The Proof 5-ounce version of the U.S. Mint's innovative silver dollar created for 2019, for the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing by the Apollo 11 mission, wins voting for the Coin of the Year.

In connection with the auctions scheduled March 11 and 12, Kagin's is providing three free educational sessions to allow collectors to get better insight into featured lots from the sale.

Collectors found the unusually colorful toning on a VF-35 1795 Flowing Hair half dime appealing at a January Heritage auction, where the coin realized $3,840.

An Irish £10 note from the famous Ploughman series and a set of die proofs from Guernsey were among lots bringing higher than expected returns in the Feb. 24 Dix Noonan Webb sale.

Raise a glass to the 2021 brass €2.5 coin from Belgium celebrating the UNESCO decision five years ago decreeing the nation's "beer culture" an "intangible heritage."

The U.S. Mint let some bulk purchasers buy thousands of Proof 2021-W American Eagles and pick them up three days before the coins went on sale to collectors with a 99-coin household limit.

The 2021 Texas Numismatic Association show medal features Apache leader Geronimo in bronze and silver versions, available to order ahead of the organization's planned June show in Arlington.

A triple-struck 2015 Australian dollar in a late March sale, while not an extreme rarity, is eyecatching because in modern minting processes such errors don't often reach circulation.

Coins again available from the Pogue Collection will return to auction in Stack's Bowers Galleries' Rarities Night sale in Las Vegas, including several finest known or only collectible examples.

Digital money is of high interest to Federal Reserve officials, who are exploring "significant technical and policy questions" and "preconditions for a general-purpose central bank digital currency."

In 18th century coins perfection is difficult to obtain, so an example of a rare die marriage like this 1795 Flowing Hair, Two Leaves dollar, even graded Very Fine Details, Holed, is coveted.

Three days before the public could obtain them, Proof 2021-W American Eagle, Reverse of 1986 silver dollars were offered to dealers enrolled in the U.S. Mint’s Authorized Bulk Purchaser Program.

Launch of the U.S. Air Force 2.5-ounce .999 fine silver medal (previously scheduled for Feb. 22) is indefinitely postponed by the U.S. Mint with no explanation offered for the decision.

The U.S. Mint offers a first look at struck examples of the National Law Enforcement Memorial commemorative coins, a month after pre-sales began. The coins are to ship May 5.

April releases including the 2021-S Silver Proof set and the final 5-ounce quarter dollar in the America the Beautiful series are on the radar for collectors and top the news stories of the week.

Geiger Edelmetalle, a German bullion company, is accepted as an affiliate member of the London Bullion Market Association after the completion of an extensive review process.

Despite a high mintage of nearly 7 million coins, a 1934 Walking Liberty half dollar graded Mint State 68 by PCGS and bearing a green CAC sticker brought a final price of $20,500 in a recent Heritage auction.

The Bob Simpson Collection is known for pattern coins and an 1838 Seated Liberty half dollar that was graded at Proof 65 by Professional Coin Grading Service brought $43,200 in the Heritage sale.

Jeff and Larry welcome author Rusty Goe, an authority on Carson City coinage and commemorate the day that started it all for U.S. coins.

New legislation seeks three congressional gold medals for the Capitol Police and other protective forces, rewarding their actions Jan. 6 in protecting legislators and staff during violent protests.