After 11 days on the run, convicted fraudsters Bernard Hansen and Diane Erdmann, taken into custody in Washington for failing to appear for sentencing, were sentenced in a Seattle federal court.

The news that an off-center 1882-CC Morgan dollar sold during the 1970s General Services Administration sales has resurfaced raises more questions: Where are some of the other “missing” coins?

Readers were attracted to a giant gold coin created by the Royal Mint to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee while also finding interest with quality Washington quarter dollars.

The United States Mint plans an on-sale date of Aug. 16 for the U.S. Air Force 1-ounce silver medal in the Mint’s Armed Forces silver medal program, and enrollments are open.

A coin with the obverse of a 2000-D Sacagawea dollar and the reverse of a South Carolina State quarter dollar, also from 2000, is authenticated by Professional Coin Grading Serviced at MS-64.

An 1882-CC Morgan dollar that was struck off-center that was part of the General Services Administration Hoard from 1972 to 1980 has been authenticated and graded by Numismatic Guaranty Co.

Half cents struck from 1840 to 1849 were Proof coins only, and restrikes were also made later, as an 1846-dated Braided Hair half cent with reverse of 1856 in a recent Stack's Bowers Galleries sale shows.

A Cohen 1 1829 Classic Head half cent historically identified as a Proof coin but graded Mint State 63 brown by NGC sold for $4,560 in Heritage's May 4 auction, an improvement on its April 2021 price of $3,360.

PAN president Tom Uram will be honored at the ANA's World's Fair of Money in August with the newly named Chester L. Krause Memorial Distinguished Service Award.

U.S. Mint customers interested in the Uncirculated 2022-W American Eagle 1-ounce gold coin can place an order for one of the 9,000 available coins beginning at noon Eastern Time on June 16.

As the COVID-19 pandemic shifts to an endemic phase, the numismatic community is returning to some level of normalcy, having flourished despite lockdowns and cancellations.

Heritage offered a rare Cohen 1 1811 Classic Head half cent graded Mint State 62 brown by NGC, and the coin, which carries an extensive provenance, sold for $28,000 in the May 5 sale.

While most of the allotment had been allocated through the enrollment program, a quantity of Uncirculated 2022-W American Eagle 1-ounce silver coins were available on the first day of public sale.

The 2022-S Silver Proof set holds more coins than the 2021 version, with five silver quarters included for the first time since 2020, but the price remains the same as in 2021, at $105.

The exciting news of a new variety of wartime Lincoln cent garnered plenty of attention, and interest ran high in the continuing American Women quarter dollars program, with the third release of 2022 in mid-June.

The 2022-S American Innovation dollar Proof set contains coins from the San Francisco Mint marking notable innovations or inventions that originated in Rhode Island, Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee meets in Washington, D.C., June 14 to review designs for the 2024 Native American dollar, two of the four American Innovation dollars, and several gold medals.

A significant backlog in requests for the "normal tier" service offered by the Certified Acceptance Corp. leads officials to temporarily suspend the service during June, to catch up.

Bills presented in the U.S. House and Senate seek a single congressional gold medal to recognize service by nurses during World War II in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and U.S. Navy Nurse Corps.

The first year of a new release always holds attraction, and paired with low mintages and a 90-year anniversary, these high-grade 1932-D and -S Washington quarter dollars are desirable to collectors.