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.