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By CoinWeek .....   The Coin Collecting Merit Badge should be a fun, rewarding, and educational experience for scouts. And it not only teaches them

With the passage of the Coinage Act of 1864, the United States Congress authorized the design and production of a brand-new denomination, the short-lived

At shows or while viewing auctions and a small number get me to stop everything else and say WOW. These are special coins

August auctions offered some gold $10 eagles that illustrate diverse causes of an Extremely Fine-45 grade; weak strikes leave these frustratingly short of the AU grade.

Leading selections at Stack’s Bowers Galleries Rarities Night session Aug. 16 was one of six traced Proof 1821 Capped Bust quarter dollars, a new discovery graded PCGS Proof 64, that realized $252,000.

A unique hybrid denomination French pattern coin from a collection of French issues put together by an American collector is one of the highlights of an October MDC sale in Monaco.

Updated values and new research are provided in Whitman's latest Franklin and Kennedy half dollar guide by Rick Tomaska, in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the Franklin coin.

Two November auctions by GreatCollections give collectors a chance to own quality Flying Eagle and Indian Head and Barber dimes from the registry set collections of the late Stewart Blay.

Numismatist Tyler Rossi gives a brief oveview of 10 U.S. coins worth more than face value that you can still find in pocket change.

Stack's Bowers Galleries Aug. 16 offered the collection of Dr. George Schwenk, an investor who diversified into gold coins, including a PCGS MS-68+ 1880 Indian Head gold dollar, which realized $19,200.