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    Overlooked 1878 Indian Head Cent Tough to Find
    THE KEY Indian Head cent for more than a century has been the 1877. There is no serious debate. It is the king of the Indian cents with its 852,500 mintage. The 1909-S, with a total of just 309,000 pieces, has the lower mintage, but it’s widely known
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    The California Gold Rush and American Coinage
    ALTHOUGH MOST Americans are aware of the California Gold Rush, not all that many realize the profound effect it had on our coinage. Long after the event, the effects were still being felt and even today changes that came about in our monetary system
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    From Gods to Commoners – the Faces on Coins
    THE EARLIEST coins we know of in the West come from what today is Turkey. They were made from placer nuggets of gold or silver, or a naturally occurring alloy of the two called ‘electrum,’ all of which could be pulled from the rivers and streams of t
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    Changing Nickel Designs
    THE UNITED States has had 5c coins made with nickel since 1866. Well before that year and continuing for a few years after, coins with a 5c denomination were made primarily of silver. These were the half dimes, and the first “old” coin in my collecti
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    Dealers Report Brisk Bullion Sales
    Momentum is the key word describing the health of the market for coins. Coin shows, auctions and clubs are all well attended. Several major conventions held during the early part of 2023 have all reported strong sales for virtually anything, be it bu
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    American Women Proof Set On Sale
    The 2023 American Women Quarters proof set, containing all five 2023 American Women quarters, became available to collectors on March 21. This set is the second annual release in the four-year series that celebrates the accomplishments and contributi
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    How Do You Feel About Coin Certification?
    How do you feel about coin certification by the big three (ANACS, NGC, PCGS)? Are you for it or against it? Have you had any negative experiences with a major certification service? How about CAC? These were opening questions on a CoinTalk thread I f
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    Solving Mystery Coin Cases
    I received one 2023 nickel and three 2023 cents in change from a Wegmans grocery store in Rochester on February 13. On February 18, I received three 2023 Bessie Coleman quarters at the same Wegmans. All the coins are from the Philadelphia mint. This
    Coins6 min read
    Reassembling Proof Sets – the Challenge
    One of the truly fun aspects of collecting is getting our hands on the best possible coins we can. For the past few decades, this means proof coins and proof sets. The United States Mint is one of the world leaders in producing gorgeous proof sets e
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    The Trime
    Rarely does a single person create a demand for a new coin, but perhaps James Marshall did so unwittingly in the early days of 1848. His discovery of gold on the Sutter ranch in California was the onset of the famous 1849 Gold Rush, with tens of thou
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    Sampling of Mint Products for Sale
    Do you purchase coins or medals from the U.S. Mint? Looking back, I realize that my purchases from the Mint began early in my coin collecting life. My father and I ordered a couple of proof sets in 1955. The sets we received consisted of five coins e
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    Cash Remains King
    You have to admit that when a Lincoln cent collection with a face value of $2.76 sells for $7,732,811 at auction this might catch the attention of more than a few non-collectors as well as cent specialists. The auctions conducted by GreatCollections
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    2024 Women Quarter Honorees Named
    The United States Mint announced Feb. 1 the following 2024 honorees for its American Women quarter program: • Patsy Takemoto Mink was the first woman of color to serve in Congress. As a member of Congress, she fought for gender and racial equality, a
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    Are Safety Deposit Boxes Really Safe?
    Not long after I had gotten back into coin collecting following my college career, my home was burglarized by a thief searching for my coin collection. As it turned out, I had hidden the bulk of my collection before going out of town and had not gott
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    Finding the First Coins of 2023
    I recently went through a bunch of coins my father had saved from his numerous business trips abroad and was surprised to find an old coin which appears to be of U.S. origin. I have never collected coins as a hobby and searching magazines could find
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    Beware of ‘Gold Rush’ Scams in 2023
    With gold prices now holding around $1,900 an ounce and silver at about $23, investors in the market to buy physical gold or silver should prudently take the time to shop around to avoid overpaying for purchases. They should also be wary of potential
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    Ringing in the New Year Finds
    In my change recently, I noticed a coin with that “older coin” patina, and found it is a wartime Jefferson nickel dated 1942 with an “S” mark over the obverse building dome. The “S” mark is very well struck, and I would grade this coin as VF or bette
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    Collecting Silver Three Cent Pieces
    As we enter 2023, where are you in your collecting journey? Have you completed all or most of the collections you’ve been working on? Are you looking for a new collecting challenge? If so, then I have a suggestion for you that will be difficult but n
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    First 2023 AWQ Ships to Banks
    On January 3rd, the United States Mint began shipping the first coin in the 2023 American Women Quarters (AWQ) program. The Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver manufacture these circulating quarters honoring Bessie Coleman. The Mint says the q
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    Odd Denominations We’ve Used – and Those We Haven’t
    Our modern day, working coins come in only four sizes and denominations really. We have a copper-plated zinc one-cent piece, often called a penny by the public. Moving up, we use a copper-nickel alloy 5 cent that we routinely call a nickel. At the to
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    What Were Your Top Three Coin Purchases of 2022?
    While looking at CoinTalk (CT) chats on New Year’s Day, a couple of threads with similar titles caught my eye. Both were dedicated to listing the poster’s top three coin purchases in 2022. That got me thinking about what my top three purchases were l
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    MarketWatch
    Coin collecting appears to have gotten out of bed on “the right side” as the 2023 market kicks off with the annual Florida United Numismatist convention leading the way. Anyone who is interested in foreign or ancient coins not only can get involved a
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    The Capped Bust Half Dollar, 1807-1836
    Although long considered as being too common to be of any interest to serious collectors, over the past few decades the Capped Bust Head (or Liberty Cap) half dollar of 1807 through 1836 has come into its own. This series has been the subject of seve
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    Benefit to Hobby Determines Importance
    A coin does not have to be worth a million dollars to be important. Of course, if a coin is worth $1 million, it is important, at least for the time being. But if that were the sole gauge of what makes a coin significant, there would be very few coin
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    U.S. Dollar was Hot, Now It’s Not
    O n Sept. 7, 2022, the US Dollar Index reached a 22-year high when it closed at 114.11. I has generally and gradually gone downhill since then. Year to date, the U.S. dollar has still appreciated against most world currencies. Yet, over the past four
    Coins5 min read
    How Do You Know When to Stop Collecting and Start Selling Your Collection?
    There comes a point in every collector’s life when he or she is faced with a terrifying thought: When should I stop adding to my collection and start getting rid of it? If you have heirs who are interested in collecting coins and would be good custod
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    MarketWatch
    The recently launched NGCX coin certification service established by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation has been raising eyebrows, not necessarily due to cynicism. Unlike previous coin grading and authentication services, NGCX will use a 10-point rather
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    Investigators Receive Anti-Counterfeit Training
    The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation recently conducted an eight-hour class, “Counterfeit Coin and Precious Metals Investigations” to 35 Kansas and Missouri local, state and federal law enforcement investigators. Participants in the ACEF se
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    New Finds Bring New Collectors
    My grandparents would collect random foreign money for me this beginning a very mature child coin collection. My mother was recently cleaning and found an envelope my grandmother had left for me before she passed but I was too young for this delicate

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