Numismatic News Digest

A 1982 Lincoln cent with the right traits could fetch $15,000–$19,000, highlighting why error-coin hunting draws collectors.

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COTY judges innovation through pioneering alloys, non-typical materials, unusual shapes, and technological advances that push minting forward.

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Stack's Bowers Galleries will present over 600 impressive numismatic rarities in its Summer 2026 auction, marking one of the world's largest and most prestigious rare coin events for collectors seeking historical depth and market context.

The Blessing of Burntisland wreck, potentially located off Scotland, carried royal coins, jewelry, and precious-metal plates worth £100,000 in 1633 as...

Privy marks have evolved from historic symbols into distinguishing features on coins like the 2026 July 4 quarters, where scarcity, context, and condition create lasting collector appeal.

A silver real de a ocho minted in Potosí and placed on March 25, 1584, by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa under the church floor at Ciudad del Rey Don...

Roman worshippers at a British sanctuary repeatedly deposited coins on east-facing pig skulls as votive offerings, including a sestertius of Antoninus...

Birds have symbolized power and freedom across coinage history, from ancient Athenian owls and French roosters to Saint-Gaudens' soaring eagles. This enduring avian tradition highlights deep artistic and cultural significance in numismatics.

Canadian dealers shipping numismatic material to the U.S. received a short reprieve from threatened 50% Section 338 tariffs originally set for Aug....

The 2026 Morgan and Peace Silver Dollar Enhanced Uncirculated Coins go on sale August 25 at $169 each, featuring a Liberty Bell 250 privy mark tied to the anniversary celebration.

A recent Belgium brewery find of over $10 million in gold reignites fascination with lost numismatic treasures waiting to surface.

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The United States Mint's new Best of the Mint set pairs a 24-karat gold coin with a silver medal inspired by the 1804 Silver Dollar, one of five...

The 2-cent coin appeared in 1864 amid Civil War coin shortages, authorized by the Mint Act of April 22 as a secondary measure to shift the cent to...

The Freedom 250 Race Medal marks America's 250th anniversary by honoring the first IndyCar race in Washington, DC, struck on a half dollar planchet...

Indian Peace Medals stand as core historical documents, memorializing turning points in U.S. and colonial relations with Native American tribes.

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The Vatican City State Mint has issued new coins featuring Pope Leo XIV's portrait to mark his pontificate and the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi.

The Mexico Gold 50 Peso rises above ordinary bullion through its substantial size and deliberate 1921 design marking the centennial of independence....

Silver coins from the British period surfaced during highway work in Morena district, Madhya Pradesh.

• Inscriptions read “GEORGE V KING EMPEROR” and...

All 11 government-owned 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles will appear together publicly for the first time on August 28 at the Pittsburgh World's Fair...

• Gold coins struck by four Heraclian dynasty emperors confirm the wreck's late-seventh to early-eighth-century date and Byzantine circulation.
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