Like many coin collectors, I got my start in the hobby as a child, by finding something strange or unusual among the daily pocket change. As a kid in ... Read More

There are some really interesting resources on the Web to help your children (or your inner child) learn more about coins. You don't need to be a teacher or ... Read More

Morgan Dollars are extremely popular coins, and widely regarded as one of the U.S.A.'s most beautiful types. Contributing to the Morgan Dollar's popularity is the fact that uncirculated and ... Read More

An estimated 3,000 people turned out at the launch of the Lincoln Rail Splitter (Formative Years) Cent in Lincoln City, Indiana last Friday. Most of those attending didn't even ... Read More

Many people refer to the two sides of a coin as the "heads" side and the "tails" side. Coin collectors prefer to use the terms "obverse" and "reverse" for ... Read More

The second of the four 2009 Lincoln Cent reverse designs will be released to the public tomorrow (Thursday, May 14), when the U.S. Mint will hold a launch event in ... Read More

As I reported a couple of weeks ago, I was surprised to learn that Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins had been published in its entirety on ... Read More

In order to be able to communicate clearly with other coin collectors, (and to avoid sounding clueless to coin dealers), you need to be able to describe a coin in ... Read More

Reader "Skent256" brings up a provocative issue in the coin collecting forum: I know a bank teller that has a serious coin collection. At her bank, the savvy tellers swoop ... Read More