Chris and Jeff interview Michael O'Malley, a history professor at George Mason University who wrote Face Value: The Entwined Histories of Money and Race in America. They also review an edition of Coin World from 2012, and Chris contends with a question about Shield Nickels.

There are reports that a treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains 10 years ago has been discovered, but the only evidence of the discovery rests with the hider of the chest.

Counterfeit money has long been a topic of discussion and publications on the subject from the 19th century intrigued collectors at a May Kolbe & Fanning literature sale.

A U.S. Medal of Honor from the Spanish-American War was sold in a German auction for three times the estimate because U.S. officials created publicity by protesting the auction.

A PCGS MS-65 1933 Indian Head gold $10 eagle, one of about 40 surviving examples, topped bidding in Heritage Auctions' Premier Session June 4, realizing $408,000.

Veteran Florida numismatist Larry Lee, known for his majority ownership of the former George O. Walton 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin, has passed away at the age of 70.

The Uncirculated silver 5-ounce Weir Farm quarter remains in the inventory of the United States Mint. The coin is different than the bullion version of the same size and design.

The Mint is only accepting online orders, as PSFweb employees contracted to take phone orders are working from home, not in a secure environment to handle credit card data.

The Basketball Hall of Fame coin launch, long-delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, was held June 4 in Springfield, Massachusetts, with coins available to the 80-plus attendees.

With the ANA World's Fair of Money less than 60 days away, decisions about the fate of the show or any necessary changes become urgent as questions remain unanswered.

The top stories this week included concerns about a major sales platform, an uptick in counterfeit coin offers on social media, and no telephone order option at the U.S. Mint.

The penny takes center stage this week, as Jeff and Chris talk with Zach Edick and Jamie Kovach, co-directors and co-producers of a documentary Heads-Up: When Will We Stop Making Cents.

An 1840-O Seated Liberty half dollar lacking the New Orleans Mint's O Mint mark, graded PCGS MS-62 with a CAC sticker, has a fun back story and sold for $5,520 at a recent Heritage auction.

The ANA Summer Seminar may have been canceled, but the association is filling the void with free, condensed online classes through its eLearning Academy.

In setting a coin's grade, Mint-made planchet adjustment marks are assessed differently from post-Mint damaging scratches, but the market still discounts for their distracting visual effect.

Heritage Auctions has moved its Dallas headquarters and consolidated several area facilities to a large campus near the Dallas-Fort Worth airport to provide better client service.

Confusion over whether eBay was eliminating sales of coins and other numismatic items for sale at its online selling platform is cleared up by company officials.

Canceling the ANA 2020 Summer Seminar won't prevent the association's providing continuing education, as several of the Seminar's courses are offered free online.

Sales of the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame coins got underway June 4 with the coins available only online, and not through the U.S. Mint’s standard customer service telephone number.

With reduced competition for high-end Barber half dollars, solid values can be found at auction, as for this MS-66 1904-O example that brought $8,100 at the Dallas CSNS auction.