Cancellations of orders for the 2018 WWI American Veterans Centennial Coin and Medal sets resulted in the U.S. Mint reopening sales July 31.

“The present cent was probably struck in business format,” Heritage wrote, but the ever-popular issue brought $11,400 at the Summer FUN Signature Session.

A clump of 17 bonded 1982 Lincoln cents will be among the highlights of the Stack’s Bowers Rarities Night auction during the ANA World’s Fair of Money.

A 1796 Liberty Cap, With Pole half cent graded MS-66+ red and brown is just one of a number of rare coins to be offered in Heritage’s ANA Platinum Night sale.

Collectors will get a massive new dollar coin series whether they want it or not, thanks to Congress, and designs are apparently already done for a 2018 coin.

Our top online articles this past week were about pre-1930 U.S. gold coins stored at the West Point Mint and building a $20,000 coin collection.

A new regular column in the weekly editions of Coin World, “Coin Values Spotlight,” makes its debut in the Aug. 13 print issue.

The first two Presidential medals to be struck by the U.S. Mint in silver as part of an ongoing series are to be offered beginning at noon Eastern Time Aug. 16.

First-day sales July 23 by the U.S. Mint for the San Francisco Mint 2018 Silver Reverse Proof set reached 106,108 sets, more than half the maximum number.

The CCAC will meet July 31 by teleconference to review proposed designs for a single 2018 dollar coin to introduce the American Innovation $1 Coin Program.

Legislation was introduced seeking a congressional gold medal to recognize the World War I contributions of the women of the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Legislation was introduced July 18 seeking the nation’s first square coins, to mark in 2022 the 75th anniversary of the integration of Major League Baseball.

The thousands of coins set for auction at the World’s Fair of Money Aug. 14 to 18 in Philadelphia should tantalize bidders at all levels of collecting.

Our monthly print issue gets a refreshed look and additional content, including new columns and more articles about coins and paper money.

A treasure trove of personal papers, coins, medals and more from the descendants of William and Charles Barber will be on exhibit at the World’s Fair of Money.

Coin World Marketplace, an online venue for collectors and dealers to safely buy and sell coins and other numismatic items, will debut in August.

Features in the Aug. 6 issue focus on a $20,000 collection of U.S. coins, world coins for despots, and national bank notes from Coin World’s own hometown.

The West Point Mint is holding nearly 2,000 pre-1930 United States gold coins in addition to the 4,686,358 foreign gold coins it has in bags in its vaults.

Deep filing to fix the planchet’s weight before strike also cut the coin’s eye appeal and market value, to $3,360 in a Stack's Bowers Galleries auction June 22.

A popularly collected First Presbyterian Church 1790 penny with heavy verdigris on both sides sold for $12,000 in Heritage's June 14 Long Beach auction.

First-day sales July 12 by the United States Mint for the Uncirculated 2018-W American Eagle 1-ounce $50 gold coin reached 3,472 pieces.

The “Jefferson Head” cent isn’t a Mint issue and yet it is collected as part of the Liberty Cap cent series. Even one with problems can bring big bids.

Among the pioneer gold coins from the SS Central America, one is highly distinctive — a counterstamped 1852 Wass Molitor & Co., Small Head gold $5 coin.

The fighter planes depicted in the proposed design for the 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site quarter dollar were selected intentionally.

The U.S. Mint won’t be displaying any of the 11 1933 Saint-Gaudens $20 gold double eagles currently in its custody at the ANA World's Fair of Money.

Some exceptional Proof gold coins highlight Scotsman Coin and Jewelry’s Midwest Summer Sale, July 27.

A preview of print-exclusive content, including a “Readers Ask” column about a scarce Anthony dollar, drew the most reader views.

An 1838 abolitionist token offered not only a powerful message condemning slavery, it also promoted the concept of equal rights for women.

The span of Rago's June 9 auction included a $31,250 handwritten 1793 letter from Alexander Hamilton and this more approachable 1937-D Indian Head 5-cent coin.

Among the “usual” sights at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money this year will be an exhibit of unique early American coins.

Education never ends, or should not, and that includes our hobby of numismatics.

The June sale included a plaster attributed to James Fraser, or possibly his wife, Laura Gardin Fraser, of an unrealized cent design that brought $4,348.

A gold medal for basketball from the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis awarded to George Louis Redlein brought $125,000 at Christie’s June 14.

The Roosevelt Memorial Association Medal of Honor had been in possession of the family of the recipient since 1931 and is one of just 136 awarded.

The broad fields on both sides of the Proof 55 1905 Coronet double eagle show plenty of evidence of friction, a telltale sign of circulation.

With the recent news about strained U.S.-Canadian relations, it is good to reflect on one point on which the nations agree — loons make good coins.

Only the second known 1916 Standing Liberty quarter dollar pattern has been authenticated by NGC after previously being misattributed as a regular issue coin.

The Uncirculated 2018-W American Eagle 1-ounce gold coin will go on sale at noon ET July 12 from the U.S. Mint as a limited-edition numismatic product.

A reader seeks an explanation about the "Near Date" reference for a 1979-P Anthony dollar in an album for the series.

Passage by Congress of yet another multi-year, multi-design dollar coin drew the most reader attention this past week.

The Baltimore auction offered three About Uncirculated 1909-O Indian Head gold $5 half eagles, including an AU-50 example that sold for $8,400.

Legislation has been introduced seeking gold and silver commemorative coins to mark the 150th anniversary in 2020 of the Carson City Mint in Nevada.

The reverse of this rarest Carson City Mint Coronet half eagle reveals the "interesting" reason for its "details" grade: a soldered on hanger and pin clasp.

The Supreme Court ruling on June 21 that states can begin collecting sales taxes even for purchases made by out-of-state buyers has alarmed some.