Information & News About United States Coins
Over the past few weeks I’ve stopped and started this article several times, not exactly sure how I wanted to write it. I firmly believe that, as a Numismatist, it is our job to educate people not only about the hobby of coin collecting, but about our coinage history in the United States (or insert your country here). Whether it be a podcast, webcast, or simply spending time at a coin show or with a …
The United States Mint as released the American Legion 100th Anniversary 2019 Proof Silver Dollar and Medal Set today. The set is $99.95 and available through the Mint directly. A limit of one unit per household is in place and there will be 10,000 total sets available from the Mint. The new set consists of the American Legion Proof silver dollar as well as the American Veterans silver medal. The 2019 American Legion Proof Silver …
Today’s Deal is a bit of a repeat of one that I posted a few weeks ago. It is on the Guardhouse 2×2 Coin Flips for your coin storage. The deal a few weeks ago was good but this one is even better. You can pick up a 100 pack of the flips, with inserts, for $12.90 on Amazon right now. That’s $3 less than the last Today’s Deal post I made on them and …
Happy Monday! This past weekend, I got a comment from Mira G on the site. She posted her question after reading the article I posted on simple coin cataloging system I use. What coin flips do you use to store your coins? I see in your pictures that you have saflips but in other places I see you have the cardboard flips. Which do you prefer and why? Mira G’s Comment First Mira, thanks for …
The 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent is one of the unique and early one-offs that the United States Mint tried. That year, four unique reverses (the “tails” side of the coin) were introduced but even long time collectors may not know the full story behind the coins. The obvious answer to the question of why the Mint produced these four reverses is to celebrate the life of the 16th President of the United States. 2009 was …
Today’s Deal is an excellent opportunity to fill in those missing early 2000’s Proof Lincoln Cents into your collection. Right now on Amazon you can pick up a complete set of 2000-S through 2007-S Cameo Proof Cents for $16.99. That is eight Lincoln Cents in total, all in Proof state. The book value on these particular Proof Cents are $4 each, so you are getting this set for basically half price of book cost. US …
NGC has rolled out a big update to both their Android and iPhone apps today. The update brings access to the NGC Registry so you can update your personal registry of graded apps. The update to the apps for both platforms are live now in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. I’ve written about the NGC app in the past as a way to verify that a coin you are interested in buying …
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation, or NGC, has announced they will be offering special holders with special designations for the upcoming release of the American Legion Proof silver dollar and the American Veterans Silver Medal. The designations of “Early Releases” and “First Releases” will also be available for the Mint sealed set of these coins that arrive at NGC within the first 30 days of release. As readers likely know, the American Legion and Veterans Medal set …
Earlier this morning, I posted an article about my unhealthy relationship with the Walking Liberty Half Dollar. I love this design and these coins and they are certainly one of my obsessions for what I have and what I want to have in my collection. I mentioned in that article that many late, non-key date coins are readily available for under $100 in Mint State. Today’s Deal is a great example of it. Right now …
Most coin collectors have a coin that they are obsessed with, be it one they own or want to own. For many, this is often times the first coin that turned them onto the hobby. For me, that is the Winged Head “Mercury” Dime. It was the first “old” coin I remember seeing as a teenager and it hooked me on what has been a nearly life long hobby. But there is another coin from …