Frank Gasparro

Why Were 10,000,000 Lincoln Cents Distributed in Cheerios Boxes? In 2000, the United States Mint launched an ambitious promotional campaign. The Mint partnered with cereal...

By CoinWeek Notes ..... Updated and Reformatted Feb 2026 Major Mint Error Coin - 1977-D Struck on 40% Silver Planchet The 1977-D Eisenhower Dollar marked the...

By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez  - Updated by CoinWeek Jan. 2026 The United States Mint has released hundreds of products for collectors over the past four decades....

Why Do People Collect the 1969-S Lincoln Memorial Cent? Collectors pursue the 1969-S Lincoln Memorial cent for several compelling reasons. While the coin may appear...

  By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... According to the 1988 Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, no Kennedy Half...

As the much-missed numismatist David Lange wrote in his excellent CoinWeek article, 1960 was a pivotal year for coin collecting in the United States. Rare...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Production totals of Eisenhower Dollars for the first two years of the series were enormous:...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Why Was the 1971 Eisenhower Dollar Made? Even though the United States had no real need for a large dollar coin at...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .... While the United States Mint facility in Denver struck 32,472,244 1983-D Kennedy Half Dollars, it was still uncommon to encounter a...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... With the nation in mourning, Congress passed legislation mandating that the United States Mint change the design of the half dollar...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Birth (and Death) of the Modern Small Dollar Of all of the coins struck over the long career of the United...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Kennedy Half Dollar is the longest-serving half dollar design in United States history Debut issue released months after national...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The silver Kennedy Half Dollar was first issued in 1964 as a memorial to President...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The American Silver Dollar Never Had Much Currency as a Circulating Coin The American silver dollar was first authorized by the Mint...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... 1972: A Make-or-Break Year for the Eisenhower Dollar In 1972, a year after the initial buzz... and then thud... of the release...