To Clean or Not to Clean?
Just Starting Out
4 min read
One of the most prolific discussions and controversies in numismatics has been the subject of [...]
To Clean or Not to Clean?
Reading Room Exclusives
Read can’t-miss columns and features, and listen to audio stories from the best authors in the hobby. You won’t find these articles anywhere else!
AI Coin Grading
The Young Collector
6 min read
The coin-grading industry has transformed remarkably from its humble beginnings, evolving from what skeptics once [...]
AI Coin Grading
Hard Times in 1800s Britain: Tokens to the Rescue
Tokens & Medals
8 min read
Nineteenth-century copper tokens are interesting to collect since they provide a window into the history [...]
Hard Times in 1800s Britain: Tokens to the Rescue
Do “Details” Reduce a Coin’s Value?
Just Starting Out
5 min read
In the 1950s and ’60s, the motif of the day was to regularly clean coins. [...]
Do “Details” Reduce a Coin’s Value?
The “Beau Dollar” Mystery
U.S. Coins
8 min read
English has been called unflatteringly a “bastard language”; the more polite among linguists are more [...]
The “Beau Dollar” Mystery
Jumpstarting Your Collection
Just Starting Out
12 min read
So, you’ve decided to start collecting coins? Are you asking yourself, “Where do I start?” and [...]
Jumpstarting Your Collection
The Power of the Wheat Cent
The Young Collector
5 min read
“Which U.S. coin design is the most beautiful?” This is a question that numismatists encounter [...]
The Power of the Wheat Cent
Giori’s Innovative Paper Money
Reading Room Exclusives
6 min read
Gualtiero Giori was the third generation of the Coen family of security printers. In 1876 [...]
Giori’s Innovative Paper Money