Coin Collecting News and Articles

There are some significant developments coming up next week that should bring forth unusually aggressive efforts to suppress the price of gold.
Since the price of gold is a report card on the health of the US economy, government, and dollar, politicians don’t want to look bad by having the price rise as a result of [...]

The United States Mint recently raised the prices for available First Spouse Bronze Medals. Price increases are also planned for their remaining Historical, Humanitarian/Cultural, Military, and Presidential Bronze Medals.
Prices for the First Spouse Bronze Medals were increased yesterday March 18 when the newest release featuring Abigail Fillmore went on sale, priced at $5.50. The medals [...]

Further details have been provided for the upcoming America the Beautiful Quarters design unveiling. The new series will feature 56 different National Parks and National Sites from across America.
The media-only event will be held on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 12:00 PM ET in the Newseum located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W, Washington, DC. Featured [...]

Today March 18, 2010, the United States Mint began sales of the 2010 Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coin. This is the first release of the year for the series created to honor the Nation’s first spouses. This represents the fourteenth release of the series overall.

The Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Coin features a portrait of [...]

As a numismatist, I have come to rely more on the views of top authorities who love coins more than the holders containing them, and no one tops Q. David Bowers on coins.
He has been author or co-author of dozens of books since his first in 1962, United States Half Cents, 1793-1857, with several titles [...]

The United States Mint has announced a reduction in the maximum mintage limits for this year’s First Spouse Gold Coins. The 2010 issues featuring Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, James Buchanan’s Liberty, and Mary Todd Lincoln will all have limits set below the levels of the prior coins of the series.
The first coins of the series [...]

For many years, there have been potential buyers of gold and silver who have sat on the sidelines, waiting for “the right time to buy.”  In my experience, most of these people never do get around to actually jumping into the market.  Those who eventually do will often wait so long that they end up [...]

The latest US Mint sales report shows that the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars added sales of 22,102 across both proof and uncirculated options. This brings the combined sales total up to 153,936 out of the maximum authorized mintage of 350,000. Collectors will have less than two weeks to purchase the coins [...]

In my March 2 column, I told about the news story where an employee at the world’s largest private refinery had discovered a gold-plated 500 gram gold bar received from an unidentified bank.  My column included an internet link where readers could themselves view the German television station report.
As is common for my columns, this [...]

Editor’s Note: This is the last of a three-part article about direct and dealer submissions to the top two third-party coin grading companies, with the first installment covering the basics; the second, direct PCGS submissions; and the third, NGC dealer submissions. Read Part One and Part Two.

In previous installments, we covered reasons why you should [...]