The United States Mint launched a completely overhauled Coin Classroom website Dec. 17, providing age-appropriate educational ...

George Orwell is commemorated on the 75th anniversary of his death with a series of coins from the Royal Mint in several options, featuring a symbolic representation of a quotation from his writings.

The cost to produce cents and five-cent coins continues to escalate well beyond face value, but the latest report from the ...

The fifth and final coin in a five-coin series will be offered in limited numbers when the U.S. Mint Feb. 20 presents the ...

Paul is a senior editor and has been a member of the Coin World staff since 1988. Paul covers the U.S. Mint beat and has memorably reported for more than two decades on many of the hobby's most ...

?Kennedy half dollars are back in the news, thanks to the discovery of a rare transitional error for the 1971-D Kennedy half dollar, as reported by Paul Gilkes ...

A 1711 gold 5-guinea DECIMO (edge inscription) variety featuring popular Queen Anne exceeded expectations in the sale of the ...

Whenever you see the same initials or user identification appearing alongside your bid, as in the photo above, you should be wary. Shill bidding—legal or illegal—may be occurring. Shill ...

Steve Roach, Coin World’s editor-at-large, has been deeply involved with numismatics for more than 20 years, starting as a young coin collector in Michigan. Two years spent as a coin grader ...

Our friendly Customer Service representatives are available by phone at the following schedule. All times are United States Eastern Time. If you call outside of business hours, just leave a ...

This Extra Fine example of Nerva’s FISCI IVDAICI sestertius sold for $77,675 at a March 2012 Heritage Auctions sale. This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered ...

Ebenezer Scrooge, “a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner,” paid his long-suffering clerk Bob Cratchit a pittance – just half a crown a day. That famous ...