Pre-1921 90% Silver Morgan Dollar (1878-1904) About Uncirculated Precious metals like silver play an important part in international trade, and when Great Britain’s silver reserves were seriously depleted by a German-inspired run on British silver in India during World War I, the kingdom found itsel...

.999 1/10 Ounce Gold South African Krugerrand When The Republic of South Africa was established in 1961, it chose to have its own national currency instead of continuing to use the South African pound, which was based on the English currency system. They chose to name the new currency the rand, take...

Pre-1921 90% Silver Morgan Dollar in Cull Condition It took a while for prospectors in Nevada to realize how much silver they were overlooking in their search for gold, but once they did, a migration to rival the California Gold Rush began. Starting in 1859, the Nevada Silver Rush lasted about twen...

1864 Two Cent Piece in Circulated Condition Fractional currency—coins or notes worth less than a full dollar—has been around since the earliest days of U.S. monetary production. And while pennies today are mainly used to make small change, for much of our history a few cents would buy things of subs...

1865 Three Cent Nickel in Circulated Condition In 1850, a dollar was a lot of money. Many urban workers made only about a dollar for a day’s work; a farm worker, half that. Unprepared food was priced in pennies per pound and you could buy a simple cooked meal for 5¢ or less. But the half-cent and o...

1867 Shield Nickel in Circulated Condition Lies! Corruption! Scandal! Who would have thought a simple 5-cent coin could be surrounded by so much controversy? The arguments over the 1909 Lincoln Head Penny were tame compared to the subterfuge associated with the production of the nation’s first “nick...

1909 VDB Lincoln Cent - Circulated ConditionControversy over Lincoln’s Portrait The first controversy revolved around what would be on the face of the coin. Until then, U.S. coins had not contained portraits of presidents or other recognizable individuals, one of many precedents set by George Washin...

1909 VDB Lincoln Cent - Circulated ConditionThe U.S. one-cent coin (commonly known as a penny) was one of the first coins struck by the nation’s original mint in Philadelphia in 1793 and has undergone numerous design changes over its 224-year existence. The longest-running series is the Lincoln cent...