Counterfeiting is serious business, especially in a sparsely populated country like Canada where large amounts of counterfeit bills can have a sizeable negative impact on the nation’s economy and t...
Buying and Selling Bullion Coins
Gold and silver have gotten a lot of attention recently as the gold price reaches five-year highs and silver, although lagging gold, shows signs of new life. But whether it’s coins, metals, stocks,...
Blacklist Piques Coin, Currency Curiosity
January 17, 2018 marked a milestone in the TV series “The Blacklist.” It was the series’ 100th episode and the show featured the famous 1943 Bronze Cent along with stolen $100,000 US banknotes. Oh,...
Benjamins Top Dollar Bills in Circulation
George Washington may have been the father of our country, but when it comes to the popularity of money, he takes a back seat to Ben Franklin. Strange as it may seem, the Federal Reserve says there...
Ancient Gold Found on Italian Building Site
When crews started gutting the Cressoni Theater, a 19thcentury opera house in Como, Italy, they knew the building had a basement. But when they began clearing 150 years’ worth of accumulated items ...
Add Shine to Your Portfolio with Silver Coins and Bullion
Silver has been a hot topic since its run-up over the course of the last year. At nearly $18 an ounce, the shiny metal has captured the attention of investors and collectors alike. And one of the b...
$30K Dime Featured at September Auction
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 ...
2019 Silver American Eagles Bring Beauty to BullionThe US Mint has released the new 2019 Silver American Eagle Bullion coins for sale through its network of official distributors.When the US Mint b...
1933 Federal Reserve Notes Mark a Turning Point in US Money
As the US slid deeper into the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was desperate to prop up the country’s economy. Besides implementing a host of so-called “alphabet programs” like th...
1894-S Dime Sells for Over $1.3 Million at 2019 ANA Auction
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 Barbe...
As interest in the gold and silver bullion markets rises (along with prices), we thought our readers would benefit from an understanding of the terms they will encounter as they explore the various...
How many times have you thought that you mother deserves a medal for all she’s done for you? Why not act on that sentiment and give her a bronze, silver, or gold medal for Mother’s Day?Medals with ...
Get These Rare Silver Half Dollars While They Last
The Walking Liberty half dollar is considered one of the most beautiful US coins ever made. And while over 74 million coins were produced between 1916 and 1947, many millions were melted down over ...
Foods More Expensive Than Silver (but less than gold)
Silver and gold are sold by the troy ounce, which is about 10% heavier than the “regular” (avoirdupois) once commonly used in the US. So in an apples-to-apples comparison, silver’s current price (a...
Famous Codebreaker to Join British Currency Gallery
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 lat...
Error Coins to be Auctioned September 10
On September 10 Heritage Auctions will present a Special Offering of Error Coins at an online-only auction. Focusing on minting errors on US coinage, 546 examples will go on the block in an unusual...