During my decades of collecting, I often sought and bought Eisenhower dollars, commonly called “Ikes,” and struck from 1971 through 1978 in a variety of compositions and finishes. “I Like Ike” was the famous 1952 slogan for then-presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower. I was born in 1952 and still like Ikes. There are all manner […]
United States Mint 2023 American Liberty high relief gold coin and 2023 American Liberty silver medal available August 10
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) will accept orders for the 2023 American Liberty high relief gold coin and silver medal beginning on August 10 at noon EDT. Since its establishment more than 230 years ago, the Mint has issued a vast array of coins with the concept of liberty personified by allegorical female […]
United States Mint opens sales for the 2023 Morgan and Peace Proof silver dollars on August 9
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for the 2023 Morgan and Peace Proof silver dollars on August 9 at noon EDT. Production is limited to 400,000 coins each, and orders are limited to 25 coins per household for the first 24-hour sales period. The 2023 Morgan and Peace Proof silver […]
Recommendation on PCI green label coins
It pains me to make this recommendation on trying to cross over older green label PCI coins to NGC and PCGS. I have never had any luck with NGC concerning PCI coins, including American Silver Eagles. I don’t understand how their graders can label some of these robust rainbows as artificial. Suffice to say, I […]
Sundman Lecture Series: Dennis Tucker presents “Changing German National Identity in Royal and Imperial Medallic Sculpture” at the ANA World’s Fair of Money
As part of the 2023 Sundman Lecture Series symposium at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money, Dennis Tucker will present “Changing German National Identity in Royal and Imperial Medallic Sculpture.” The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, August 9, at 10:00 a.m. in room 330 of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. […]
United States Mint announces designs for the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Program
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) joined representatives from the Harriet Tubman Home, Inc. and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to unveil the designs for the 2024 Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Program yesterday during the opening ceremony for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion’s (AMEZ) Women’s Home and Overseas Missionary Society Quadrennial Conference […]
Elderly Oklahoma woman’s gift bag of silver half-dollars may be worth $100,000+
A canvas bag containing 2,000 silver half-dollars struck in 1963 at the Denver Mint and sewn shut there 60 years ago will bring a pretty penny for an elderly northeast Oklahoma woman who received the coins as a gift from her father a half-century ago. “This original, mint-sealed bag contains $1,000 face value of 50-cent […]
United States Mint announces designs for 2024 American Women Quarters Program coins
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce the designs for the third year of the American Women Quarters Program. Authorized by Public Law 116-330, this four-year program features coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of trailblazing American women. Beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025, the […]
United States Mint artists create tributes to Saint-Gaudens “Victory”
Free autographed prints will be available from Kevin Lipton while supplies last at American Numismatic Association 2023 Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) July 17, 2023 — Four acclaimed artists who have designed coins and medals for the United States Mint now have produced artwork commemorating the famous Victory statue crafted a century ago […]
Q&A: Is there any explanation for why the New Orleans half dollar of 1861 is not worth more than its present valuation?
The following is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers Q: Is there any explanation for why the New Orleans half dollar of 1861 is not worth more than its present valuation, when the U.S. Mint report officially reports that only 330,000 were struck? Other coins of the period with similar mintages are valued much […]
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