Information & News About United States Coins
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 …
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 …
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, …
Today’s Deal is a great chance to stock up on 2×2 coin flips. Over at Amazon, you can pick up a 100 count pack of BCW 2×2 coin flips, with inserts, for $8.88. That’s .08 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 …
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 …
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 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 …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Steve G. and as a new collector, he wants to know if going to a coin show is worth it. They write, Hi, I’m new to collecting and have been slowing building up my collection. There is a coin show coming up in Denver in September and I wanted to get your ideas on if it is worth it. I’ve never been to one so I didn’t know if …
Today’s Mail Bag question came in over the weekend and it comes from Asim H.. They asked a great question around collecting coin rolls and how to store them. Hi, I have some new rolls of quarters that I picked up at my bank. I plan on keeping some of them after I’m done searching for W quarters (Editors Note: They are looking for 2019-W Quarters that are part of the Great American Coin Hunt). …
The Professional Numismatists Guild, or PNG, has announced that their traditional PNG Day Show will take place on August 12, 2019. The event will be held the day before the World’s Fair of Money which is being held in the same venue. Public hours will be on Monday August 12, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm. The Day Show will be held in Hall F of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in the Chicago suburb …