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May 5, 2023, 09:00 AM
Week's Most Read: A call to action to cut coin costs
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. -
May 5, 2023, 08:16 AM
Impromptu panel discussions focus on issues facing numismatics
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. -
May 5, 2023, 08:15 AM
Subscriptions open for Andrew Johnson silver medal
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. -
May 4, 2023, 15:06 PM
An antique dealer’s wood coin cabinets offer elegant option
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. -
May 4, 2023, 12:00 PM
Subscription sales rise for 2023 Morgan and Peace dollars
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. -
May 4, 2023, 11:24 AM
Market Analysis: Premiums pop for colorful coins at auction
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. -
May 3, 2023, 13:05 PM
Market Analysis: Wild color on ‘brown’ cents
"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. -
May 1, 2023, 07:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief for May 1, 2023: Congress must act
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. -
Apr 30, 2023, 14:12 PM
ANA World's Fair of Money medal celebrates bridges
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. -
Apr 30, 2023, 10:38 AM
Market Analysis: Two pretty Proof Seated Liberty dimes
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. -
Apr 29, 2023, 09:00 AM
2028 Games in Los Angeles could get coinage program
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. -
Apr 28, 2023, 09:30 AM
CFA reviews designs for 2024 Harriet Tubman coins
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. -
Apr 28, 2023, 09:00 AM
Week's Most Read: Latest on Tubman coins
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. -
Apr 28, 2023, 08:30 AM
Mint asks Congress to give it authority to change alloys
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. -
Apr 28, 2023, 08:24 AM
CFA recommends Greatest Generation commemorative coin designs
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. -
Apr 28, 2023, 08:23 AM
CCAC recommends three design pairs for 2024 Greatest Generation coin program
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. -
Apr 27, 2023, 13:00 PM
Legislation again seeks cost-saving policy change to allow Mint choice
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. -
Apr 27, 2023, 10:00 AM
CCAC recommends medal designs for WWII postal battalion
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. -
Apr 26, 2023, 14:33 PM
PNG names Brueggeman as recipient of its top award
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. -
Apr 26, 2023, 09:30 AM
Congressional gold medal honors Afghan assault victims
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.
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