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Currency Data and Values of the US Mint

Currency in Circulation: Value   Currency in Circulation: Volume   Calendar-Year Print Order: Volume and Value   Federal Reserve Expenses for Cash Operations Data Table | ASCII | PDF   Cost of New Currency Data Table | ASCII | PDF   $1 Coin Quarterly Inventories, Payments, and Receipts Data Table | ASCII | PDF   […]

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Coin Grading Scales and How are Coins Graded

Grading Scales Since rare coin quality varies widely, numismatists have adopted several coin-grading methods to assign more specific levels of quality to rare coins. The overwhelmingly popular method to use is the American Numismatic Association (ANA) grading scale. The ANA grading scale divides circulated and uncirculated coins into 24 grades: 13 circulated grades and 11

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Mining Supplies and Camping Supplies Throughout History

[corner-ad id=1]In this portion of the article, we will discuss what a good supply list can do for any camping or mining trip. First off, this being a precious metals and currency site, we will discuss what the original miners supply list consisted of during some of the original gold rushes in North America. For

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Most Valuable Error Banknotes

Fancy Serial Numbers and How to Find Rare Money in Pocket Change

The worst thing that could happen after coin roll hunting or bill searching banknotes is that you end up with the same money you started with!

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Nevada State Museum Celebrates 150th Anniversary of Carson City Mint on Feb. 4, 2020

Even as the first silver dollars emerged from the sparkling new Coin Press No. 1 at the U.S. Branch Mint in Carson City on Feb. 4, 1870, there were voices in Washington, D.C., still questioning if there should be a Mint at all in Nevada’s capital. In 1870, Coin Press No. 1 struck the first

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Professional Numismatists Guild

Professional Numismatists Guild get $100,000 Donation

A donation of $100,000 to the Professional Numismatists Guild will go entirely to the hobby’s effort to fight fakes.  Half of the money came from Wayde Milas, RARCOA Chief Executive Officer in Willowbrook, Ill. Half came from Standard Numismatics LLC President Brett Charville. His firm is located in Chicago. The two had agreed to merge their firms,

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Doubled Dies – What are they and how much are they worth?

Doubled dies or the “doubled die” variety, is one of the most popular die varieties for collectors.  Because doubled dies are so popular, there is a lot of information out there about these varieties and they are often seen for sale on internet auction sites such as Ebay.  Unfortunately, not all of the information out

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