Florida collector Chuck Heck has been a numismatic hobbyist for more than 50 years, dedicating his focus primarily on United States large cents.

All eyes in the coin hobby will be watching Heritage’s auctions in Fort Lauderdale between Jan. 4 and 9, at the Florida United Numismatists 2017 convention.

R.W. Julian’s “Medals of the Unites States Mint: The First Century, 1792-1892” provides a modern example of the evergreen numismatic reference

Bidders were willing to pay multiples of published estimates Dec. 18 for certified, verified, circulated U.S. gold coins from the Sierra Madre Collection.

The Mint posted its prices for the single Proof and Uncirculated 2017-P Lions Clubs International Century of Service silver dollars, on sale Jan. 18.

Also this week, readers enjoyed posts about a Netflix movie that tells the fictional story of a U.S. Mint heist, and gold's continuing struggles in 2016.

Former numismatic literature dealer Fred L. Lake, a longtime fixture for the Florida United Numismatists, died Dec. 25 in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Don Hall sent in a 1959-D/D Lincoln cent that shows a very nice repunched Mint mark.

The numismatic world was rocked in 2016 with the bombshell announcement that researchers had uncovered tooling for 1964 Morgan dollars.

The greater rare coin market consists of hundreds of thousands of individual transactions that over time shape the rare coin market in massive ways.

The Professional Numismatists Guild annual market survey of major auction firms suggests auction results and direct sales in 2016 totaled more than $4 billion.

One of the finest known coins in the series, an 1880-S Morgan dollar graded MS-69 Prooflike by PCGS, is in the 2017 FUN auctions.

Texas collector D. Brent Pogue offered plenty of valuable offerings. While most soared, the tops lot did not meet their estimate.

Almost from day one of Bowers' interest in coin collecting, he has found numismatic history to be one of his favorite specialties.

Heritage's auctions held at the January 2017 FUN show include such rarities as a 1792 Silver Center cent pattern, the first issue struck at the Mint.

The U.S. Mint saw a golden opportunity and issued .9999 fine gold Winged Liberty Head dimes, Standing Liberty quarter dollars and Walking Liberty half dollars.

The 1974-D aluminum cent was returned to U.S. Mint custody in 2016, and later went on display at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money.

The U.S. Mint began previewing its milestone 2017 anniversary in 2016, but much of what the U.S. Mint will do will be on a “stay tuned” basis.

Are you all ready to start a new year? Columnist O'Rourke is, and he advises a truly useful resolution.

A 30-millimeter brass medal bearing a ship under full sail flanked by F – B and the legend IRISH REPUBLIC presents several mysteries to today’s collectors.

Collectors will get their first in-person look at the 2017 Effigy Mounds National Monument quarter dollar during the coin’s official U.S. Mint ceremony Feb. 6.

Collectors waited a year, until 2016, before the U.S. Mint finally issued the American Liberty silver medals.

There’s a general concept across collecting categories that the highest caliber of objects is most desirable for investing, but this is not universally true.

First-day sales Dec. 14 for the five-coin 2016 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set totaled 12,069. Through Dec. 19, cumulative sales reached 12,988.

The Florida United Numismatists show in Fort Lauderdale will kick off a yearlong celebration of J.J. Teaparty's 60th anniversary in the coin business.