An 1850 Coronet double eagle graded MS-64 realized $199,750 in Legend Rare Coin Auctions’ Exclusively Legend auction in October.

Sequential off-center strikes, Hawaii sugar cane plantation tokens and early issues of “The Numismatist” are the subjects of some of the columns exclusive to the Nov. 18 issue of “Coin World.”

Readers made articles about upcoming changes to the quarter dollar, an early overdate half dollar and an American diversity design for the American Liberty series the most-read stories of the past week.

The U.S. Mint’s former order fulfillment contractor, Pitney Bowes Government Solutions, mistakenly arranged for the incineration, without metal reclamation, of more than $1 million worth of First Spouse gold $10 coins.

With proposed legislation seeking commemorative Morgan and Peace silver dollars for 2021 languishing in Congress, the U.S. Mint is looking at a possible alternative: a 2021-CC Morgan gold dollar.

An extensive collection of Washingtoniana from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania assembled by famed 19th century numismatist William Spohn Baker will close out Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ auctions at the Whitman Baltimore Expo on Nov. 16.

In a spooky Halloween-themed episode, our hosts of horror talk about coins and medals with macabre imagery. Jeff and Chris also sit down with John Frost, President of the Barber Coin Collectors Society.

The recommendations by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and the Commission of Fine Arts for the 2021 American Liberty gold coin and silver medal could not be more different.

Oct. 17, the Commission of Fine Arts recommended the same designs for a 2.5-ounce 2021 silver medal for the U.S. Navy that the CCAC, meeting earlier, suggested as an "alternate" pairing.

The Commission of Fine Arts recommended designs Oct. 17 for a silver medal marking the Women’s Suffrage Centennial in 2020, and for a possible 2020 Women’s Suffrage silver dollar.

This Proof 64+ Judd 72 half dollar pattern, produced in 1838 building upon the Capped Bust design but with a portrait closely resembling the gold eagle of 1838, sold for $8,400.

The Commission of Fine Arts meeting Oct. 17 chose to recommend different designs than those the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee selected Oct. 15.

The Commission of Fine Arts Oct. 15 recommended the same proposed Washington Crossing the Delaware reverse for the 2021 Washington quarter dollar as was picked two days earlier by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

The week’s most-read articles mostly focused on designs for coins and medals be released in 2021, including a possible standard design for the quarter dollar and a bucking horse representing Liberty.

Columns found only in the Nov. 11 issue of Coin World include those about a counterfeit Morgan dollar, an unusual form of clash marks and a railroad token issued for a New York World’s Fair.

The Capped Bust half dollar series is notoriously tricky to grade, but this PCGS AU-58+ CAC 1830 Capped Bust half dollar is as close as it gets to Mint State.

The third part of Dale Friend’s collection of Capped Bust half dollars offered in August at Heritage's auctions at the ANA World’s Fair of Money showcased some higher-end examples, including a Mint State 1820/19 Capped Bust half dollar with the Curl Base 2.

A sixth Presidential medal struck in silver by the U.S. Mint is to be released at noon Eastern Time Nov. 18 as part of the bureau’s ongoing medals program.

Jeff and Chris discuss the history of the Carson City Mint and have a wide-ranging interview with mining geologist-turned-Americana-dealer, Fred Holabird.

The U.S. Mint has revealed proposed designs for the 2021 Washington quarter dollar, but other possible replacements for the America the Beautiful series are at play.