A boost to coin collecting in 1857 and then an economic collapse, a payoff in a nine-year search for an error coin, and a question about mintages of private medals are the topics of some of the columns in the Sept. 23 issue of Coin World.

A key-date 1877 Indian Head cent in an older PCGS holder and graded MS-66 red led Heritage’s offering of The Castle Collection in Rosemont Aug. 14.

Most of this week’s “most-read” articles focused on circulating commemorative quarter dollars, with 2026 commemorative coinage plans and the production of Series 2017A notes also attracting attention.

Tom Caldwell, founder of Northeast Numismatics, discusses the changes in the coin business he has seen in over 50 years in the industry.

A fiery orange 1894/1894 Indian Head cent, a repunched date variety graded PCGS MS-66 red and bested by only one PCGS MS-66+ red example, sold for $30,000 on Aug. 14.

Vicken Yegparian, Vice President of Numismatics at Stack’s Bowers, shows us some of his favorite coins in the E. Horatio Morgan collection, including an 1894-S dime, which sold for over a million dollars at the recent ANA Convention in Rosemont, IL.

Two beautiful 1897 and 1898 Indian Head cents offered Aug. 15 from Pete Miller's ESM Collection, both graded PCGS Proof 67 red Cameo, CAC, realized $40,800 and $36,000 respectively.

Jeff and Chris interview Frank Noel, an expert on the 1783-1786 Nova Constellatio copper tokens.

Fabian Halbich of Kuenker shares the differences in auctions in Europe compared to the United States, and talks about how Kuenker has expanded from serving Germany to becoming an international auction house.

Research indicates no more than 100 1804 Capped Bust eagles survive, most softly struck like Taraszka’s MS-61 example, described as “Very pleasing for the assigned grade," which realized $102,000 in the ANA Stack’s Bowers auction of his collection Aug. 15.