Update: The U.S. Mint Web site began accepting orders for the Presidential Dollar Proof Sets by Wednesday evening (Jan. 30.) The 2008 Presidential Dollar Proof Sets have gone on sale ... Read More

The Oklahoma State Quarter was officially launched today (Monday, Jan. 28, 2008) at a ceremony hosted by U.S. Mint Acting Deputy Director Dan Shaver and Governor and Mrs. Brad Henry. ... Read More

Error coin expert Mike Byers has published the latest edition of his fabulous (and free) Mint Error News magazine. Issue number 22 features an in-depth look at Presidential Dollar ... Read More

As most people are aware, the U.S. Mint Web site's Ecommerce section was down for a little more than a week recently. Mint Director Ed Moy issued an apology, ... Read More

By now, most coin collectors are aware that the U.S. Mint recently suffered an unprecedented outage on its Web site's Ecommerce section that lasted more than a week. Although ... Read More

Ed F., a reader in Florida, reports that the U.S. Mint Web site Ecommerce functions have been restored. I am very relieved that this saga is over, because the ... Read More

Update: As of 11:02 pm ET this evening (Wed., Jan. 23) the U.S. Mint Web site's Ecommerce function has been restored. The U.S. Mint Web site's order-taking (Ecommerce) section has ... Read More

The following scenario was submitted by reader Jim Bucki of jmbucki online auctions. He witnessed a scene in his local coin dealer's store that is probably not uncommon, and ... Read More

Note: As of 11:02 pm ET on Wed., Jan. 23, the U.S. Mint Web site's Ecommerce function has been restored. Update: As of Monday late afternoon (Jan. 21) the ... Read More

The U.S. Mint began taking orders for the Bald Eagle Commemorative Coins today at 12:00 noon Eastern Time. There are three coins in this series, all being offered simultaneously ... Read More

Reader John Mazor, from the Washington, D.C. area, sent me this hilarious satire video which mimics a slick TV coin advertisement (while trying to sell you on its political message.) ... Read More

NGC has issued a warning about a recent spate of counterfeit NGC coin holders, or "slabs." (Slab is a very widely-used slang term for the hard plastic coin holder ... Read More

The 2003 U.S. Lincoln Cent minted at Philadelphia has a mintage of 3.3 billion coins. However, a specimen from this mintage is listed in the PCGS Price Guide with ... Read More

If you have coins to sell, there are some very simple tricks you can employ to make sure that you get the most money possible for them. The first, ... Read More

The U.S Mint has finally released the Presidential Dollar designs for 2008. They look very much in keeping with the style and tone set in 2007. The schedule ... Read More