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.

Counterfeit U.S. silver dollars emanating from Asia continue to be a problem for dealers and collectors.

Many of the coins in the offering sold for less than $500, making the collection a great place for a collector to start.

Ten years ago, in 2007, a book written by Katherine (Katie) Jaeger and me, The 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens, was published. Guess what was Number 1.

Due to an overwhelmingly positive response, Kagin’s Auctions is extending the deadline for the cover design competition for the ANA National Money Show sale.

Netflix will debut an original movie Jan. 6, Coin Heist, that pro­vides a fictional account of the planned theft of $10 million from the Philadelphia Mint.

In 2012, the U.S. Mint announc­ed that they would begin product­ion of America the Beautiful quarter dollars at the San Francisco Mint.

Republicans occupied the White House in the 1980s and early 1990s, but Democrats controlled the House of Representatives and thus had jurisdiction over coinage.

Investing in rare coins, rather than other collectible investments, offers some strategic advantages that can benefit the owner.

Goe served as the chief architect in building what he christened the Battle Born Col­lection. It sold in August 2012 for nearly $10 million.

With transactions in the secondary marketplace being the primary focus of our market analysis, we often forget that the Mint is the world’s largest coin dealer.

One of the big-ticket offerings at Heritage’s Platinum Night auction is an 1884 Trade dollar graded Proof 63 by PCGS.

As the stock market climbs and precious metal prices stay at relatively stable levels, one wonders where the rare coin market is headed in 2017.

The only known unbroken 1942 experimental glass cent made by the Blue Ridge Glass Company in Kingsport, Tenn., is offered on Platinum Night Jan. 5 at FUN.

The U.S. Mint has begun announcing release dates for 2017 numismatic products, and some heavy hitting sets are on the way.

Readers also enjoyed posts about an Apollo 11 commemorative coin set and a notable first for our resident error coin expert.

The United States Mint website currently lists the item as "Sold Out." So it might finally be safe to say the "Mercury" gold dime saga is over.

Collectors love Mint State copper coins to have as much original Mint red color as possible, "original" being the key word.

Simply stated, if there was a Nobel Prize for the most glorious book of 2016, Musante’s Medallic Washington would be a prime contender!

Insured for $8 million, the recently sold finest known 1861 Coronet, Paquet Reverse $20 gold double eagle will be displayed as part of a $16 million exhibit.

When a landlord of a shopping center informs a tenant that his or her lease will be terminated, that tenant’s fate is decided: it’s time to go.

Want to win a 1916 McKinley commemorative gold dollar coin? There's one hidden in the District of Columbia metropolitan area.

The coins going on sale are returns from U.S. Mint customers and product never shipped because orders could not be processed.

Early American copper collectors are passionate, and “large cents in particular are frequently studied in great detail by their most serious audience.”

Within a collector's newest batch of 2016 Lincoln cents, one coin stood out among all the others. There are two reasons why.

Bowers and a former business partner used to quiz each other on 'Red Book' trivia. Now he puts Coin World readers to the test.

Kickoff party will include the unveiling of the adopted obverse, reverse and edge designs for the dual-dated 1792–2017-W American Liberty gold $100 coin.

The U.S. Mint’s Timeless Traditions Holiday 2016 Catalog offers the opportunity to acquire a wide selection of numismatic products, some only this year.

In our first Coin World Show & Tell Facebook video segment, Managing Editor William Gibbs introduces a numismatic item that's near and dear to his heart.

Also this week we considered if President-elect Trump's incoming Treasury secretary could halt the Federal Reserve note redesign.

The measure would authorize the most ambitious commemorative coin program in years in that it would authorize four coins.

Jefferson thought the cent could be the smallest denomination, but he left the door open for something smaller, taking a cue from the coins then in circulation.

In May 2004, Larry Briggs dis­covered a new and apparently very rare 1879-S variety, VAM-56.

Restrikes are the oddities of rare coins. They are not originals and yet many restrikes are as avidly collected as the real thing.

This 1848 Coronet cent, struck 65 percent off-center, would have been taken out and kept as a pocket piece, as it is unlikely it would've circulated for years.

This 1811 Capped Bust half dollar is one of the furthest off-center early half dollars that has come to market recently.

For coin collectors today, the attack at Pearl Harbor and World War II offers many collecting opportunities.

Early error coins from the first decades of the Philadelphia Mint certainly have the ability to get one’s mind wandering.

When the collar (the retaining ring that establishes the final diameter of a newly-struck coin) experiences brittle failure, several collar breaks may result.

With less than two weeks left in the current session of Congress, two pieces of legislation authorizing congressional gold medals were passed Nov. 30.

Lions dollars struck during Nov. 9 ceremony will become available in 2017 for sale to the strikers.

The American Numismatic Society is holding its annual Gala one last time at the Waldorf-Astoria before the iconic hotel is converted into condominiums.

Reader Marvin L. Young starts us off with a Proof 1956 Lincoln cent that has a very nice obverse doubled die.

The approved reverse design announced on Dec. 1 will appear on all versions and finishes of the Native American dollar issued in 2017.

The fact that the product only went on sale Dec. 1 doesn’t necessarily guarantee it'll be a low mintage item.

The story of “the mob at the Mint” was told in the May 25, 1857, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. What caused the event?

The unique congressional gold medal for a hero of the War of 1812 is coming to auction. So who was the recipient, and where it has been for the last 200 years?

The coin first appeared at auction in 1956, and since then, has been described with only "the most elegant 'numisprose,'" its latest auctioneer writes.

A state law expanding the definition of autographed collectibles may impact a popular area of the coin hobby: third-party slabs with autographed labels.

A typical example certified MS-66 by PCGS or Numismatic Guaranty Corp. might sell for $250 to $300 at auction. This one sold for more than $3,000.

The Mint’s Numismatic Forum in October was set against a backdrop of declining sales and aging customers.