Two Middlesboro Elementary School fourth-grade students take the helm at the launch ceremony for the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park quarter.

Sales open at noon Eastern Time April 7 by the United States Mint for the Uncirculated 2016-W American Eagle 1-ounce gold $50 coin.

The American Eagle bullion program expanded in 1997 to include platinum bullion coins, and perfect examples of that date are rare.

Emancipation Hall is reserved April 13 for presentation of a congressional gold medal honoring members of the 65th Infantry Regiment.

The editor of SPLOID raised an interesting point in a recent online post. How can vending machines tell the difference between real coins and fake coins?

The American Eagle bullion program started in 1986 with the production of gold and silver coins and in 1997 expanded to include platinum bullion coins.

The public will gets its first glimpse of the 2016 Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter dollar when the issue debuts June 8 in Harpers Ferry, W.Va.

As prices for early United States copper coins continue to increase, half cents and large cents from the 1790s are becoming targets for counterfeiters.

The American Eagle bullion program started in 1986 with the production of gold and silver coins, and perfect examples from the early years are in demand.

In 2004, veteran coin dealer Don Wenger found a 1943 Lincoln bronze cent while sorting Wheat cents. It matches a certified coin, but ....

In 1857 and 1858 there was a rush of sentiment and nostalgia when the old copper cent, familiar since childhood, was discontinued.

President George H.W. Bush presented the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Jesse Owens' widow, Ruth, on March 28, 1990.

The Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists will bring the John Burns Memorial Reference Library to the Central States Numismatic Society show in April.

The United States Mint will accept orders for the Proof 2016 American Buffalo 1-ounce gold coin (product code 16EL) starting March 31 at noon Eastern Time.

An iconic image of the American World War II experience was taken Feb. 23, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, which ended with an American victory March 26, 1945.

Housed on the first floor of the United States Mint at San Francisco, a line of yellow robots move with precision over a conveyor belt.

When the Commission of Fine Arts considered Boys Town commemorative images, it quickly endorsed a design rejected by the CCAC.

Members of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee secured two long-sought goals at their March 15 meeting.

Among the week's top stories on CoinWorld.com were posts about the Mint's recovery of the aluminum 1974-D cent, and damaged bullion coins getting low grades.

Mint officials took possession of the only known 1974-D Lincoln aluminum cent March 17 in San Diego and plan to display it.

Today, even political buttons have largely faded from sight, relegating I LIKE IKE and ALL THE WAY WITH JFK buttons to a seemingly dim past.

Finds this month were numerous and varied. Each discovery represents a type of coin that should not be found in rolls, yet they turned up anyway

The 1982 George Washington 250th Birth Anniversary half dollar is a coin of many “firsts.”

Civil Rights activist and congressional gold medal recipient Dorothy Height was born March 24, 1912.

Patrick Henry's famous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech on March 23, 1775, is honored on a medal issued for the American Bicentennial in 1976.

U.S. Mint officials said they could legally pursue recovery of the only known Philadelphia Mint-struck 1974 aluminum cent in collector hands.

The video features a mix of animations and live action footage and makes learning the basics of U.S. circulating coin production fun and engaging.

The typical 1983-S Roosevelt, No S dime grades Proof 69 Deep Cameo, and PCGS has graded 174 of them in this grade, along with around 100 in lower grades.

Silver Indian peace medals bearing the likenesses of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant are featured highlights in Doyle New York's April 25 sale.

Proof and Uncirculated 2016-W Betty Ford First Spouse $10 gold coins will be offered by the U.S. Mint beginning at noon Eastern Time March 25.

John Brush has been a coin collector since age 5, a member of the American Numismatic Association since 1987, and a full-time dealer since 2002.

The United States Mint issued a call March 16 for applicants to file for membership to fill two upcoming vacancies on the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

Researchers seek collector input to determine the rarity for two die marriages of 1875-CC Seated Liberty 20-cent coins.

Online resources to assist collectors to buy coins and learn more about coins in their collections keep getting better.

The 1933 Saint-Gaudens gold $20 double eagle is a coin that captures the imagination and has for decades.

Two important rare coins will be offered in Legend Rare Coin Auctions’ Regency XVII Auction in New Orleans May 19 as part of the PCGS Members Only show.

Grover Cleveland, the only American president to serve two non-consecutive terms, was born on March 18, 1837.

I have liked to study cycles in the rare coin market, which are well-defined and usually predictable.

The son of a late Denver Mint official has returned a rare and valuable 1974-D aluminum one-cent piece to the United States Mint.

Sales by the U.S. Mint for the three-coin 2016 National Park Service Centennial coin program begin at noon Eastern Time March 24.

AG-3 rare, low mintage 1878-S Seated Liberty half dollar, key to the Seated Liberty series, brings $19,975 at the Heritage ANA auction in Dallas in March.

Principal U.S. Mint Deputy Director Jeppson answered Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs questions March 15, but few were asked.

The “Indian Princess” design features a seated Liberty similar to the one seen in the contemporary Seated Liberty design introduced in the 1830s.

Designs for the second American Liberty High Relief .9999 gold $100 coin to be struck and issued by the U.S. Mint were recommended March 15 by the CCAC.

The Eagle Soaring Above America reverse introduced on the Proof and bullion American Eagle platinum coins in 1997 will be repolished for the 2017 Proof coin.

Designs for the 2017 Boys Town Centennial commemorative coins were recommended March 15 by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

The CCAC got together Tuesday to review and recommend designs for the three-coin 2017 Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Program.

Formed in 1858, the American Numismatic Society in New York City has one of the largest numismatic libraries in the world.

The CCAC on Tuesday reviewed designs for several different U.S. Mint products, including the 2017 American Liberty High Relief gold coin and silver medal.

I would like to thank President Obama for the trust he has placed in me by nominating me to serve as the United States Mint’s 39th Director.

Off-metal errors enjoy enduring popularity among error collectors. The most sought-after type is the transitional planchet error.

The Dallas ANA auction offered a 1951 dime graded Proof 68 Deep Cameo by PCGS — one of the two finest Deep Cameo examples certified at PCGS.

An examination of the photos of your coin appears to show frosting that is typical for a Proof 2015-W American Eagle 1-ounce platinum $100 coin.

On March 13, 1969, the Apollo 9 mission returned to Earth after spending 10 days in low Earth orbit testing several aspects critical to landing on the moon.

As the numismatic community began to explore ways to attract more collectors to the coin marketplace in the mid-1980s, a surprising ally emerged.

On March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon Low officially registered the Girl Scouts' first 18 girl members in Savannah, Georgia.

Recently Roberts studied one of the more elusive 1879-S Morgan, Reverse of 1878 dollar varieties.

The PCGS MS-62 rarity, with nice deep yellow-gold color, sold for $188,000, at an estimate of $125,000 to $175,000.

A Colonial coin collector’s library is never complete.

Collectors, numismatic researchers and generally anybody else can now access the Newman Numismatic Portal to search digitized reference resources.

Without much fanfare, the U.S. Mint posted notice on its website March 9 that sales for the 2016 Winged Liberty Head Centennial gold dime will begin April 21.

Jeppson meets with the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs March 15 as President Obama's nominee for 39th Mint director.

The latest counterfeit to infiltrate the collector market is a fake Proof 2015-W American Eagle silver dollar that appeared at a Florida coin show in February.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet March 15 to review proposed designs for the 2017 Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Program.

Think you know your stuff when it comes to numismatics? (If you're a loyal Coin World reader, then you should.) Why not put yourself to the test?

One of the few Pogue coins that have reentered the marketplace, sold for $35,250 at Pogue III and is currently being offered by Legend Numismatics for $42,500.

On March 9, 1862, the first battle between two ironclad warships concluded after more than a day of fighting. Tokens showcase the battle.

Six new Whitman Publishing books will officially debut at the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo, March 31–April 3, 2016.

Most of the Pogue Collection’s Indian Head gold $3 coins were purchased by the collector as part of his purchase of the Great Lakes Collection in October 2005.

On March 8, 1817, the stockbrokers in New York City formed the New York Stock and Exchange Board. A medal celebrates the NYSE and its visitors.

If the unstruck part of an off-center coin has abnormal surface texture, it can point to a subsurface source, bad blank handling, or various external insults.

Collectors unwilling to learn for themselves once relied, often to their detriment, upon the judgment of dealers. Nowadays its the grading services.

One of five known bronze 1943-S Lincoln cents sold for an undisclosed sum in a private transaction March 2.

Rare Coin Wholesalers, a leader in acquiring, managing and selling rare U.S. coins, has promoted Michael Contursi to the role of president effective Feb. 22.

The legislation calls for not more than 50,000 half eagles, not more than 400,000 dollars and as many as 750,000 half dollars.

Twenty-one hobo-nickel-style coin carvers united recently to carve 25 irregular pieces cut from an America the Beautiful 5-ounce silver bullion quarter dollar.

When Augustus B. Sage founded the American Numismatic Society in 1858, he was all of 16 years of age.

The two hallmark coins of the D. Brent Pogue Collection, the finest known 1804 dollar and the only privately held 1822 half eagle, will be offered on May 25.

Among this week's submissions is a 1937 Lincoln cent that has an obverse doubled die, and a 1913 Indian Head, Bison on Mound 5-cent with a doubled die reverse.

Several factors contributed to an impressive price tag for this 1946 Iowa Statehood Centennial commemorative half dollar sold by Legend Rare Coin Auctions.

There’s a bit of romance in the portrait of Liberty on the Peace dollar, and an acknowledgement of the changing complexion of the United States.

Not all coins are able to meet the expectations set by a reserve price. This Barber half formerly of the famed Eric P. Newman Collection is an example.

Police in Louisville, Ky., continue to investigate the Dec. 27, 2015 theft of $1.4 million in 19th century political campaign items from attorney Scott Dolson.

The United States Mint is scheduled to begin sales at noon Eastern Time March 7 for the five-coin 2016-S America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof set.

Last week, a feature from NBC Dateline, investigated a grisly murder of a hardworking, coin collecting couple from Springfield, Missouri

An unusual 1792 pattern half disme will be offered at Heritage’s March 3 to 6 American Numismatic Association National Money Show auction in Dallas.

A 1964-D Kennedy half dollar graded MS-68 that displayed toning "reminiscent of a Grateful Dead T-shirt" recently sold by Legend Rare Coin Auctions.

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