The Anthony dollar was issued 40 years ago this summer, after a contentious approval process that many collectors called too political.

Chris and Jeff do some numismatic myth busting, along with Andy Kimmel of Paragon Numismatics. World War II takes center stage as they explore the Canadian War Nickels and Allied military currency, as well as trying to figure out whether the Soviets snuck text onto the Roosevelt Dime in 1946.

NGC verifies a white 1943 Lincoln cent, discovered on the ground by a child 50 years ago is not zinc-coated steel, but it's not the usual copper alloy either.

A second commemorative coin program for 2020 took a step toward approval when S. 1235, the “Women’s Suffrage Centennial Coin Act,” passed the Senate on June 4.

Striking is complete for three of the five 2019-W America the Beautiful quarter dollars, and the coins are in circulation, with the fourth in production.

The U.S. Mint’s search for alternative compositions to bring down costs for circulating coins identifies several options for further exploration.

Columns exclusive to the June 24 issue focus on a $25 coin shop purchase and an affordable 20th century wartime overdate variety.

Rising costs for circulating U.S. coins and packaging problems with two sets of U.S. coins drew a lot of attention from readers during the past week.

An estimated 65 examples survive in all grades, so 1852 Seated Liberty silver dollars are highly valued, even an aggressively cleaned example.

At $4,800, this coin was an opportunity for a collector to buy an entry level example of one of the most challenging of the Carson City Mint double eagles.

Bills call for commemorative coins for fallen law enforcement officers and gold medals for a prominent hockey player and a world-renowned author.

A newly discovered silver Washington Before Boston medal struck at the Paris Mint circa 1789 brought $156,000 on May 24.

Chris and Jeff interview Ira Goldberg, who is assembling the “Tyrant Collection," a collection of coins featuring powerful rulers for an unknown benefactor.

A 1792 half disme graded Very Good Details, Holed, by PCGS is an affordable example that brought $20,400 May 23 in a Stack's Bowers auction.

Columns found only in the June 17 issue of “Coin World” look at 1916-S dimes, death from cleaning coins, and counterfeiter biographies.

The cost to produce and distribute all four denominations of U.S. circulating coins rose during Fiscal Year 2018, continuing a years-long trend.

The U.S. Mint is providing corrected replacement sleeves for product packaging for an Apollo 11 half dollar set that contained a factual error.

Customers are reporting missing coins or multiple examples of the same coin in the Philadelphia Mint portion of the 2019 Uncirculated Mint set.

The Uncirculated 2019-W American Eagle silver dollar goes on sale May 29 by U.S. Mint, with the gold version available June 13.

An 1879-CC /CC Morgan dollar is known also, misleadingly, as the “Capped Die” variety. This example graded PCGS MS-65+ brought $49,937.50.