U.S. Mint efforts to encourage enrollment for annually released products is resulting in several products being sold out before their announced sales date, with some sales below last year's, others above.

The third volume in a planned series of four by numismatic researcher Ed Fuhrman covering the Liberty Cap variety of half cents is now available with a limited number to be sold.

The third offering in the first year of the 2022 American Women quarter dollars program will be available on June 14 when bags and rolls of Wilma Mankiller coins are available from the U.S. Mint.

A pair of Morgan dollars that might otherwise be considered fairly common saw their value enhanced by their vintage holders: NGC early white label holders from the late 1980s.

Rare Proof gold coins from the Civil War era that have been part of the Bob Simpson Collection will be offered in Heritage's May 5 Simpson Platinum Night session.

Bags and rolls of circulation-quality 2022 Kennedy half dollars will be available for sale from the U.S. Mint on May 5 with coins from Denver and Philadelphia production offered together.

Larry and Chris interview Greg Cohen of Legend Rare Coin Auctions about the firm's upcoming Regency 51 sale, in addition to reviewing a 2012 issue of Coin World and discussing a recent record-breaking medal sale.

A large green holder offered by PCGS from 1992 to 1996 but rarely requested is now a collectible itself, as a recent Heritage sale of an MS-63 1887/6 Morgan dollar housed in one shows, realizing $4,800.

Author, collector and physician Dr. Peter Jones has created a 398-page hardcover work titled "Treasure!" that details his foray into the vast world of shipwreck coin collecting.

Anyone reading recent issues of "Coin World" probably knows that a recurring theme in news coverage lately is the increasing importance of the enrollments option for obtaining U.S. Mint products.

Recent auctions of coins still encapsulated in early coin grading service holders are bringing hefty prices, realizing considerably more than similarly graded coins in later holders.

The Zachary Taylor Presidential .999 fine silver medal, which goes on sale May 2 from the U.S. Mint, is based on the original Indian peace medal issued by the Mint in 1849, with the first reverse.

Readers this week found our coverage of pre-launch sellouts of the single-coin option of the Proof 2022-W American Eagle silver dollar through enrollment subscriptions to be our most interesting article.

The U.S. Mint will offer circulation-quality examples of the 2022 American Innovation, Vermont dollars in bags and rolls at numismatic premiums above face value beginning April 26.

The only Daniel Morgan at Cowpens gold medal, a congressional gold medal struck in 1839, realized $960,000 in Stack's Bowers Galleries April 4 auction, a record price for an American historical medal.

A 1917 Standing Liberty, Bare Breast quarter dollar from the Steven Duckor Collection graded Mint State 67+ full head by PCGS is in the finest grade and sold at GreatCollections for $25,931.25.

The American Numismatic Association is seeking member proposals, before its April 30 deadline, for Money Talks presentations to be given during the August 2022 World's Fair of Money.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative's "2021 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy" includes a statement submitted by the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation.

Veteran rare coin auction executive Julie Abrams has joined the international insurance firm Hugh Wood Inc. as global business development leader and will remain an advisor for Legend Rare Coin Auctions.

The Really BIG Money exhibit opens to the public April 8 at the Smithsonian Institution and we get the latest update on the exciting display geared for youngsters.