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Error Coin Essentials: Die Adjustment Myth

Error Coin Essentials: Die Adjustment Myth

There are many misconceptions about what causes weak strikes, but in reality, spontaneous press malfunctions cause these interesting errors.
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Become a Numismatic Scholar

Become a Numismatic Scholar

The ANA’s Numismatic Diploma Program has been redesigned and is now available online through Google Classroom.
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Currency Connectors: Cultivating the Next Generation of YNs

Currency Connectors: Cultivating the Next Generation of YNs

The third level of the ANA’s new Learning Continuum rewards young numismatists for digging deeply into topics that pique their interest.
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Cold War Spy Nickel Revealed

Cold War Spy Nickel Revealed

A Cold War espionage mystery involving a hollow nickel was solved thanks to a paper boy counting change on a step in Brooklyn.
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Celebrating Women’s History Month

News & Notes

Auction Star

Auction Star

Read time1 min read

Stack’s Bowers Galleries recently sold a well-preserved, first-generation small-size 1928E $2 star note with a short-lived signature pairing.

Auction Star
Notable News (March 10-16, 2026)

Notable News (March 10-16, 2026)

Read time1 min read

This week’s headlines include Philadelphia Mint renovations, a freed treasure hunter, a missing olive branch, and a Phoenician coin.

Notable News (March 10-16, 2026)
Become a Numismatic Scholar

Become a Numismatic Scholar

Read time5 min read

The ANA’s Numismatic Diploma Program has been redesigned and is now available online through Google Classroom.

Become a Numismatic Scholar
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Miss Liberty’s Comeback

Miss Liberty’s Comeback

Read time1 min read

Liberty returns to the half dollar after a nearly 80-year absence with a special one-year-only 250th anniversary design.

Miss Liberty’s Comeback
Numismatic Monopoly

Numismatic Monopoly

Read time1 min read

The New Zealand Mint produced a numismatic edition of Monopoly, with squares featuring the ANA and the ANA’s World’s Fair of Money®.

Numismatic Monopoly
More Exciting than Gold

More Exciting than Gold

Read time1 min read

A metal detectorist uncovered a mid-19th-century Japanese coin while searching an Australian gold rush campsite.

More Exciting than Gold
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Animals on Money

Editor’s Picks

On the Market

Just Starting Out

The Young Collector

U.S. Coins

Tokens & Medals

Paper Money