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Collecting Toned Indian Head Cents

September 24, 2026

4 min read

Bold, beautiful, and filled with color, toned Indian Head cents present an excellent opportunity to add eye appeal to your collection.

Collecting Toned Indian Head Cents

Mysterious Gold, Part 2

September 15, 2026

3 min read

A small estate contained U.S. gold coins that might have belonged to President Ulysses S. Grant, but certifying provenance can be tricky.

Mysterious Gold, Part 2

An Unmatched Presidential Coin Presentation

September 6, 2026

4 min read

Two coins gifted to the same congressional recipient were preserved with official White House correspondence.

An Unmatched Presidential Coin Presentation

Half Dimes: History & Meaning

August 21, 2026

6 min read

Over nine design types and nearly 80 years, half dimes experienced a varied history before becoming obsolete.

Half Dimes: History & Meaning

Mysterious Gold, Part 1

August 4, 2026

3 min read

Some early Japanese gold coins arrived to the United States via intriguing channels involving a U.S. president and a failed railroad venture.

Mysterious Gold, Part 1

Collecting Circulated Morgan Dollars

July 26, 2026

6 min read

Collectors can assemble an attractive set of Very Fine to Extremely Fine Morgan dollars for a fraction of the cost of a gem quality set.

Collecting Circulated Morgan Dollars

Art Mint’s Greatest U.S. Coins Make Waves

July 25, 2026

8 min read

Art Mint's Greatest United States Coins series celebrates some of the most historically important and artistically significant U.S. coins.

Art Mint’s Greatest U.S. Coins Make Waves

In the Details

July 8, 2026

4 min read

An unusual Lettered Edge slug presents an interesting mystery and proves that no numismatic detail is unimportant.

In the Details

Error Coin Essentials: Die Installation Patterns

June 24, 2026

7 min read

The U.S. Mint has employed both the traditional and inverted die setup, and certain errors point to which orientation was used.

Error Coin Essentials: Die Installation Patterns

Sovereign Coinage

June 5, 2026

3 min read

One of the initial acts of the United States of America was to produce the Nova Constellatio quint, the first American coin.

Sovereign Coinage

Collecting California Gold

May 5, 2026

2 min read

Advanced collectors have several avenues to start acquiring California fractional gold and build a collection.

Collecting California Gold

Error Coin Essentials: Doubling

April 22, 2026

4 min read

Collectors don't appreciate certain forms of doubling, but the error has interesting origins and varieties, and creates appealing coins.

Error Coin Essentials: Doubling