Images just released by the U.S. Mint of the struck Uncirculated 2020 American Innovation dollars feature reverses that celebrate achievements in four states.

The first major variety of the 1795 Flowing Hair half dollar in nearly a century has been confirmed by Professional Coin Grading Service with a previously unknown obverse die.

Both review panels and medal subjects, President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin, agree on design preferences.

Legend Regency Auction 39 in Las Vegas July 16 will offer one of the finest-known Flat Rim 1907 Saint-Gaudens, High Relief $20 double eagles, graded MS-67 with a green CAC sticker.

The CCAC's recommendations June 23 from the proposed designs for a silver medal to honor the Marines agree with the Commission of Fine Arts' preferences.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee recommendations align with the Commission of Fine Arts and McAuliffe family's choices for the 2021 Christa McAuliffe silver dollar.

Jeff and Chris interview Coin World's Managing Editor, Bill Gibbs. They also read over some listener comments and an edition of Coin World from 2015. Jeff shares a book he's reading on the legendary 1913 Liberty Head nickels.

Whitman Publishing presented a special edition of the 74th annual Guide Book to United States Coins that celebrated the centennial of the Manila Mint and that limited edition volume has sold out.

The finest known 1869 2-cent coin sold in the June Stack's Bowers auction. Featuring a sharp strike and a PCGS Proof 67 red grade, the coin realized $43,200.

Every coinage shortage has its own causes, from the fearful hoarding during the Civil War to closed bank lobbies during the COVID-19 pandemic, and solutions differ as well.

1862 Indian Head cents aren't rare, but the single top PCGS example, at MS-68, in Stack's Bowers' June 18 auction realized more than twice what an MS-67+ coin brought last year.

Reduced retail transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic are helping create a current U.S. coin shortage, as the Mint and Federal Reserve Cash Product Office seek solutions.

An 1823/2 Capped Bust quarter dollar available for the first time in 85 years was on the roster of offerings for the June 18 and 19 Stack's Bowers auction in Santa Ana.

The CCAC's choices among proposed designs for a new reverse for the American Eagle silver dollar and the gold American Eagles are different from those the CFA recommends.

The Commission of Fine Arts reviewed the latest designs, honoring the U.S. Marine Corps, for the Mint's ongoing series of medals featuring branches of the military.

Three more versions of the American Eagle silver dollar will be released for 2020, and a release date is now set for one of them: the Uncirculated 2020-W coin is due out July 8.

The work of the Commission of Fine Arts drew plenty of attention among Coin World followers as the panel's picks are the subject of two of this week's top five stories.

Jeff and Chris interview Don Everhart, an artist with the U.S. Mint's Artistic Infusion Program responsible for many U.S. coin and meal designs, in addition to work for world mints. They also discuss coin roll hunting and an edition of Coin World from 2003.

As hobby organizations cancel shows in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many are using technology to make some planned convention activities open to everyone.

Repeat sales, such as when the Bruce Morelan Collection of "the finest set of early Mint State dollars ever assembled" is auctioned in October by Legend Rare Coin Auctions, can be a market barometer.