An 1870s-era Seated Liberty half dollar struck on a quarter dollar planchet is an unusual wrong planchet error appearing in a GreatCollections auction.

Stack’s Bowers Founder, Q. David Bowers discusses what has kept his interest in the hobby for 67 years, advice for new collectors and how to pass numismatic knowledge to younger generations.

The U.S. Mint has established pricing for numismatic products that include intaglio prints from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to be issued in two commemorative coin programs.

The 41-coin Anthony J. Taraszka Collection of 1795 to 1804 Capped Bust gold $10 eagles auction on Aug. 15 featured at $630,000, this MS-63 1795 Capped Bust, Small Eagle $10 eagle.

Jeff and Chris interview Dennis Tucker, publisher at Whitman Publishing and numismatic representative on the Citizens' Coinage Advisory Council.

An 1844-O Coronet gold $10 eagle is tough to find in Mint State grades, and an appealing New Orleans Mint NGC MS-60 example brought $9,300 in July at Heritage's Summer FUN auction in Orlando.

U.S. Mint officials are considering what to do with the quarter dollar denomination after 2021. A lot of collectors are saying they are tired of multiple designs for the coin.

About Uncirculated and Mint State are difficult to differentiate in the Capped Bust gold series, but coins in older third-party grading service holders, untouched for years, are popular.

The 2019-P American Liberty, High Relief silver medal is outselling the American Liberty, High Relief gold $100 coin bearing the same designs by a 3 to 1 margin.

Coinage legislation is being pursued in anticipation of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles and to also recognize the Paralympics athletes, U.S. Mint Director David J. Ryder told Coin World Aug. 13.

Having a mentor and the latest technology to deliver numismatic education are key components in keeping the numismatic hobby alive. That was the consensus of a panel of hobby experts Aug. 13 in Rosemont, Illinois.

Columns appearing in the latest issue of Coin World include those about a fake 1892-S Morgan dollar, the 1903 Louisiana Purchase gold dollars, and some really bad coins pulled from rolls.

The most-read articles this week included those about the possibility of circulating commemorative coins in 2026 and the unveiling of designs for the next dollar coins and quarter dollars.

Any Mint State 1884-S dollar is a prize, and this MS-60 example, the Heritage cataloger noted, is a "well-struck and brilliant semi-key" with "few obtrusive abrasions for the grade."

Jeff and Chris sit down with Jeffry Frieden, a Professor of Government at Harvard to discuss his work on the politics of currency exchange rate policies.

When the purported 19th known example of the (2000)-P State quarter dollar-Sacagawea dollar mule is auctioned by Heritage Auctions at the Long Beach Expo in September, New Mexico collector Tommy Bolack will be in the heat of the bidding.

U.S. Mint officials are considering a proposal to redesign the obverse and reverse of all circulating coins in 2026 to celebrate the Semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence.

Some exceptional Morgan dollars will be offered at Heritage’s Sept. 5 Premier Session at its Long Beach auctions from the collection of James Shucart.

Collectors now know what the 2019 American Innovation $1 coins will look like, after final designs were revealed Aug. 14 at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Rosemont, Illinois.

The U.S. Mint is proposing that the obverse and reverse of all circulating coins be redesigned in 2026 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the nation’s birth.