A funny thing happens to gold and silver most Decembers. Prices tend to go down and this December may be the best time buy gold and silver since last summer. Prices for both metals have been on a slight downward trend, from a high of $1549 on September 3 for gold to $1460 as this article is being wr...
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Today the US quarter dollar does most of the heavy lifting when it comes to making change with coins. But that wasn't always the case. Copper cents were the first coins made by the US Mint in 1793 followed by silver half dimes (5¢), half dollars and dollars in 1794. At a time when most daily purchas...
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Hey Pal, Can You Spare a Trillion Dollars? By 2009 inflation in Zimbabwe, the former British colony of Rhodesia, had reached nearly 500 billion percent. Its national currency (called the Zimbabwe dollar) was worthless, and the country looked for a solution. That led to the adoptio...
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One of only two known gem-quality MS69 gold dollars sold this month for $72,000 at the Long Beach US Coins Signature Auction.
Civil War Gold
By 1864 the US was mired in the Civil War and gold supplies were needed to finance its conduct. This led to extremely low mint...
Dinner is dandy, but like diamonds, silver and gold are forever. And like diamonds, silver, gold and other coins can be set into pendants, bracelets, necklaces and rings for gifts that your special someone will treasure for a lifetime.
Why Coins?
While gold and other...
2019 Silver American Eagles Bring Beauty to Bullion
The US Mint has released the new 2019 Silver American Eagle Bullion coins for sale through its network of official distributors.
When the US Mint began selling bullion coins in 1986, any old design wouldn’t do. They...
Is There a Fortune in Your Pocket?
An extremely rare mismatched Sacagawea dollar coin sold for $120,000 at auction on January 10, marking the third time this variety, known as a “mule coin,” has topped the $100,000 mark.
First discovered in May 2000, this error coin ...
Rare 1943 Penny Brings 200K at Auction In 1943, the US Mint began producing one-cent coins made of zinc-plated steel in order to conserve copper, a strategic mineral. Hundreds of millions of “steel cents” were minted that year, but due to oversights at each of the three mints, a few...
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The finest-known 1885 Trade dollar sold for $3,960,000 million to collector Dell Loy Hansen of Logan, Utah at the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Auctions Jan. 10, topping more than 30 other bids. Graded PR66 by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), it is one of only five known examples of 1885 p...
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