The finest-known of five pieces sold at its $3.8 million opening bid at a televised Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Aug. 14 Rarities Sale in Philadelphia.

Readers consume news of Big Mac tokens and find a green snake on a coin fascinating, making those the most-read articles of the past week.

Features on Lesher Referendum dollars and “early-date” Indian Head cents, and tips on grading Indian Head 5-cent coins, are exclusive to the September issue.

The United States Mint released the designs for the 2019 America the Beautiful quarter dollars Aug. 14, as the program nears its end in 2021.

U.S. Mint Director David Ryder sat down with Coin World to discuss the Mint’s future, including a new Virtues of Liberty gold coin in 2019.

What appears to be a waffle-canceled copper-plated 5-cent test piece from the U.S. Mint’s research into alloy alternatives for U.S. coins surfaced Aug. 14.

The United States Mint will introduce a gold coin series espousing the Virtues of Liberty starting in 2019, continuing a series of special gold coins.

The 1923-S Walking Liberty half dollar is a condition rarity within the series. One grading MS-66 is especially rare.

Most 1896-S quarter dollars are well worn. This textbook AU-58 example, nearly Mint State, brought $9,900.

Three 1933 Saint-Gaudens $20 gold double eagles in U.S. Mint custody are being brought to Philadelphia for exhibit Aug. 14 to 18.

A new regular column debuts in the Aug. 27 issue of Coin World: “Tokens to Collect.”

McDonald’s Big Mac token promotion and CCAC displeasure with designs for a 2018 coin were our top two most-read articles during the past week.

Legislation seeking a congressional gold medal for the crew of the USS Indianapolis passed Aug. 1 in the U.S. Senate and is now in the House of Representatives.

What is being identified as an 1878-S Morgan dollar presentation strike for dignitaries has been authenticated and graded Specimen 65 by PCGS.

Since few were saved at the time of issue, the population is generally well-worn, so any lustrous About Uncirculated example is a prize.

The American Innovation dollar coin program is unnecessary and largely unwanted, but if it has to be carried out, then let us use the best designs.

An 1873 Indian Head, Doubled Die Obverse cent graded MS-64 brown by PCGS is among the offerings in Stack’s Bowers’ ANA Rarities Night auction.

The CCAC rejected all proposed designs for the 2018 American Innovation $1 coin via teleconference July 31.

Heritage’s Aug. 16 Platinum Night auction at the ANA show will offer a high-grade example of a rare Proof Seated Liberty half dollar.

Auction firms are already collecting sales taxes from their customers in certain states, the result of the Supreme Court's recent ruling.

Two of the top five articles focus on the American Innovation dollars, with another focusing on the possibility of U.S. coins shaped like a baseball diamond.

A Chinese online distributor of counterfeit United States coins is now also offering “starter kits” of counterfeit Professional Coin Grading Service holders.

The Adams Library dispelled fears that online resources such as the NNP have made collecting classic numismatic literature a thing of the past.

As part of its 50th anniversary of the Big Mac sandwich, McDonald’s Corp. is distributed a five-piece set of tokens that are both redeemable and collectible.