James Barton Longacre

By CoinWeek Notes ..... 1877 Indian Head Cent: The Coin That Defines a Generation The 1877 Indian Head Cent does more than complete a collection. It...

 CoinWeek Notes ..... With the exception of just one year (1871), production of the nickel five-cent piece was higher than that of the equivalently valued...

 CoinWeek Notes ..... 1863 Three-Cent Silver Proof Coin – A Civil War-Era Rarity The 1863 Three-Cent Silver Proof stands as one of the most sought-after minor silver...

Original CoinWeek Post By Lianna Spurrier , Updated by CoinWeek 12/15 CoinWeek ..... Collectors know large cents for their endless varieties. Specialists have chased them...

By CoinWeek Notes ..... 1. David Rittenhouse (April 1792 - June 1795) The term “polymath” is usually employed to describe the United States Mint’s first director,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The $10 gold eagle was the largest denomination coin authorized by the Mint Act of 1792, but an unfavorable silver-to-gold ratio...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 * * * In 1854, the United States Mint...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Two-Cent Piece was a large copper coin struck by the United States Mint. It was first struck in 1864,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The United States Mint facility in Carson City, Nevada struck a paltry 3,789 1870-CC Liberty Head $20 Double Eagle gold coins,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Coinage Act of February 21, 1853 established a fiat coinage for this nation; that is, the value stamped on a...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The last variation of the Liberty Head Double Eagle, often referred to as Type 3,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... When the $20 gold double eagle denomination was proposed, one of the arguments supporting it...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Introduced following the end of the Civil War, the Shield nickel was the nation's first five-cent piece with nickel metal content....

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Large Cent Gives Way to the Small Cent By the early 1850s, copper was limited, and the price of the raw...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 * * * The Type 2 design modification of the Three-Cent Silver coin failed to...