In February 2008, collector Lee C. Lydston attended the Long Beach Coin Expo with his wife, Denise. While examining a dealer’s inventory, he spotted something unusual inside a tube of ordinary ...

More than 130 years after Chicago dazzled the world with its magnificent Columbian Exposition, a remarkable collection of surviving medals, tokens, tickets, and souvenirs will soon cross the auction ...

China’s 1911 Pattern Dollar Could Bring $600,000 In 1911, China’s Qing Dynasty stood on the edge of history. Its government ...

The 2026 ANA World’s Fair of Money brought together one of the most remarkable combinations of coins, artifacts, auctions, and collectors seen at a U.S. numismatic convention in years. More than 6,300 ...

One extraordinary gold pattern stood above them all. The finest-certified 1879 Liberty Head Quintuple Stella realized a record $2,562,000. That result led Heritage’s August 31-September 5 ANA U.S.

CAC-approved and CACG-certified coins posted impressive auction results throughout June 2026. See 12 documented sales showing how quality, certification, and collector confidence influenced realized ...

The 1915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Octagonal gold coin did something no other legal-tender United States coin had done. It broke the circle. For more than a century, this massive gold commemorative stood ...

After Rome’s power faded in western Europe, gold still spoke. Small gold coins moved through the ports, markets, and royal courts of the early Middle Ages. They crossed the Channel from Francia. They ...

The 1882 double eagle gave the auction its defining moment. Stack’s Bowers described the coin as a Proof-66 Deep Cameo and noted that fewer than 20 examples survive. The firm also identified the piece ...

The last half-century has been an era of historic transformation for U.S. coinage. Beginning with a single nationwide celebration and progressing into a multi-decade exploration of American history, ...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. The 1804 Draped Bust Dollar (often called the 1804 Dollar) is one of the most significant treasures in American numismatics. Initially struck ...

In 1854, the United States economy was a dynamic and expanding force, deeply influenced by westward expansion, burgeoning industrialization, and the ongoing impact of the California Gold Rush. While ...