Coin Collecting News and Information
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2025 Texas American Innovation dollar: Mission Control’s legacy, market angles, and how to collect
Hook: If you’ve ever held your breath during a NASA broadcast, this coin is your heartbeat in copper-manganese. The 2025 Texas American…
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Coin and bullion sales tax exemptions: why repeals often reduce state revenue (and how to get the policy right)
TL;DR: When states repeal coin and bullion sales tax exemptions, they frequently collect less total tax, not more. Real-world cases—Florida (1990s), Ohio (2005 repeal, later reinstated),…
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U.S. banknote redesign 2026: what collectors, dealers, banks—and the public—should expect
Hook: A new family of U.S. notes begins in 2026—and it won’t just change how our money looks. It will change how…
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Viking silver hoard: how the Bedale find rewrites trade, money, and movement in the Viking Age
TL;DR: A newly analyzed Viking silver hoard from Bedale (North Yorkshire) shows that Viking-Age wealth in England flowed not only from raids but…
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Junk silver sell-off: how a $39 silver spike flipped premiums, payouts, and dealer behavior
Hook: When spot silver grazed the $39/oz line this summer, phones lit up and junk silver sell-off orders swamped show floors and refiner desks. Within…
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Queen Berenice II gold coin: what an ultra-rare quarter-drachma from Jerusalem means for collectors and investors
TL;DR: Archaeologists working in Jerusalem’s City of David have unearthed an exceptionally rare quarter-drachmain 99.3% gold bearing Queen Berenice II (wife and co-ruler of Ptolemy III, ca.…
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Final Queen Elizabeth II £1 coins: what the last release means for collectors, dealers, and investors
Hook: The final Queen Elizabeth II £1 coins are entering tills and pockets right now—marking the last time Britain’s longest-reigning monarch will debut…
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2025 American Liberty gold coin: what today’s launch means for collectors, dealers, and investors
TL;DR: The United States Mint opened sales today for the 2025 American Liberty gold coin (1 oz, high-relief Proof, West Point) and a…
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Laser-engraved American Silver Eagle: what the first-of-its-kind 2025-W Proof means for collectors and investors
TL;DR: The laser-engraved American Silver Eagle debuts as a 2025-W Proof with a distinctive obverse privy markcreated by laser-engraved master dies. The United States Mint limited…
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2025-W American Eagle silver dollar: laser-engraved sunburst privy launches a new chapter in U.S. Mint technology
TL;DR: The 2025-W American Eagle silver dollar debuts with a first-ever laser-engraved privy mark—a sunburst set into the obverse field—on sale August 20, 2025 at…
Latest Posts
- 2025 Texas American Innovation dollar: Mission Control’s legacy, market angles, and how to collect
- Coin and bullion sales tax exemptions: why repeals often reduce state revenue (and how to get the policy right)
- U.S. banknote redesign 2026: what collectors, dealers, banks—and the public—should expect
- Viking silver hoard: how the Bedale find rewrites trade, money, and movement in the Viking Age
- Junk silver sell-off: how a $39 silver spike flipped premiums, payouts, and dealer behavior
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