Numismatic Guaranty Corporation will introduce a new “raw” coin high-resolution imaging service on June 1.

That 1933 double eagle that Mint officials know the location of but weren’t seeking to recover? It’s been in Mint custody for some time.

This exceptionally attractive Rhode Island commemorative half dollar, graded MS-68 by PCGS, skyrocketed past its $4,000 to $5,000 estimate, to $43,475.

Legend’s Regency XXVI Proof 67 example, among the finest known, is virtually hairline free, bears a CAC green sticker, and is especially beautifully toned.

Perhaps no coin better captures the true meaning of Memorial Day than the 1994 Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemorative silver dollar.

A Mint official reveals new details about the 1933 double eagle, and unusual 5-cent coins draw big bids in a recent auction.

Authenticators assume some coins are fake until they prove otherwise. Also this week, Mint angers collectors with pricing in 1971.

The Uncirculated 2018-P Voyageurs National Park 5-ounce silver quarter dollar will be offered for sale by the U.S. Mint beginning at noon Eastern Time June 14.

1776 Continental pewter dollar graded Mint State 67 by Numismatic Guaranty Corp. is featured in Heritage's June 13 to 18 auction sessions.

With the various pictures and descriptions, this 300+ page book features in-depth yet easy to understand information on the basics of coin grading.

Collectors can now order from the American Numismatic Association Philadelphia’s 2018 World’s Fair of Money convention medal, in several versions.

A selection of early Draped Bust dimes is among the highlights at the June 10 to 13 Pre-Long Beach Auctions in Los Angeles by Ira and Larry Goldberg.

Sotheby’s May auction features the Stone Collection's brilliant, lustrous silver dollars, off the market for decades, in their PCGS and NGC holders.

Consigned by Michigan collector Bill Rau, the handsome pattern from the first year of the denomination brought $16,800.

The saga of the 1933 gold double eagle continues, with more chapters to be written in the years to come.

1792 Washington copper used to be holed, but now it isn’t. Also this week, the Uncirculated 2018-W American Eagle silver dollar coin has a release date.

The coin has a pedigree that extends back to coiner Adam Eckfeldt and forward through collectors Joseph J. Mickley, Reed Hawn and David Queller.

Heritage says that this PCGS MS-65 piece is “the only Mint-made two-headed coin known to us among regular production coinage.”

Collectors who placed orders for the World War I American Centennial Coin and Medal sets received an erroneous cancellation email from the Mint May 17.

Another 1933 Saint-Gaudens gold double eagle is on the Mint’s radar, but the Mint’s senior legal counsel said there are no current plans to go after it.

Nearly 4.7 million foreign gold coins, many of them British gold sovereigns, have been stored in bags in vaults at the West Point Mint for decades.

It is tied with four others as the finest graded by PCGS, with fully defined steps of Monticello depicted on the reverse.

Most of the existing population has survived in lightly circulated AU grades, but examples are infrequently seen at auction.

The market for numismatic literature is alive and well, as Kolbe & Fanning’s mail-bid and live online auction on April 28 realized over $110,000.

In 2013, when this rare 1792 Washington copper was offered at auction, it was holed, but today it isn’t. What did a coin doctor do to it?

Do coin doctors deserve the same scorn as is directed at counterfeiters? Also in this issue, Wendell Wolka discusses how to collect inflation notes.

Collector plans to keep hoard of 1883 Liberty Head 5-cent coins intact. Also this week, we reported on significant finds in both the United States and England.

The offered AU Details coin was polished. In contrast, a problem-free NGC AU-50+ example brought $78,000 at Heritage’s 2018 auction in Tampa, Florida.

Collectors will be able to buy the Uncirculated 2018-W silver America Eagle dollar on May 24 when the coin goes on sale by the U.S. Mint.

A massive price jump between MS-63 and MS-64 coins of this issue places pressure on nice MS-63+ coins, and this one sold for a sliver under $13,000 on Feb. 25.

No 1883 double eagles were produced at the Philadelphia Mint for circulation, and perhaps as few as 40 with a Proof finish were sold, of which 20 to 25 survive.

When an 1854-S Coronet half eagle surfaced recently, among the questions NGC authenticators asked was, could this be the missing DuPont coin?

The NLG has revised its awards competition categories for 2018 and beyond, modernizing them to recognize numismatic-related information beyond print media.

Why would a collector pay thousands of dollars to buy 297 examples of the same coin? Winning bidder wants to ensure that the coins remain together.

Roll searching for respite, Megan Green hit the jackpot, discovering a 1969-S Lincoln, Doubled Die Obverse cent.

A man found his late father's 1876 Proof set buried in the father's Chicago backyard and took it to CSNS to get it checked out. He learned he had a treasure.

Some coins bear inscriptions that appear to be misspelled, but that aren’t. Also in this issue, meet the most famous man you've never heard of.

The collection of Morgan dollars is complete by date and Mint mark, and was formed during the first decade of third-party grading.

ACTF recommended to authorities that seized examples be provided to the task force after the cases are resolved, for ongoing educational purposes.

The repair on Liberty’s head on this 1873-CC Seated Liberty, Arrows quarter dollar graded PCGS Genuine, AU Details, Plugged, is virtually undetectable.

Considering that a problem-free Fine example might sell for around $2,000, this $552 example was an entry-level opportunity for a value-conscious collector.

The plug is seen at the crown of Liberty’s head near PAR on the obverse, and the planchet is wavy, with several other areas of lightness.