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The Man Who Found America’s Greatest Sunken Gold Treasure Is Free — But 500...
Tommy Thompson, a man once celebrated for one of the greatest treasure discoveries in American history, is free again. However, the mystery that put...
Coin Honors Inventor and the Birth of Videogame Culture
By Chris Bulfinch for CoinWeek ..... Updated and reformatted Feb 2026
The 2021 New Hampshire American Innovation $1 Coin Honors Video Game Pioneer Ralph Baer
Two...
The Big Impact of Small Coin Collectors
By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek .....
The Philadelphia Mint began selling sets of special coins to collectors in 1858. This new policy did...
Girl on the Silver Dollar – the Merging of Greco-Roman and American Visions...
By Louis Golino - Updated and reformatted by CoinWeek
Revisiting the Woman Behind the Morgan Dollar
Ask most collectors who the model was for the obverse...
Remembering Phil Skingley, our Colleague, Director, and Friend.
I write with great sadness to share the news of Phil Skingley’s death. Phil served as a director of Coincraft and was a longtime...
U.S. Mint Honors Oneida War Heroine Polly Cooper on the 2026 Native American $1...
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Mint has selected a Revolutionary War figure for national recognition.
The United...
Princeton’s Numismatics Collection Faces Transition as Longtime Curator Departs
Princeton’s Numismatics Collection Enters a Period of Transition
Princeton University’s numismatics collection, the oldest coin collection held by an educational institution in the United States,...
Certified Collectibles Group Promotes Harshen Patel to Senior Vice President, Sales & Partnerships
The Certified Collectibles Group, the global leader in the authentication, grading and encapsulation of collectibles, is pleased to announce the promotion of Harshen Patel...
ANA Invites K–12 Students to Volunteer and Earn Coins Through America 250 Program
As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the American Numismatic Association (ANA) is calling on the next generation of collectors to...
Ten Notable US Mint Directors and What They Are Known For
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,...
The Final Lincoln Cents Ever Made: PCGS to Grade Ultra-Rare 2025 Omega Coins
696 Omega-Privy 2025 Cents, Including Ultra-Rare 24K Gold Issues, to Be Offered Through Stack’s Bowers Galleries
In this historic numismatic moment marking the end of...
ACEF Honors Two for Identifying, Creating Awareness of Counterfeit Coins.
Collector Jack Young of Dayton, OH, and coin dealer Matt Dinger of Indianapolis, IN, were honored by the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation at a special...
