A call to action for Congress to authorize the U.S. Mint to introduce alternate alloys for small denomination coins got attention this week along with the work on design approvals for 2024 coin programs.

A pair of presentations in the lobby of the Central States Numismatic Society convention weren't on the show schedule, but the discussions of the state of the market and young numismatists proved popular.

The next offering in the series of Presidential silver medals from the U.S. Mint will honor Andrew Johnson and advance subscription ordering for the series is open to interested customers.

Coin cabinets represent an era of the elegance of collecting as the coins were displayed in protective drawers in fine furniture and some classic examples recently sold in North Carolina.

Anticipation is building for the release of the 2023 Morgan and Peace dollars and it is showing in the sales reports from the U.S. Mint, as subscription sales increase before the coins are released.

The 1921-S Morgan dollar is common in MS-63, with examples selling near $175, but bidders competed for this beauty in an Oct. 16, 2022, GreatCollections auction, where it sold for $5,400.

"Brown" was a misnomer for the toning on two Indian Head cents in an April 3 Heritage auction, where excited bidders drove prices to as much as four times what more typical examples might sell for.

Congress must act, and quickly, to pass legislation that would grant the Treasury Department and the U.S. Mint the authority to change the compositions of U.S. circulating coinage.

The 2023 American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money, to be hosted in Pittsburgh, Aug. 8 to 12, will be commemorated with a medal designed by medallic artist Jamie Franki.

Heritage Auctions April 3 sale focused on toned coins and included a pair of Proof Seated Liberty dimes from prestigious collections, one once part of Bob Simpson's holdings, the other traced to D.L. Hansen.

New legislation again seeks to create a four-coin program to celebrate and provide funding for the Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games set for Los Angeles in 2028.

The Commission of Fine Arts during its April 20 meeting recommended proposed designs for the 2024 Harriet Tubman commemorative gold $5 coin, silver dollar and copper-nickel clad half dollar.

The CCAC's recent review of coin designs for the gold $5 coin, silver dollar and copper-nickel clad half dollar for the Harriet Tubman commemorative program in 2024 caught reader interest.

It still costs more than face value for the Mint to strike and distribute the cent and 5-cent coin, and officials there are asking Congress to grant them authority to make changes to coinage compositions.

The CFA's April 20 recommendations from proposed designs for the three-coin Greatest Generation commemorative coin program for 2024 departed from CCAC choices for only two designs.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee April 18 recommended proposed designs for a 2024 coin program authorized under The Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act, Public Law 117-162.

A bill is again introduced in Congress that calls for giving the U.S. Mint the authority to change the composition of circulating coins, to allow cost savings in the millions of dollars.

The all-female, all-black postal battalion assigned to improve the morale-building flow of mail to Allied troops in WWII succeeded, and designs for the congressional gold medal in their honor are under review.

The PNG has named Robert Brueggeman, the organization’s soon-to-retire executive director, the 2023 recipient of the Harvey G. Stack Lifetime Achievement Award.

The CCAC gave its recommendations on proposed designs for a congressional gold medal to be posthumously awarded to recognize 13 U.S. service members killed in an Afghanistan incident.