Readers also enjoyed posts about a rare coin board establishing a new price record during an eBay auction, and a new Reverse Proof Ronald Reagan dollar.

The edge inscription on the Proof 2016-W American Eagle silver dollar denoting the 30th anniversary of the bullion coin is getting mixed reviews.

Coins, paper money and medals that have flown aboard American spacecraft are among the lots to be offered in an October sale by RR Auction.

The 1850 book is considered a key reference documenting the start of gold mining in California and the Gold Rush.

It is up to a buyer building a great collection to study the coins or needle-sharp images. A quality grading service can verify and guarantee authenticity.

Many of the author's 1964 predictions for 1971 were laughably lousy, like his belief that a 1942-S Lincoln cent roll would be worth $2,315. (Real answer: $125.)

Lincoln cents with the Union Shield reverse are definitely pop­ular with our readers, who shared their most recent finds in our Varieties Notebook column.

Collectors will long debate the commemorative credentials of the 1848 Coronet gold quarter eagles with CAL. stamped on the reverse.

This NGC Very Good 10 1877-CC Coronet gold $5 half eagle provided a convenient entry point for a collector to purchase the otherwise pricey issue.

The Moffat firm struck coins for only a few years, but, Heritage notes, it “was the most important and longest-lasting of the California private minters."

A good editor makes any writer better and Barbara Gregory is one of the best editors our numismatic hobby has ever seen.

Lifting the ordering restrictions for the 2016-W Standing Liberty Centennial gold quarter dollar has significantly boosted the U.S. Mint's sales of the coin.

Q. David Bowers believes that third-party certification has been a great boon to coin prices and to the market in general. It has other advantages as well.

“So-called dollars” was the term in the 1950s to describe medals of the approximate size of a silver dollar. They were at one time a distinct collecting area.

The nation’s two coin review panels have taken sharply different stands on how some the nation’s most expensive coins should be designed.

The fake 1873 Coronet, Closed 3 gold $2.50 quarter eagle is most likely from counterfeits produced in the 1960s and 1970s to get around gold restrictions.

Some estimate that more than 100,000 thinner-than-intended 1970-D Washington quarters were struck and released into circulation.

Circulated rarities from the Philadelphia Mint's first years are among highlights in Heritage’s U.S. coin auction Oct. 3 to 5 in Dallas.

A new record price for any coin collecting board was established with the Sept. 20 ebay sale of an Earl & Koehler board for Lincoln cents.

Through Sept. 18, the Mint recorded sales of 54,876 coins. The maximum mintage is 100,000, so plenty of coins are still available.

Previous Coin and Chronicles sets have been very popular with U.S. Mint customers, and have also been responsible for some serious U.S. Mint website problems.

The United States Mint reported first-day sales Sept. 16 for the Proof 2016-W American Eagle 30th Anniversary silver dollar.

The 2017 American Liberty High Relief .9999 fine 1-ounce gold $100 coin will be promoted by the U.S. Mint as part of its 225th anniversary celebration.

The medal was passed down through six generations of the Clay family and had last been on display at Clay’s Lexington, Ky., estate before being consigned.

Legislation authorizing a 56-coin commemorative small dollar program honoring American innovation was introduced Sept. 14 in the House by Rep. Jim Himes.