The Institute of Numismatic Authenticators or INA was founded in 1962 by that era’s ultimate numismatic scholar, Walter H. Breen.

The 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened April 30, 1904, in St. Louis. Numerous medals celebrate the milestone event.

Two 1792 patterns from the Philadelphia Mint led bidding at Heritage’s April 28 Platinum Night auction at CSNS convention in Schaumburg, Ill.

The United States Mint’s six-month suspension of its Mutilated Coin Redemption Program is extended another six months beginning May 2.

U.S. Mint officials had not determined as of April 28 how to distribute the nearly 3,800 Uncirculated 2016-W Winged Liberty Head gold dimes still in inventory.

The U.S. Mint is preparing for possible production of what would be the nation’s first “pink” coin — a gold half eagle with a pink hue and a novel composition.

A 1792 Birch, Lettered Edge cent pattern once owned by the great-grandson of a co-founder of Procter & Gamble will cross the auction block in June.

In the May monthly Coin World, an 1866 Shield 5-cent coin, the first year of issue, is valued at $4,750 in Proof 66 grade. One early critic "panned" the design.

Wexler reports that Jay Painter is the first to submit a year 2016-dated doubled die. Other Lincoln cent doubled die finds are also illustrated.

Also this week, we delved into the major changes headed to U.S. paper money, and Apple reported how much gold they pull from damaged iPhones.

Industry Council for Tangible Assets chief operating officer receives ANA Presidential Award April 16.

Prices for three very collectible coins can be surprisingly reasonable, if you’re not too picky about who made them.

Less than 10 percent of the 4 million plus 1981-S Proof set coins bear a Type 2 Mint mark; they sell for hundreds of dollars more than the Type 1 counterparts.

The obverse of the 1967 Assay Commission medal by Frank Gasparro depicts Mint Director Eva Adams with a mining scene in the background.

Perhaps the most popular of the Assay Commission medals is the 1945 medal that adapts the portrait of Liberty from the Libertas Americana medal on the obverse.

There was a lot going on at the expo, ranging from Kids’ Korner activities each day for the younger set to meetings of specialized groups, and auctions.

L&C Coins in California recently purchased at least one gold 'Mercury' dime from the United States Mint and posted a photo of it on its Facebook page.

Advertised as the “biggest, most useful Red Book ever,” the Mega Red's second edition measures 7 x 10 inches and has 1,504 pages.

The 1907 Assay Commission medal was a rectangular plaquette featuring a half-length bust of Theodore Roosevelt wearing a business suit, facing left.

A multipart medal has won the American Medallic Sculpture Association’s American Medal of the Year Award for 2015.

The Authoritative Reference on Liberty Seated Quarters by Kevin Flynn is now available.

Medallic evidence reminds there was a "first" Adlai Stevenson in the political arena: vice president for President Grover Cleveland, 1893 to 1897.

The 2015 Jewish-American Hall of Fame medal, designed by sculptor Eugene Daub, features radio/television writer and performer Gertrude Berg as Molly Goldberg.

United States Mint marks Library of Congress bicentennial in 2000 with ringed-bimetallic coin.

Coin World Editor Bill Gibbs asks longtime numismatist John Wexler, die variety specialist, how he got started and how his specialty area has changed.

The thrill of discovering the unexpected, world coins that keep turning up mixed in with U.S. coins, is a lot of fun that just makes this roll searcher smile!

The anomalous coin, known since 1961, bears the original reverse design style, with the S Mint mark positioned to the right of Jefferson’s home at Monticello.

During nearly every year of the 1990s, the U.S. Mint made minor design tweaks to the Lincoln cent, creating some rare variants.

Also this week, we previewed top lots in Heritage’s CSNS auctions and featured another coin celebrating a 100 years in 2016, the Standing Liberty quarter.

The Mint Act of 1864 paved the way for the motto IN GOD WE TRUST to appear on American coinage for the first time.

The 2016-W Winged Liberty Head dime reached "currently unavailable" status about 45 minutes after it went on sale April 21.

A reader's piece is a glued together novelty, not a State quarter dollar obverse/Sacagawea dollar reverse double-denomination mule error.

The train hobby parallels the coin hobby in seeking ways to keep the hobby vibrant and fresh. Younger enthusiasts are needed to receive collected treasures.

The Washington Before Boston medal is the first medal approved by the American Congress, and was awarded for George Washington's defense of Boston.

Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo on April 18, 1942, was the first attack on the Japanese homeland during World War II.

Pricing for the gold 2016 Winged Liberty Head dime, Standing Liberty Head quarter dollar and Walking Liberty half dollar coins is in place on the Mint's grid.

On May 23, 1916, Hermon MacNeil was informed by the Mint that his designs for the new quarter dollar to be released later that year had been accepted.

Leading the April 27 to May 1 CSNS auction are magnificent pattern U.S. coins from 1792, but rarer than most of these is a 1913 Indian Head 5-cent pattern.

An invigorated ANS commissioned engraver Emil Sigel, well-known for his many Civil War tokens, to create a 3-inch medal depicting martyred President Lincoln.

On April 15, 1947, Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson, became the first African American to play for a major-league baseball team in the modern era.

The design competition to select obverse and reverse designs for the 2018 World War I American Veterans Centennial silver dollar is nearing the end of Phase I.

The U.S. Mint will offer the 13-coin 2016-S Silver Proof set for $52.95 beginning at noon Eastern Time April 18.

The top-graded coin in Part II of the Twin Leaf offering was this 1839 Coronet cent graded Mint State 66 brown by PCGS.

The U.S. Army 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers was recognized with a congressional gold medal April 13.

The April 11 launch of the 2016 Cumberland Gap National Historical Park quarter dollar drew a crowd of 3,600 to the park's visitor center in Middlesboro, Key.

A Proof 1842 Braided Hair Small Date Coronet cent, “incredibly rich dark chocolate brown on both sides with strong mirrors in the fields,” brought $5,405.

During the last several years, the U.S. Mint has sold rolls of coins to collectors that are supposed to be available only from the Mint at a premium.

Retired United States Mint Chief Engraver brings life to an early Augustus Saint-Gaudens version of the design for the $20 double eagle gold coin.

175 years after Ohio and Michigan went to war over a strip of land on the western shore of Lake Erie, CSNS will hold its 20th semi-annual seminar there, May 14.

Interest in America was evident at France’s Palace of Versailles, the enormous home constructed for King Louis XIV

1816 saw a new Coronet Head design that was similar to the Classic Head design used on cents dated between 1808 and 1814.

Several Morgan dollar varieties are specifically listed for their bold die gouges. VAM-8A's gouges are found throughout its entire progression.

Matthew Rhett Jeppson will have to wait a little longer to find out if his nomination to become the 39th director of the nation's coin bureau gets approved.

The Second Bank of the United States was approved on April 10, 1816, setting up a political showdown that would define a presidential election campaign.

The American Civil War concludes on April 9, 1865, after four years of battle and an estimated 750,000 lives lost combined.

Two Indian peace medals were highlights of Stack’s Bowers Galleries’s auctions during the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Expo in Baltimore, March 30 to April 1.

Heritage Auctions is set to offer the Paul Denby Collection of U.S. gold commemorative coins April 27 to 30 in Schaumburg, Ill.

President Obama issued an executive order March 30 establishing the Inherent Resolve Campaign medal for certain U.S. military service personnel.

The newest addition to the National Museum of American History’s “Stories on Money” gallery opened March 18 in conjunction with Women’s History Month.

During its first six months, the Friends of the National Numismatic Collection raised $40,000.

125,000 Uncirculated 2016-W Winged Liberty Head Centennial gold dimes go on sale at noon Eastern Time April 21 from the U.S. Mint. You can order 10 of them.

U.S. Mint Sculptor-Engraver Charles L. Vickers retired from the engraving staff of the nation's coin producer effective March 31.

This gold coin's Poor 1 grade predates the PCGS introduction of “low ball” Registry Sets for coins in low, problem-free grades.

A Chinese firm has begun a media campaign aimed to clear its name in a dispute involving the U.S. Mint and recycled U.S. coins

The U.S. Mint presents free lesson plans for grades K-12 working coins into subjects such as social studies, art, science, math, and language arts.

The 1889-CC Morgan dollar is the toughest Carson City Mint issue in the series and is always popular with collectors.

ANA President Jeff Garrett presented the ANA Presidential Award April 1 in Baltimore to John Wexler.

The United States of America formally enters World War I on April 6, 1917.

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will vote on the nomination of Matthew Rhett Jeppson to be 39th director of the U.S. Mint.

The cover story “Coins on Television” that I wrote for the March issue of Coin World Monthly elicited emails about readers’ favorite numismatic episodes.

Numismatic education, coin auctions, educational exhibits, Young Numismatist activities and a full bourse complete CSNS 77th anniversary convention.

It’s hard to find a Poor 1 coin that doesn’t have another problem, like corrosion/environmental damage, harsh cleaning or rim damage; this is one rare example.

On March 15, 1858, Augustus G. Sage and friends formed the American Numismatic Society, the second such coin-collecting group in the United States.

The 2016 United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin & First Spouse Medal Set™– Gerald Ford will be available for purchase starting April 8 at noon.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was felled by an assassin on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn.

The Pony Express' first successful run, from St. Joseph, Mo., to Sacramento, Calif., began on April 3, 1860.

Bronze duplicates of the congressional gold medal awarded Pope John Paul II in 2000 remain available from the United States Mint.

Collectors continue to report die varieties on U.S. coins, including a Proof 1960 Lincoln cent with both the Small Date and Large Date.

A new doubled die reverse has been identified for the 1913-D Indian Head, Bison on Mound 5-cent coin.