An extremely rare 1894-S dime sold for $1,320,000 on August 16 at the Stack's Bowers Galleries Official Auction at the 2019 American Numismatic Association’s World's Fair of Money. The 1894-S Barber dime is considered No. 6 on the list of all-time US collectible coins. Of 24 coins likely struck that...

Collecting medals can be a hobby with unexpected rewards. Because the number is so large—literally millions of different designs have been made—and the number of collectors is small compared to, for instance, coin collectors, it’s easier to find rare and valuable items at bargain prices. If you know...

Over one billion dollars’ worth of rare coins and currency will be on display August 13-17, 2019 at the American Numismatic Association’s annual World’s Fair of Money at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center next to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in Rosemont, Illinois. The annual conventi...

A Mint-state 1919-D “Mercury” dime highlights the Long Beach Expo US Coins Signature Auction September 4-9 at the Long Beach (California) Convention Center. The period from 1907 to 1921 launched a renaissance in US coin design. It saw new designs for all ten circulating coins, from 1¢ to $20 gold pi...

While the US press and politicians squawk about the redesign of the twenty-dollar bill, the Bank of England has released a preliminary design for a new polymer £50 note scheduled for release in late 2021. It honors Alan Turing, Britain’s most famous WWII codebreaker. The latest of Britain’s polymer ...

There’s been a lot of buzz about bitcoin and other cybercurrencies lately, but just what are they? Are they money? Are they real? How do you spend them? And are they worth getting into? From where we sit, the answers are: Sort of, definitely, it’s complicated, and maybe. Here’s a quick overview. Read More

The 13th annual Florida United Numismatists summer convention kicks off in July. Dealers from around the country will convene at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando on July 11-13 to buy, sell and appraise coins, paper currency, tokens, medals and other items.

Organized in 1955,...

This May Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso announced that the portraits on ¥10,000, ¥5,000 and ¥1,000 bank notes are being redesigned with 3D holograms. This will be a world first and make the bills virtually impossible to counterfeit because the equipment and technology required to produce them is...