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To Clean or Not to Clean?

To Clean or Not to Clean?

10 Budget-Friendly Collectibles

10 Budget-Friendly Collectibles

Jumpstarting Your Collection

Getting into coin collecting is as easy as looking in your pocket change. Use this guide to help you get started.

Jumpstarting Your Collection

Do “Details” Reduce a Coin’s Value?

Back in the day, coin cleaning was common. Today, these so-called "Details" can reduce a coin's value. But should they?

Do “Details” Reduce a Coin’s Value?

AI Coin Grading

Coins graded by an app sound like science fiction. But artificial intelligence technology is right around the corner.

AI Coin Grading

The Power of the Wheat Cent

The Wheat cent has icon status in the coin-collecting community, and its value extends far beyond its face value.

The Power of the Wheat Cent

The “Beau Dollar” Mystery

The author traces the origins of the "beau dollar," a coin-collecting term that originated in the Jim Crow-era South.

The “Beau Dollar” Mystery