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Draped Bust Half Dollar, Small Eagle (1796-1797) | CoinWeek

1797 Draped Bust Half Dollar, Small Eagle. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. The Draped Bust Half Dollar was introduced after only two years of production of the previous design. The simple portrait of Liberty on the Flowing Hair type (1794-95) was criticized as inappropriate and not dignified, with her wildly flowing […]

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2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent – Birth and Early Childhood : A Collector’s Guide

V & E Coin News – 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent – Birth and Early Childhood in Kentucky. Image: United States Mint / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. 2009 marked the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, and to celebrate, the United States Congress instructed the Treasury Department to issue a series of four new Lincoln Cents. Each

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2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent – Birth and Early Childhood : A Collector’s Guide

2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent – Birth and Early Childhood in Kentucky. Image: United States Mint / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. 2009 marked the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, and to celebrate, the United States Congress instructed the Treasury Department to issue a series of four new Lincoln Cents. Each design depicts a period of Lincoln’s

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1904 Morgan Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

1904 Morgan Dollar. Image: Stack’s Bowers. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. With the United States Mint’s stockpile of silver bullion earmarked for silver dollar production waning, the Philadelphia Mint struck what would have been its final Morgan Dollars over three months (2,200,000 in January, 66,000 in February, and 522,000 in June). After a 17-year hiatus, Congress

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