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2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Collector Coin Designs
The United States Mint unveiled the official designs for the dome-shaped Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins.
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Cool Numismatic News – $85K Coin Just Found 1990 No S
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What is a Merovingian Tremissis ?
Notes on Merovingian Tremissis This gold coin dates from between 580AD and 630AD. The Merovingian Dynasty was based in ancient Gaul (which is now France) and dates from the middle of the 5th century AD. One side of the coin has a central cross design but none of the letters can be read, which means it …
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The Cost to Make Coins in 2016
The overall price of producing U.S. circulating coins fell for a fifth straight year even as the cost of making cents and nickels remained above their face values for an eleventh year in a row, the United States Mint disclosed in its recently published 2016 Annual Report. The unit cost to produce, administer and distribute …
Gold and Silver Price Continues to Rise
Gold and silver futures retreated from 14-week highs but they still extended their string of weekly wins — three for gold and seven for silver. On Friday, gold for April delivery shed $2.50, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,239.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. “Gold is close to …
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 …
Circulated or Uncirculated Coins
Circulated or Uncirculated? Proof or No Proof? Numismatic coins fall into one of two basic categories for quality: circulated and uncirculated. Circulated coins exhibit wear, whereas uncirculated coins do not. Uncirculated coins tend to be more valuable, causing investors and serious collectors to focus their efforts on acquiring the uncirculated alone. Numismatists are trained to …
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1945 Double Die Reverse Jefferson Nickel FS 801
1945 Double Die Reverse Jefferson Nickel FS 801 Short video featuring the 1945 double die reverse Jefferson Nickel. The Jefferson nickel has been the five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint since 1938, when it replaced the Buffalo nickel. From 1938 until 2004, the copper-nickel coin’s obverse featured a profile depiction of founding father …
Wrong Planchet Errors or Off Metal Errors
Examples of Wrong Planchet Errors and Off Metal Errors on Coins. [sgmb id=”1″] Leave us a comment if you’d like! Off metals and wrong planchet errors occur when a blank from one denomination is accidentally fed into a press for another denomination. Examples are a nickel struck on a cent planchet and a cent …
Possible Real 1964 D Peace Dollar
Here’s a great video on a possible real 1964 D Peace Dollar possible real 1964 D Peace Dollar Peace Dollars (1921 – 1935) Peace Dollars – In 1921, the Silver Peace Dollar was released, the same year the Morgan Dollar was discontinued. Peace Dollars are limited in supply and are very rare Silver coins. Created …