Ebay Fake Silver Coins

An 1881-S Morgan Silver Dollar graded PCGS MS-63 with a CAC green sticker recently sold at GreatCollections for an astonishing $105,000. On its own, the coin’s market value is under $150, as 1881-S Morgans in MS-63 are both common and inexpensive. For comparison, similar 1881-S Morgans in old PCGS green-label holders have sold for as…

The United States has minted a cent for the past 232 years and announced in 2025 it would be the last year for business strikes of the cent. Here’s an interesting history of the cent: The End of the Cent: A Study in Historical Recurrence, Part 5

Have you ever noticed a name on a slabbed coin label?  Have you ever read a description of a coin on a site like Heritage Auctions and noticed something that says “Ex. Eliasberg” in the description of the coin?  If so, then you are looking at a pedigree coin.   A pedigree coin is a…

In coin collecting, a key date refers to a date (date and/ or mint mark combination) of a given coin series or set that is harder to obtain than other dates in the series. The next level of difficulty to obtain coins in a series are often known as semi-key dates or semi-keys. Here is a…

When most collectors think about American numismatics, their minds drift naturally toward the great government series — Morgan dollars, Walking Liberty halves, Buffalo nickels, and early bust coinage. Foreign coins draw their share of admirers too, with centuries of royal portraiture and exotic scripts lending an air of the exotic. But tucked quietly between these…

UNTED STATES MINT FACILITIES I. PHILADELPHIA MINT:   P  1792 Congress passes the ‘Coinage Act’ authorizing the creation of a mint to manufacture coins representing American denominations (dollars and cents) to be used in place of coinage from other nations.  Philadelphia, the first capitol of the United States is chosen as the mint’s location.  The mint…