The West Point Mint has already begun production of the five 2020-W America the Beautiful quarter dollars for distribution into general circulation, but with a twist.

Two of our features in the February 2020 issue of “Coin World” focus on the history of the Carson City Mint, which turns 150 years old this year, and the wonderful coins that it struck.

Our most-read articles of the past week included a report about 2020-W 5-cent coins, more about our top stories of 2019, and price increases by the U.S. Mint.

Author and collector Winston Zach join Chris and Jeff to discuss his new book, Bad Metal, Copper & Nickel, which reviews the landscape for contemporary counterfeit United States coins, and presents a look at those issues in copper and nickel.

A year ago, we offered four predictions for 2019. Now it’s time to see how accurate we were in “predicting” the future.

Stack’s Bowers Galleries offered the E. Horatio Morgan Collection at its Nov. 15, 2019, Whitman Expo auctions, a collection that included 546 of the 558 known die marriages for all half dollars from 1794 through 1836.

One of the top stories of 2019 involved a major change to tradition for U.S. silver coinage, while another featured an announcement that excited collectors.

Three 2020 annual sets sold by the U.S. Mint — the Proof set, Silver Proof set and Uncirculated Coin set — will be accompanied by a 2020-W Jefferson 5-cent coin with one of three different finishes.

Columns exclusive to the latest issue of “Coin World” cover such subjects as struck fragment errors, a medal designed by the creator of the Morgan dollar, and Russian money both “Terrible and Great.”

Last week’s most-read articles including a preview of a column about a lesser known doubled die variety of 1955 Lincoln cent and the first part of our analysis of the Top 10 Stories of 2019.

The five-coin 2020-S America the Beautiful Silver Quarters Proof set will be offered Feb. 20 by the U.S. Mint at $42.50, $5.55 more than was charged for the 2019-S set.

Jeff and Chris reflect on the painful legacies of some deeply problematic numismatists in the first episode of 2020.

A 1903 Philippines peso struck 10 percent off center sold for $2,640 in a 2019 Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction.

We have begun our annual recap of the past year, looking at what we consider the Top 10 Stories of 2019.

Collectors planning to buy the standard 10-coin 2020-S Proof set when it goes on sale Feb. 27 from the U.S. Mint will be paying $4.05 more than they did for the 2019-S set.

At least one option of the 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program was a hit with collectors, with the 2019 Apollo 11 Half Dollar Special set being the most popular of the numismatic products offered.

A handsome 1915-S Indian Head 5-cent piece graded MS-67 with a green CAC sticker is one of four like-graded examples at PCGS with none finer. It sold for $55,812.50 on Dec. 12, 2019.

The Andrew Jackson Presidential silver medal, which will be issued by the U.S. Mint Feb. 24 as part of its ongoing series, will be priced 15 percent higher than the four Presidential silver medals issued in 2019.

Columns exclusive to the Jan. 20 issue of “Coin World” focus on such themes as “another” 1955 Lincoln, Doubled Die cent and a mystery raised about the Libertas Americana medal because of a book published 211 years ago.

We begin our look back at 2019 and the top 10 stories of the year with four special U.S. Mint coin programs, each offering one or more distinctive coins.