These are some of the top recent articles on coin identification, bidding, buying and selling, with tips about common flaws, grading, holdering and more.
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Standing Liberty Varieties
The first two years of the Standing Liberty Quarter resulted in seven varieties: 1916 key date and 1917-P/D/S Types I and II. This article defines markers and designs so you can distinguish among these coins.
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Presidential Dollar Varieties
With the 2026 Semiquincentennial President Donald J. Trump $1 Coin, people are having a renewed interest in presidential dollars. Trump was not part of the series. Launched in 2007, the series requires a president to have been deceased for at least two years to appear on a coin. Trump got around this requirement as his…
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Odds of Finding the next 1982-D Small Date Bronze Cent!
According to AI, there is good and bad news about finding the third 1982-D Small Date bronze cent–the most sought after coin due to social media hype about its lottery-prize-like value.
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1946-S/D Cent
The 1946-S/D variety is highly collectible because it is the only S-over-D overmintmark in the entire Lincoln Cent series. You will need magnification to see this variety. A loupe should do it, but you can also use a coin microscope. Here’s how it looks without magnification: In 1946, mintmarks were hand-punched into coin dies. A…
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Markers for 1916-D Dime
The 1916-D Mercury Dime is the key date of the Mercury series with a mintage of 264,000 coins. In 1916, the Philadelphia Mint made 22,180,080 coins and the San Francisco Mint, 10,450,000. Those two other mintages are important because scammers began added a mintmark to Philadelphia coins that year. Many also altered 1916-S dimes to…
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Markers for 1877 Indian Cent
One of the most counterfeited coins is the key date 1877 Indian Cent. It has a low mintage of 852,500. Genuine examples cost hundreds and thousands of dollars. A Good-4 example retails for $650. Extra fine ones go for $3,000 and MS63 Brown, $7,000.
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