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NCIC Shares Good News on A Valuable Coin Recovery

January 2, 2020 by Clinton

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Some good news for collectors was we start the new year. The Numismatic Crime Information Center, NCIC, has reported that a lost package of high value coins has been recovered. The loss happened on or around November 20, 2019. The coins in question were in transit from Houston, Texas to Louisville, Kentucky. At some point in the journey, the package was either lost or stolen. Details of exactly what happened were not shared. Here is …

Today’s Deal – BCW 2×2 Coin Holder 100 Pack for $11

November 12, 2019 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is a great chance to stock up on 2×2 coin holder flips. Over at Amazon, you can pick up a 100 count pack of BCW 2×2 coin flips, with inserts, for $11.99. That’s .09 Cents per flip which is a great deal. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate a small commission to the site. Those commissions are used to …

Review – Liberty Street’s Coin Manage

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 by Clinton

No matter how big or how small your coin collection is, managing it is an important part of the whole Numismatist experience. Whether it is cataloging your coins or creating buy lists, having a single source of truth for you collection grows as your collection grows. That’s one of the reasons I suggest looking at Coin Manage from Liberty Street Software. Coin Manage is a Windows-based app that allows you to completely manage your collection …

Mail Bag – Where Can I Find Coin Weights?

November 8, 2019 by Clinton

Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Robert and it is one that can be a big hard to find the answer to without a fair amount of looking. It has to do with coin weights and more specifically, where to find them. They write… Hi, I’m trying to find a reliable source for coin weights. I have been looking online and find a lot of different answers and I’m not sure which to believe. Can …

Mail Bag – Where Did You Go?

October 21, 2019 by Clinton

When it comes to Mail Bag questions I get here on the site, I tend to sit on them a few days or even a few weeks before posting them. But in the case of today’s question, it literally came in yesterday and it reminded me that I have a bit of explaining to do. The question came from Tabby who asks…. Hi, I have been following the site for a while now and noticed …

Today’s Deal – 2020 Red Book for $15

October 2, 2019 by Clinton

For many collectors, The Guide to United States Coins, or simply the Red Book, is a right of passage each year. Indeed some collectors collect the Red Book itself, a guide to United States Coins since 1946. If you have been waiting to get your hands on the 2020 Red Book edition, the 73rd in all, wait no further. Various resellers including Whitman Publishing themselves, have the 2020 edition of The Guide to United States …

Mail Bag – Which Coins Should I Collect?

July 25, 2019 by Clinton

Today’s Mail Bag question comes in from Adam who asks what coins they should collect as they start out their collection. It is an important one and a question that inevitably every collector has asked themselves at some point. The answer, however, is a bit more complicated. Hi, I am just starting my collection and I have a few pennies, nickels and quarters. What should I start with first? What should I collect overall? Thanks, …

Mail Bag – What is Whizzing?

July 24, 2019July 19, 2019 by Clinton

Today’s Mail Bag post comes from an email that came in last week from Raj. Their question has to do with coin cleaning and understanding the term Whizzing. Hi, I’ve heard of cleaning a coin by whizzing it. What does that mean? Should I clean coins this way? Raj via Email Raj, thanks for taking the time to write and ask this important question, especially for new collectors. As a general rule, you should not …

Today’s Deal – 2020 Red Book for $13

July 26, 2019July 10, 2019 by Clinton

If you haven’t picked up your 2020 edition of A Guide Book of United States Coins, a.k.a the Red Book, now’s your chance. Right now on Amazon you can pick up the 73rd Edition of the book for $13.27 on Amazon. That’s about $6 less than the retail price for the book. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate …

Today’s Deal – 100 BCW Coin Pages for $19

July 28, 2019June 28, 2019 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is a great way to stock up on 3-ring binder storage pages for your collecting. Over on Amazon, you can pick up a 100-count box of 20-Pocket 2×2 pages for $19. That’s .19 Cents per page and probably is enough to keep most readers going for a while. If you are an Amazon Prime customer, 2-day shipping is free. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. Today’s Deal articles contains links …