Carson City Mint

By CoinWeek Notes ..... While silver bullion was pouring out of the nearby Comstock mines, United States Mint leadership in Washington, D.C. was facing a...

US Gold Coins by Doug Winter - RareGoldCoins.com ...... CoinWeek Content Partner Between 1795 and 1933, a total of 36 major US gold coin types were...

By Jack D. Young – Special to CoinWeek Counterfeit U.S. coins are nothing new. But in today’s market, modern Chinese-made fakes, often housed in convincing...

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC), and the Dark Side Group ...... CoinWeek has been burning the midnight oil, turning out informative articles...

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 Morgan Dollar - A Federal Boondoggle of Vast Proportions Though it might seem to be...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... How Did the Morgan Dollar Get Its Name? The Morgan dollar gets its name from United States Mint engraver George T. Morgan,...

The 109 lots of the Bruce S. Sherman Collection, Part II--a collection billed as “one of the most remarkable achievements in numismatics”--will be among...

  A Collection of Morgan Dollars Everyone Can Complete Coin dealer and numismatic author Russ Augustin (AU Capital Management, RARCOA) joins CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan to discuss an innovative new set-collecting...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   November 6, 1885, was a black letter day for the Carson City Mint. On the...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Despite opposition from the president, Congressional passage of the Bland-Allison Act seemed assured by February 1878. In late February, Treasury Secretary...

The Sunday, March 2 Online Auction from DLRC (David Lawrence Rare Coins) is live and features over 625 lots - with more than 250...

An 1870-CC Double Eagle, XF45 NGC sold for $312,000 to lead the December 12-15, 2024 U.S. Coins Signature Auction from Heritage Auctions to $5,618,417. “This...

An exceedingly rare double eagle from the Carson City Mint will be sold in the Heritage Auctions December 12-15 U.S. Coins Signature Auction. The discovery...

In January 1986, a brand new Cadillac El Dorado cost $24,251, or $1,150 more than coin collector Bernard Richards paid for an 1870-CC $20...