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A Wrong-Metal 1944 Steel Cent Leads Heritage Error Coin Auction to $341, 470
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (750+ words) Heritage Auctions" June 29 Error Coinage U. S. Coins Showcase Auction delivered another strong signal from the mint error market. Collectors pushed the sale to $341, 470, with wrong-planchet strikes, double strikes, and dramatic U. S. Mint mistakes driving the action. This example adds an extra wrinkle....
A $10, 419 Walking Liberty Half Dollar? The PCGS White Rattler Made the Difference
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (927+ words) A 1939 Walking Liberty Half Dollar in PCGS MS-65 sold through Great Collections on June 28, 2026, for $10, 419. At first glance, that number stops the reader cold. After all, the 1939 Walking Liberty Half Dollar does not rank as a key date. Philadelphia struck…...
Two-Headed Canada Cent Error Turns Queen Elizabeth II Into the Whole Story
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (1140+ words) A No-Date Canadian Cent With a Dramatic Minting Accident "Two heads are better than one" rarely applies to coins. However, this no-date Canadian cent makes a strong case. A Canadian one-cent mint error, cataloged as no date and circa 1978-1989, closed…...
U. S. Mint Liberty Bell Coins Revive a 111-Year Numismatic Rarity, but Also Raise Collector Concerns
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (1459+ words) The 2026 Liberty Bell gold coins mark one of the boldest U. S. Mint releases of the Semiquincentennial year. They also revive a numismatic idea that almost never appears in American coinage. For the first time in recent U. S. history, the United States Mint…...
Coins Don't Lie: ANA Pittsburgh Lectures Trace 250 Years of American Numismatics
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (927+ words) American coins do more than pass from hand to hand. They carry the record of a nation. In 2026, that record will take center stage in Pittsburgh. During the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money, experts will examine how coins,…...
1899 Black Eagle Silver Certificate: A Gem Fr. 236 Takes Flight at Stack's Bowers
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (1180+ words) Stack's Bowers Galleries will offer a high-grade example of one of America's most famous banknotes on July 1, 2026. The note, listed as Lot 96070 in the firm's Collectors Choice Online Auction of U. S. Currency, is a Fr. 236 1899 $1 Silver Certificate graded PCGS Banknote Gem…...
U. S. Mint Launches 250, 000-Coin July 4 Quarter Hunt for America's 250th Anniversary
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (934+ words) Americans will soon have a new reason to check their change. The United States Mint announced that it will produce 250, 000 special 2026 Declaration of Independence quarters with a "July 4th" privy mark. The coins mark the nation's 250th anniversary. Even better, collectors will…...
Coin Die Design for the 21st Century: Did the 2026-P Dime Break a 100-Year Mint Rule?
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1229+ words) A 1909 letter to Victor David Brenner from Charles E. Barber still matters. At that time, Barber served as Chief Engraver of the United States Mint. Brenner, meanwhile, had submitted the design that became the Lincoln cent. Barber liked parts of the…...
2026 Morgan and Peace Reverse Proof Dollars Bring 1921s Famous Silver Dollar Handoff Into Americas 250th Year
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1090+ words) The United States Mint will release the 2026 Morgan Silver Dollar Reverse Proof Coin and the 2026 Peace Silver Dollar Reverse Proof Coin on July 9, 2026, at noon Eastern Time. This year, collectors will not need to wait for the later two-coin set…...
Six-Figure Gift Gives PNG Education and Dealer Standards a Major Boost
2+ week, 2+ day ago (372+ words) Gold. com has renewed its major sponsorship of the Professional Numismatists Guild. The new commitment extends support from the Gold. com family of companies, including A-Mark Precious Metals, JM Bullion, and Stack's Bowers Galleries. The six-figure donation will support PNG's…...