Sales of the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame coins got underway June 4 with the coins available only online, and not through the U.S. Mint’s standard customer service telephone number.

With reduced competition for high-end Barber half dollars, solid values can be found at auction, as for this MS-66 1904-O example that brought $8,100 at the Dallas CSNS auction.

The interests of readers run the gamut, with topics from around the globe led by an interpretation of an Australian note that allegedly predicted the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beware of purchasing bullion through social media sites, as the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation is finding operations that are selling fakes.

Jeff and Chris interview Dan Carr, the owner and operator of the Moonlight Mint, a private mint in Colorado. They take the opportunity to discuss private mint products, read a listener email, and debut Jeff's numismatic one-man show.

A 1920 Assay Commission medal designed by George Morgan that realized $408 in Stack’s Bowers Galleries' March 18 auction features president Woodrow Wilson.

A top quality medal from the 1950s that features design work from Gilroy Roberts and Frank Gasparro realized $3,960 in a Stack's Bowers auction earlier this year.

After two months of inactivity due to global pandemic restrictions, the Royal Canadian Mint is back in production of numismatic coins, just in time to boost lagging sales.

Conspiracy theorists hail the Australian $10 note as positive proof that the COVID-19 global pandemic is a contrived hoax, but they completely misidentify the note's design elements.

The old saying, "The show must go on," may not have a numismatic origin, but it is at the heart of deliberations today by the promoters of coin shows and conventions.