered at auction for the first time in half a century on Jan. 7, 2016.

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Collectors will have the opportunity to learn from the experts at Professional Coin Grading Service coin grading and counterfeit detection seminars Sept. 19.

ANACS reports it has identified the first doubled die obverse variety for a 1926 Winged Liberty Head dime.

When kids start returning to school this month, one of the first things their teacher will inevitably ask them is “what did you do this summer?”

During the first week of sales for the 2015-W American Liberty, High Relief gold $100 coin, the U.S. Mint reports 84.1 percent of the maximum were sold.

In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt commissioned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to redesign the entire spectrum of coinage from the cent to the $20 double eagle.

House Coinage Subcommittee Chairman Frank D. Annunzio sought nothing less than the best designs for three 1984 Olympic Games coins.

One of the more unusual types found in this collection are single die doubleheaders. These tokens were struck using a single die one side at a time.

It’s time to catch up on the week that was in numismatic insights and news. Coin World is looking back at its five most-read stories of the week.

The United States Mint reported Aug. 7 that three of its numismatic products have sold out and are no longer available for purchase.

The Route 66 Collectors Show: Coins, Stamps and Sports Cards hobby event will return for the sixth consecutive year later this year.

The 1872 Seated Liberty half dollar was described as having “radiant electric blue, violet and gold peripheral toning with mostly white centers."

The coin will not be available from the U.S. Mint at the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money, which takes place next week in Rosemont, Ill.

Coin World posted on Facebook images of a 2015 American Liberty, High Relief $100 gold coin recently received in-house from the U.S. Mint.

Before the widespread third-party encapsulation of coins, ANACS employed a dual grade that provided separate numerical grades for both the obverse and reverse.

The Official Guide to the Top 50 Peace Dollar Varieties by Jeff Oxman and David Close presents significant and dramatic varieties in the series.

Among the top lots at the auction was this 1893-CC Coronet gold $20 double eagle that brought a bid of $10,500 (bringing a total price realized of $12,075).

Coronet gold $2.50 quarter eagles have only one design type — a longevity unequaled in any other American series.

The Numismatic Crime Information Center is offering a $5,000 reward for information about the murder of two people at a Wyoming coin shop.

The United States Mint reports that sales of the 2015-W American Liberty, High Relief $100 gold coin reached 41,830 as of midnight Eastern Time Aug. 2.

Separate bills have been introduced in the U.S. House and Senate seeking a congressional gold medal to be awarded to Dr. Timothy Nugent.

The curator of the National Numismatic Collection recounts creating “The Value of Money” exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution.

Nebraska numismatist Tom Reynolds believes now is the time to shepherd his early date large cents to new homes.