A Sierra Leon 2020 Proof gold $4 coin offered by the Pobjoy Mint in 2021 complements the nation's 2020 Big Cat silver $4 coin series, reusing the lion design from that silver series.

The 1844 dime is a popular key date in the Seated Liberty dime series, valued even when well-worn, so an artificially aged fake submitted to NGC is no surprise, but its diagnostics are instructive.

After an absence since 2013, the PNG Day will be held in conjunction with the Central States Numismatic Society convention in April at the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas introduces legislation in the 117th Congress calling for a congressional gold medal for the 36th president, Texan Lyndon Baines Johnson, a third attempt for the recognition.

The Fédération Internationale de la Médaille d’Art congress and exhibition planned for Tokyo, postponed from its original October 2020 date, is reset for December 2021.

After a successful online event in August of 2020, organizers are collecting presenters for another virtual installment of the three-day Newman Numismatic Portal Symposium, set for March 20 through 21.

Size and color can be the tipoff that a coin was struck erroneously on an incorrect planchet, and these pieces are often highly desirable because the error is easily understood.

A late January Ira and Larry Goldberg auction offers a newly discovered 1857-O gold $20 double eagle that emerged from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and is now graded PCGS MS-61 prooflike, certified by CAC.

Jeff and Larry recount the weekend experiences of getting back to buying coins in person and attending events. There’s a dive back to 1973, the Carson City GSA sale, a tribute to Alex Trebek and outrage expressed in the letters.

Coins of the English Civil War are historic and collectible, with one interesting example an AU-58 1645 silver shilling of Carlisle, England, in the Feb. 2 and 3 Ira & Larry Goldberg Pre-Long Beach auction.