The ANA World's Fair of Money returns to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, Aug. 16 through 19, with a host of activities and displays as part of the event.

Stack’s Bowers Galleries presented an 1805 Draped Bust half dime graded About Uncirculated 58 by Numismatic Guaranty Co. at its April 5 Rarities Night auction, where bidders chased it to $10,800.

A magnificent 1901-S Barber quarter dollar graded AU-55 by Professional Coin Grading Service with a green Certified Acceptance Corp. sticker sold for $43,200 at last year’s ANA World’s Fair of Money auctions.

"Slider" describes a coin that is not Mint State but could easily appear to be, compared to the lower range of Mint State coins; a slider can be an affordable alternative to a high-grade rarity.

The planned exhibit in August of artifacts recovered from the shipwreck of the SS "Central America" helps reinforce that the loss of the ship in an 1857 hurricane was a human tragedy.

Two two-term members of the CCAC, Thomas J. Uram and Jeanne Stevens-Sollman, who continued to serve beyond their terms, were presented with bronze medals to recognize their service.

Enrollments provided the bulk of registered sales when the American Innovation dollar honoring Kentucky went on sale June 28, and the rolls and bags are "currently unavailable."

The opening day for sales of the 2022-S Silver Proof sets resulted in more than 85% of the available products being sold with the 10-coin sets available at a retail price of $105.

The U.S. Mint says coin descriptions now report the lowest troy weight limit that Mint specifications allow for each coin in the 2022-S Silver Proof set, but silver content is the same as in previous years.

The upcoming sale of a popular annual offering from the U.S. Mint and recent appointments at the Treasury Department provide the bulk of the interest in news this week.

The Proof 2022-P American Liberty 1-ounce .999 fine silver medal to be offered beginning Aug. 18 features a design identical to the Proof 2021-W American Liberty gold $100 coin, a bucking American mustang.

The California Gold Marketing Group and Holabird Western Americana Collections will display several remarkable non-coin artifacts from the SS "Central America" at the August World's Fair of Money.

One of only four certified Prooflike 1934-D Peace dollars found its way to the Heritage May 6 auction, selling for $11,400, an improvement on its previous selling price.

The U.S. Mint posted pricing for Uncirculated and Proof 2023 Morgan and Peace dollars and a Reverse Proof set, but not other details, such as maximum mintages and production locations.

Finding a well struck 1923-S Peace dollar can prove a challenge, but Heritage offered a PCGS Mint State 65+ example that additionally offered toning unusuial for the series, and it sold for $8,700 in May.

Women in Numismatics will dissolve at the end of 2022 after more than 30 years, having fulfilled its mission to provide networking opportunities for women involved in the business and hobby.

The 2022 American Numismatic Association Philanthropy Award will be presented at the World's Fair of Money to Q. David Bowers and the Stack family in recognition of their work.

A four-coin commemorative program proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives would benefit the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic games that are scheduled for Los Angeles.

The July 14 to 17 summer sessions at Heritage Auctions will provide collectors an opportunity to bid on a pair of tough dates in the Coronet gold $20 double eagle series.

A Peace dollar without a visible date and housed in an early PCGS prototype slab identifying it as a type coin brought $9,579.38 in a June GreatCollections auction.