The market for high-quality, rare United States coins remained active during the first six months of 2020 despite pandemic-related closures of many retail locations and cancellation of dozens of coin shows and numismatic conventions around the country, according to the Professional Numismatists Guild. The PNG is a nonprofit organization composed of many of the country’s … Read more
We know it is difficult to get together for meetings and there haven’t been many coin shows this year. But we don’t want your interest in the hobby to suffer! That’s why Coin World is proud to offer current Coin Club Members a FREE 30-Day trial of Coin World’s Digital Edition. You’ll have access to … Read more
Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has confirmed a new die marriage for the 1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. The coin was struck with a previously unknown obverse die and is now recognized as the new Overton 133 variety. It is the first new major die variety to be discovered on a 1795 Flowing Hair Half … Read more
New ANA Podcast Covers Conversations about Coins and Paper Currency “Two Bits,” a new podcast from the American Numismatic Association (ANA), is now available on money.org/podcast. Its hosts, ANA Museum Curator Douglas Mudd and The Numismatist author Mitch Sanders, the two discuss wide-ranging topics about numismatics and the world of coins and paper currency. In … Read more
The world’s most valuable US coin, a 1794 Dollar that last sold for $10,000,000, is set to appear in an auction again later this year. Legend Rare Coin Auctions, Inc. has announced the sale of the Bruce Morelan Collection, a collection of coins from the early period of US history, valued in total at over … Read more
After three years of research and writing, the third volume in David W. Lange’s series of books chronicling the publishers of coin albums and their product lines is set for an August 1 release. The book is titled Coin Collecting Albums, A Complete History & Catalog: Volume Three, Whitman Publishing Company Folders and Albums 1940-1978. … Read more