Last week, I presented an ethics scenario detailing my experience with a certain dealer at a recent coin show. I had been looking through a small box of Morgan ... Read More

Billy Crawford has published the latest edition of his free Die Variety News Magazine, issue #13. The cover story for this issue is the mysterious 2004-D Roosevelt Dime which ... Read More

This week's Coin Dealer Ethics column was inspired by an event that took place this past weekend at the Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) annual convention and coin show, which ... Read More

April 20 - 26 is National Coin Week in the U.S., which is sponsored by the American Numismatic Association (ANA.) The theme for this year's celebration is "Money Makes ... Read More

Leading error coin expert and dealer Fred Weinberg saw my recent coverage of the Chinese Counterfeiting Ring, and offered some photos of his own tour of a Chinese Mint - ... Read More

Steven Contursi of Rare Coin Wholesalers has hired former ANA Executive Director Christopher Cipoletti to head up a new retail sales division of Contursi's business called Rare Coin Consultants of ... Read More

Last week, we looked at the question of whether the major coin grading services should share some of their anti-counterfeiting diagnostics with collectors. PCGS and NGC have both been ... Read More

When I first saw the design artwork late last year for the New Mexico State Quarter, (which was released into circulation about a week ago,) I thought, "Oh boy, another ... Read More

I have to be absolutely frank with you and say that I am stunned that this magazine is free! Mike Byers has published yet another amazing issue of his ... Read More

There has been a lot of talk lately about counterfeit grading service coin holders, (commonly called slabs,) which emulate the holders used by top-tier coin grading services PCGS and NGC. ... Read More

I get a lot of questions about the strange coins people come across, but this one was quite interesting. A reader by the name of Lauren S. wrote to ... Read More

Great Britain's Royal Mint is updating the nation's coinage in a most surprising way. Although the new coins will retain the same sizes, weights, and metallic compositions, they are ... Read More

Have you ever wondered what an illegal coin minting operation looks like? Are you curious about how the Chinese are making all of those fake coins we have been ... Read More

Numismatic News recently launched an online radio channel called Coin Chat Radio. The show, which is aired live on the Internet every Thursday at 11:00 am CT, is hosted ... Read More