April 23-27 is 2019’s National Coin Week
This year’s theme for National Coin Week is "Discover the Past, Envision the Future." 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, and mankind’s first steps on the moon. This yea...
April 15-21 is National Coin Week
This year’s theme for National Coin Week is “Connecting Cultures: From Many, One.” Building on the US motto E Pluribus Unum the theme recognizes the role of numismatics in building bridges and prom...
A Look at Extremely Rare International Gold Coins
International gold coins Since we have one of the most extensive coin catalogs on the Internet, we’re offering you extremely rare gold coins, available in limited quantities. These coins are pre-1...
All About Quarters = An Overview
You probably haven’t given a lot of thought about why quarters are part of the US coinage, but there’s actually an interesting story behind it. And it starts in Spain. By the end of the 16th centur...
A History of the 100 Trillion Dollar Zimbabwe Banknote
100-trillion Zimbabwe banknoteFormer U.S. Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen is rumored to have once said, "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money." Wh...
Ag (Silver) Coin Metals: All about Silver
1921 90% Silver Morgan Dollar Brilliant UncirculatedSilver is one of four so-called “precious metals” considered as currency by contemporary international standards, the others being gold, platinum...
Coin Collecting Libraries for Numismatics
One of the first recommendations for someone getting serious about collecting coins and currency is to find some books on the subject and start reading. The deeper you read about rare and exotic pi...
Coins have come a long way over the past few thousand years. The earliest ones were simply slugs of precious or semiprecious metal, hammered by hand into a more or less flat, round shape and crudel...
Collecting coins can be a dirty business, and if you want your collection to keep its value, you should keep it that way. No, we’re not talking about counterfeiters and forgers, although they’re ou...
Certificates & Notes That Every Collector Must Have
$1 1957 Blue Seal Silver Certificate Circ-UNC $1 1957 Blue Seal Silver Certificate Circ-UNCLet’s start with the most common bill in circulation. The $1 bill. You’ve seen plenty of them in your life...
Celebrate the Season with Silver Peace Dollars
1923 90% Silver Peace Dollar - Brilliant UncirculatedThe U.S. silver dollar has a fascinating story, going back to the first coinage act of the new nation in 1792. As the unit on which all U.S. cur...
Celebrate Summer Sports with the 1992-S Olympic Baseball Silver Dollar Proof Coin
1992-S Olympic Baseball Silver Dollar ProofThe Olympic Games have given rise to hundreds of commemorative coins, including 60 different issues by the U.S. Mint starting in 1983. Most have focused o...
Celebrate National Coin Week – April 17-23 2016
Face it, April is a really bad month for holidays. Since Opening Day of the baseball season isn’t a national holiday (though it really should be), the biggest one in April is Administrative Profess...
Capped Bust Half Dollars: Get them while you can!
90% Silver Capped Bust Half Dollar in Average Circulated Condition When the United States first set about making coins for the country’s commerce, there was plenty of discussion about how they shou...
Buyer’s Guide to Indian Head Coins Pt. 2
Last week we featured some of the rare Indian head historical coins that are must have for any numismatics collector. Because of how rich the history of these coins are, we had to split up our guid...
Buyer’s Guide to Indian Head Coins Pt.1
While the coins of the US have a very rich history. There are few coins that hold the fame (or infamy depending on how you look at it) like the Indian head coins. Used throughout the 19th and 20th ...