One of the highlights of Stack’s Bowers Galleries auctions at the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Expo is a 1795 Capped Bust, Small Eagle half eagle.

Laura Gardin executed her 1913 Better Babies medal before she married James Earle Fraser. She was a skilled and accomplished sculptor in her own right.

In Coin World's Nov. 13, 2017, issue, columnists identify rarities among the smallest American Eagles and explain an obsession to search for surprise coins.

Two members of Congress have asked the U.S. Mint and the Secret Service to become more aggressive combating counterfeits.

Former coin dealer William Dominick was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for income tax evasion involving U.S. Mint product sales.

Bitcoin value has soared (and fallen) over the last 12 months. As of Oct. 27 it sits at $5,710 per unit. Its perceived value prompts more access for BTC users.

Stack’s Bowers’ Nov. 9 Baltimore Rarities Night auction will feature a number of noteworthy consignments, including high-quality early silver dollars.

With little discussion, the CCAC, meeting Oct. 25, approved proposed designs for a congressional gold medal authorized to recognize former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole.

Also this week, we reported on controversial design elements that appear on a new paper note in Russia that Ukraine finds objectionable.

Proposed designs for a congressional gold medal to recognize former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole were reviewed Oct. 25 by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

The Filipino Veterans of World War II congressional gold medal was presented Oct. 25 in ceremonies in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center.

David J. Ryder appeared Oct. 24 before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on his nomination become the U.S. Mint director.

In 2018 for the first time since the Proof American Eagle platinum coin was introduced in June 1997, both sides will bear completely new designs.

To sell a small hoard of 1900-O/CC Morgan silver dollars, advertising their existence as a fresh group can attract buyers and draw attention to the variety.

The charming carving, graded as Superior quality using the designations utilized by the Original Hobo Nickel Society, sold for $1,762.50.

Approved designs for the 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness commemorative coins were unveiled Oct. 23.

Buying a “problem coin” can be a bit of a balancing act, but astute collectors can find bargains when they weigh the drawbacks and merits of a coin.

The U.S. Mint’s artists have received instructions for preparing designs for the final six quarter dollars in the America the Beautiful coin series.

Two bas-relief plaster sculptures by John Mercanti will highlight the PAN Benefit Auction on Oct. 26, during the association’s yearly banquet in Pittsburgh.

Heritage offers an intriguing 1792 Silver Center cent pattern, just discovered to actually have an iron center plug.

A six-person jury met Oct. 20 to endorse an obverse design for the four curved coins that will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.

Much in the way that the paintings by unknown Old Master artists are grouped according to similarities, hobo nickels enjoy such detailed study.

The first 2018 America the Beautiful quarter dollar will enter circulation through the Federal Reserve Feb. 5: Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Seashore coin.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee was to recommend a design for the obverse for the four 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins Oct. 18.

First-day sales Oct. 19 from the U.S. Mint for the 2017 American Liberty Four-Medal set reached approximately one-third of the maximum edition limit available.

The hat, hatband and bow, the styled hair/beard, ear, eye, ski nose and mouth are 100% typical “Bo.” The handsome piece of folk art sold for $4,465.

Also in our Oct. 30 issue, Mike Diamond presents an interesting question: How many errors can one coin have?

Investigative findings about the use of government aircraft for Treasury Secretary Stephen T. Mnuchin to inspect the gold at Fort Knox were released Oct. 5.

Fresh numismatic items pedigreed to Virgil Brand's extensive collection still enter the marketplace nine decades after his death.

We have plenty to unpack this week. Ups and downs continue for the U.S. Mint and fascinating pieces of gold grace the auction block.

Apparently, without public fanfare, what is being considered President Trump’s official inaugural medal is being marketed through donaldjtrump.com/.

The popular and common variety showcases the economy used at the early Philadelphia Mint, as it crafted dies for the year 1800 from 1799-dated dies.

This Sheldon 197 1800 cent is called the “Q” variety since there are die chips at the first 0 of the date that give it the rough appearance of the letter “Q.”

The release of winning designs from a public design competition for the three-coin commemorative coin program coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The U.S. Mint announced approved designs for the five 2018 silver medals to reflect the five military branches of the American armed forces during World War I.

Merchants often counterstamped coins in the 19th century to advertise their businesses, but infrequently chose a gold coin as the ideal advertising vehicle.

An oval silver Rutherford B. Hayes Indian Peace medal reportedly presented to first lady Lucy Hayes is being auctioned online in an Oct. 20 and 21 sale.

Designs executed by artist Leroy Transfield are selected for the obverse and reverse of the 2018 World War I American Veterans Centennial silver dollar.

Noticing the weapons depicted on early American notes, John Kraljevich Jr. puzzles over what's missing from that arsenal, in his "Colonial America" column.

Former U.S. Mint Director David J. Ryder is President Trump’s intended nominee to become 39th director of the United States Mint.

What is identified as the first 1904-O Coronet gold $10 eagle struck at the New Orleans Mint has been reclassified as a “Special Strike” by PCGS.

During the first nearly 22 hours the 2017 Limited Edition Silver Proof set was available, sales reached 29,164 of 50,000 available.

Two Proof error coins struck at the San Francisco Mint in the early 1970s and are composed of aluminum were struck over Shell Coin Game tokens.

The Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire, is on track to being renamed Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park.

Kagin’s notes the $16 denomination “would have been familiar at the time to anyone in California who had ever been out East, a common trade place for this bar.

The National Museum of the United States Navy has on display one of the earliest examples of the Congressional Medal of Honor, awarded to Navy Seaman Pease.

Examples such as this 1852 $50 gold piece are known as slugs in modern terminology, though it is officially considered an ingot.

The growth of coin collecting got a huge spur in 1857 when the last large cents were struck and Americans began saving large cents.