Submissions Accepted for 2025 ANA Young Numismatist Literary Awards
Image: Adobe Stock/CoinWeek. Young writers can hone their skills and submit articles based on a numismatic topic for the chance to win awards. Submissions for the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) annual Young Numismatist Literary Awards competition are being accepted through April 1. The awards were established to encourage young collectors who write about numismatics in […]
George Orwell Celebrated on New £2 Coin From the Royal Mint
The Royal Mint has honored author George Orwell with a new collectible coin. Big Brother is Watching You. Image: Royal Mint. New commemorative coin to celebrate the life and legacy of George Orwell unveiled by The Royal Mint. Designed by experienced coin artist Henry Gray, the reverse design pays homage to the timeless novel, 1984. […]
Jefferson Nickel, Monticello Reverse Resumed (2006-Present) | CoinWeek
2024-D Jefferson Nickel. Image: United States Mint/CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. The Jefferson Nickel entered into production in 1938, marking the third time that a circulating United States coin would bear the likeness of a former President. The first to be so honored was Abraham Lincoln. The Great Emancipator got his coin issued in […]
Three Coin Collecting Scams to Avoid
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. There are many reputable and knowledgeable firms that combine to sell billions of dollars of rare coins and modern numismatic coins in the rare coin industry–you’ll find ads for many of them on CoinWeek. But outside of these honest actors are individuals who seek to fool unsuspecting collectors. In the […]
U.S. Mint 2020 Proof Set Purchase Includes Premium ‘W’ Nickel
V & E Coin News – by DARRIN LEE UNSER on FEBRUARY 27, 2020 · New coins for collectors become available today as part of the U.S. Mint’s clad 2020 Proof Set. This signature annual offering is always popular with… The post U.S. Mint 2020 Proof Set Purchase Includes Premium ‘W’ Nickel appeared first on Variety and Errors – […]
2022-D Wilma Mankiller American Women Quarter : A Collector’s Guide
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. Between 2022 and 2025, the reverse of the quarter celebrated the lives and legacies of historically and culturally important American women, and the 2022-D Wilma Mankiller Quarter was part of the third release in the series. Authorized by Public Law 116-330, the American Women Quarters Program mandated designs “emblematic of […]
2024 Coin Market Year in Review – Part 3: Jim Bisognani
Image: Adobe Stock. Jim Bisognani’s Coin Year in Review – NGC Weekly Market Report …… Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 * * * Well, the new year is here! Just thinking ahead — at the end of 2025, we’ll be a quarter of the way through an entirely new century. Wow, […]
United States Mint Releases 2025 American Innovation $1 Coin Program Designs
On Friday, January 10, the United States Mint released the designs for the 2025 American Innovation Dollar Coin Program. This multi-year series that began in 2018 honors innovation and innovators by issuing $1 coins for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. territories. The Mint works with the office […]
2008-W Burnished American Silver Eagle : A Collector’s Guide
2008-W American Silver Eagle. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. For the third consecutive year, the United States Mint offered its numismatic customers Burnished American Silver Eagles struck at the West Point Mint. The Burnished coins are superficially similar to bullion strikes but are struck using special dies and planchets that […]
Hills Like White Elephants: A Retelling by Jessica Lamm
V & E Coin News – This American man whom I’d fallen for and who had fallen for me, our wild nights that lined the stops along the entire route of this countryside train ride, currently in some station’s bar near the valley of the Ebro River sat across from each other, the heat only […]