A colorful and rare Proof 64 1849 Seated Liberty half dollar, bearing a green CAC sticker, sold for $26,400 at Heritage’s Premier Session in Dallas in October.

One of the biggest announcements of the Oct. 17 U.S. Mint forum was the news that it was thinking about releasing a circulating rarity in 2019.

Orders received by the U.S. Mint are almost sufficient to exhaust the maximum product limit for the 10-coin 2018-S San Francisco Silver Reverse Proof set.

During an Oct. 17 Numismatic Forum, Mint officials were surprised that most of the more than 100 attendees had seen a counterfeit U.S. bullion coin.

U.S. Mint officials are keeping a tight lid on details of the bureau’s plans to create a numismatic rarity to be released into general circulation in 2019.

Content exclusive to this week’s issue includes a look at 1839 Seated Liberty half dollar subtypes and a commemorative coin program collectors didn’t want.

Readers found our news coverage of a World War II error 1942 Walking Liberty half dollar and a high-priced common 1958 Franklin half dollar riveting.

An AU-55 1893-S Morgan dollar with green CAC sticker, nice luster and traces of prooflike reflectivity in the fields brought $38,400 at Heritage’s recent sale.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee convened Tuesday, Oct. 16, to discuss the Native American dollar coins for 2021 and 2022.

An AU-55 example of the 1864-S Coronet $10 eagle, known to specialists as a great rarity in the series, brought $219,004.80 at a Heritage auction in October.

A toned 1958 Franklin half dollar that is among the finest known of the type brought the house down when Legend sold it sold for an incredible $129,500.

This 1944 Washington quarter dollar struck on a zinc-coated steel cent planchet is a fun twist on an off-metal World War II error.

On Oct. 16, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed proposed designs for two silver medals commemorating the United States Coast Guard and Air Force.

Proof American Eagle platinum coins were a major topic of discussion at the CCAC meeting at U.S. Mint headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15.

Two odd coins that were fiddled with after they left the U.S. Mint are in Heritage’s Nov. 8 to 11 Signature Auction in Dallas,Texas.

Our Cover Feature this month focuses on 80 years of the Jefferson 5-cent coin, while our World Coins and Paper Money features focus on great stories.

Our most-read articles for the week included the unveiling of the 2019 Apollo 11 coin designs and a toddler’s destruction of more than $1,000.

An imposing error from the Walter Collection was a 1942 Walking Liberty half dollar struck on a planchet intended for a Washington quarter dollar.

The Archangel Collection of Colonial Coins and 1792 Coinage, “fresh-to-market,” headlines Stack’s Bowers Baltimore auction at the end of October.

A 1943 Lincoln cent overstruck on a 1943 Winged Liberty Head dime and graded MS-62 brought $33,600 at the recent ANA auctions.

A low-mintage 1938-D Walking Liberty half dollar grading PCGS MS-67+ sold for $41,125 on Sept. 28 during Legend Rare Coin Auctions’ Regency 28 auction.

Try explaining the modern concept of coin grading to a noncollector and you are likely going to be faced with bewilderment.

A second waffle-canceled test strike from the U.S. Mint’s research into alloy alternatives for circulating U.S. coins has been identified.

It took 66-year-old Belfast, Maine, sculptor and collector Gary Cooper 20 years, but now he can proudly add U.S. coin designer to his résumé.

A reader’s Jefferson 5-cent coin that he hoped was an error is actually damaged, and the promotion of the “Little Orphan Annie” dime may have been misdirection.