Heritage’s fourth and final auction of coins from the collection of Eugene H. Gardner featuring duplicates, upgrades and specialty pieces brought $5,883,788.

Bidding on the Missouri Curio Cabinet of Half Cents began Oct. 28 and continues to Nov. 8, in an Internet sale conducted by Heritage Auctions.

The mintage limit for the 2015 First Spouse bronze medal set is unlimited.

The Monuments Men, a unit that saved artwork in World War II, have been awarded a congressional gold medal.

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.

Heritage’s fourth and final auction of coins from the collection of Pennsylvania numismatist Eugene H. Gardner brought nearly $6 million Oct. 28 in New York.

It took less than four hours for the 2015 Coin and Chronicles Set - Lyndon B. Johnson to sell out on Oct. 27.

The shipment of 3 tons of gold ingots, federal coins, and privately-minted gold coins aboard the SS Central America originated in San Francisco in August 1857.

On Oct. 1, Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Sotheby’s held a Rarities Auction consisting of 135 lots of coins and other numismatic items that totaled $2,993,230.

On Oct. 1, Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Sotheby’s held a Rarities Auction consisting of 135 lots of coins and other numismatic items that totaled $2,993,230.

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

The designer of a modern coin is seldom an important consideration for collectors. It’s curious that we seldom give mind to the designers of modern coins.

On Oct. 1, Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Sotheby’s held a Rarities Auction consisting of 135 lots of coins and other numismatic items that totaled $2,993,230.

A counterbrockage is a raised, normally oriented version of the design that is produced when a brockaged coin is struck into a planchet.

The fake 1875-CC 20-cent coin shown here is rather remarkable for the amount of detail that was transferred over from a genuine coin to a set of fake dies.

The second edition of a landmark book exploring the tokens of Virginia was recently published.

It’s often said that today’s coin market has two tiers: the best, and then the rest.

The revised seventh edition of The Coin Collector's Survival Manual by Scott A. Travers has been published by Penguin Books.

Boy Scout Coin Collecting Merit Badge requires basic, broad knowledge of U.S. and world coins and paper money.

"Lost and Found Coin Hoards and Treasures: Illustrated Stories of the Greatest American Troves and Their Discoveries," by Q. David Bowers, out Oct. 27, 2015.

The Commission of Fine Arts Oct. 15 endorsed designs for congressional gold medals honoring Native Americans from two tribes during World War II.

When Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew decides design picks for the 2017 America the Beautiful quarter dollars he is going to have at least two distinct options.

Having been at the game since 1953, my list of pivotal experiences in numismatics, and particularly with gold double eagles, is a long one.

The CFA Oct. 15 parted with the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee over what designs to pick for the 2017 and 2018 Native American dollars.

An 1879 Flowing Hair gold $4 Stella pattern that has been off the market since the 1950s highlight Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ November Baltimore Auction.