The most-read articles this past week include one on a stunning junk box find, another on some rejected notes that entered the marketplace, and one about a request for 2020 Native American dollars for circulation.

Jeff and Chris discuss artifacts associated with past impeachment, and the collectibility of the tickets and other material relating to the impeachment of Donald Trump. They interview Art Friedberg, an expert in American currency, and consider the nine different types of federally-issued paper currency released since 1861.

Registry set collecting excites some collectors who love this competitive segment of the hobby, and the ANA announced Jan. 28 that it will partner with NGC to develop an ANA registry, where members will compete for prizes valued at more than $20,000.

April 7 is scheduled for the U.S. Mint’s official launch ceremony for the 2020 Weir Farm National Historic Site quarter dollar, but it is not at the Weir Farm.

The news article here about a genuine 1776 Continental dollar purchased for 56 cents from a dealer’s junk box of coins and other assorted numismatic pieces is proof that great finds await lucky collectors.

Stack’s Bowers Galleries is busy preparing for its Part VI and Part VII offerings of the D. Brent Pogue Collection at its March 18 to 20 auctions held during the Whitman Baltimore Expo.

The U.S. Mint is awaiting the signature of Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on a resolution from the state legislature seeking 5 million 2020 Native American dollars for circulation in the state.

Learn more about 10 “rare” U.S. coins that cost less than $500 each and the most common of the Seated Liberty 20-cent coins in articles found only in the March 2020 monthly issue of “Coin World.”

A genuine 1776 Continental dollar struck in pewter, now cerified PCGS MS-62 by grading experts at the Paris office and valued at nearly $100,000, was purchased unidentified for 50 cents euro (56 cents U.S.) from a flea-market dealer’s junk box in Europe.

The most-read articles of the past week included those about the Proof 2020-W Jefferson 5-cent coin, a fast sellout of a coin offered by the Swissmint, and a celebration at the old Carson City Mint.

Jeff, recently returned from Germany where he was attending the World Money Fair, presents an interview with Coin World contributor Sebastian Wieschowski.

It may be 2020, but the United States Mint still has one 2019 coin to offer for the first time — the Reverse Proof 2019-S American Innovation dollar for Georgia.

The theme for the American Numismatic Association’s 97th Annual National Coin Week April 19 to 25 is “Remarkable Women: Catalysts of Change.”

The finest known 1855 Kellogg & Co. $50 pioneer gold coin has been sold in a private transaction for a reported $1 million by Seth Chandler, owner of Witter Coin Co. in San Francisco.

The Proof 2020-W Jefferson 5-cent coin planned as a premium for buyers of the 2020-S Proof set will be packaged better than the Proof 2019-W Lincoln cent to prevent damage to the coin, according to U.S. Mint officials.

An audience estimated at more than 500 people crowded into a tent outside the former Carson City Mint in Nevada Feb. 4 to mark the facility’s 150th anniversary.

Columns found only in the Feb. 24 issue of “Coin World” focus on the 1921-S Indian Head 5-cent coin, an 1837 Hard Times token, and merchant scrip notes, among other topics.

The most-read articles from the past week include a report about a possible fortune in gold aboard a 1909 shipwreck, our “Spotlight” on 1886 Indian Head cents, and a 1951-D Lincoln cent selling for $6,600.

A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty in June 2018 to federal charges of importing and selling counterfeit U.S. coins and precious metals bars has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison.

New Jersey psychologist Dr. Nathan Sonnheim has been collecting United States coins since the age of 7. That was 74 years ago.