Guess the winners. It's a game that's been played for years by sportswriters and sports fans. By stockbrokers and investors. Professional numismatists and collectors also play the game. One of the serious...
Long, long ago in the 20th century, Fort Worth, Texas, a dealer used this rarity a 1913 Liberty Head nickel, as the focal point of his nationwide advertising program to sell copies of The Star Rare Coin...
A Scandalous Coin Politics and rare coins might not seem to go together, but they are linked throughout the history of the United States. From the first coins of the 1650s to the change you carry in your...
Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah have been released by the Mint. The coins will be placed into circulation at intervals of approximately 10 weeks starting in January in the order the states were...
The reverse of Wyoming’s quarter has a bucking horse and rider with the inscriptions, “The Equality State,” “Wyoming” and “1890.” Weaver designed it. Mint sculptor-engraver Norman E. Nemeth sculpted it.
The reverse of Idaho’s quarter depicts the Peregrine Falcon above an outline of Idaho state. The coin bears the inscriptions, “Esto Perpetua” (the state motto, which means, “May it be Forever”), “Idaho” and...
The West Point Mint was originally opened in 1937 as a bullion depository and was officially designated by Congress as a Mint on March 31, 1988. This mint manufactures American Eagle uncirculated and proof...
After the discovery of gold in the southern United States a new mint was constructed in Dahlonega, Georgia. The first coinage exited its doors in 1838 and it continued minting until it was closed due to the...
Bag toning is the coloring acquired from the bag in which a coin was stored. The cloth bags in which coins were transported contained sulfur and other reactive chemicals. When stored in such bags for extended...
The reverse of Montana’s quarter depicts a bison skull above the diverse Montana landscape with the inscription “Big Sky Country.” The coin also bears the inscriptions, “Montana” and “1889.” It was designed...
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