Among the articles exclusive to the January 2020 issue of “Coin World” are those focusing on making the best decision when choosing between coins, an online resource for the numismatic community, and the last quarter dollar of its kind.

Orders placed beginning Jan. 30 for the Proof 2020-W American Eagle, Pursuit of Happiness platinum $100 coin will be limited to one per household for the maximum 13,000 coins available.

Some of the most-read articles of the past week featured the 2020 America the Beautiful quarter dollars and the rediscovery of a 1795 gold coin that disappeared in 2014.

Maurice A. Storck Sr., believed to be the last numismatist from the United States known to have attended the 1954 auction in Cairo of the Palace Collection assembled by deposed King Farouk I, has died.

From the Vincent Jurgaitis Collection, this MS-65 1909-O Barber half dollar is a gem survivor of the New Orleans Mint's last production of the series, and sold for $3,840 in Heritage's December U.S. Coin Signature Auction.

The profiled 1909 Barber half dollar graded Proof 68 Cameo by Professional Coin Grading Service is a stunner that "rests at the threshold of perfection," as a Heritage cataloger enthused.

U.S. Mint customers interested in sales totals for numismatic products are upset that the last time product sales were updated was more than a week before the Nov. 14 release of the Enhanced Reverse Proof 2019-S American Eagle silver dollar.

A handsome group of Barber half dollars offered at Heritage's Dec. 5 Premier Session auction in Dallas included this beautifully toned 1899-S NGC MS-67 example, among the prettiest.

Chris and Jeff talk again with Beth Deisher, a former Coin World editor, about her career in publishing and work with Amos Media, both with the Sidney Daily News and Coin World.

The U.S. Mint has issued a call for applicants with special qualifications in numismatics for appointment by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to a four-year term on the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

What do characters in a cult 1967 television program and customers of the U.S. Mint have in common? They want information.

A 1795 Capped Bust, Small Eagle gold $5 half eagle that disappeared from a FedEx shipment in 2014 resurfaced Dec. 6, 2019, offered for sale to a Memphis, Tennessee, coin shop owner.

Nine 1856-S/S Seated Liberty, Large S over Small S quarter dollars were recently authenticated and graded by PCGS from among coins salvaged in 2014 from the 1857 wreckage of the SS Central America.

Commemorative half dollars of 1926, the Great Depression’s effect on coin collecting, and results from a recent auction of a collection of Bust half dollars are among the topics of columns in the latest issue of “Coin World.”

Four of five of the past week’s “most-read” articles have a similar theme, and even the fifth article is related. The theme is obvious to most of you reading this.

The U.S. Mint has released images of struck versions of the five 2020 America the Beautiful quarter dollars produced in Proof and Uncirculated Mint set finishes.

A researcher’s collection of Connecticut coppers offered at auction recently contained more — the collector’s notebooks filled with his original research.

One wonders why the profiled NGC Proof 68 1901 Barber quarter dollar, carrying a green CAC sticker and evoking complimentary descriptions of its pristine surfaces and toning colors, has traded at auction at least nine times since 2005, recording market ups and downs.

Jeff and Chris have a well-known guest, LeRoy Van Allen, on the podcast this week. Van Allen is one half of the numismatic duo responsible for creating the identification system for Morgan and Peace Dollar varieties.

Sometimes when a collection enters the marketplace, one of its coins will be resold a few times in rapid succession after being off the market for decades, as happened with this 1806 Draped Bust half dollar, with positive results.