1913 Buffalo Nickel, Type 1 Proof. Image: GreatCollections / CoinWeek. By CoinWeek ….   A gorgeous, lightly toned PCGS Proof-68 example of the popular Type 1 1913 Buffalo Nickel is currently being offered by GreatCollections, with bidding ending on Sunday, April 28. Issued only in the type’s inaugural year, the Type 1 Buffalo Nickel features sculptor James Earle Fraser’s iconic Indian Head design on the obverse and an American bison or buffalo on the reverse. The main difference between the Type 1 and Type 2 Buffalo Nickels is the “ground” beneath the bison’s feet. On the Type 1, Fraser’s ..read more

1992 American Silver Eagle. Image: CoinWeek / Adobe Stock. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …..   After a surge of American Silver Eagle sales in 1991, demand softened considerably in 1992. Still, the 1992 American Silver Eagle sold a respectful 5,540,068 coins – a total higher than the bullion strike coin sales in three of its first four years of release. In 1992, the United States Mint produced high-quality coins fully struck, satiny, and typically free of major blemishes. Occasionally, some would stain due to the Mint’s process of was ..read more

1776-1976 Bicentennial Quarter Clad Proof with Jack Ahr’s Drummer Boy (actually a man) reverse—image: Adobe Stock / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. The 1976-S Bicentennial Quarter Clad Proof is one of five 1976 Bicentennial Quarters the United States Mint struck in 1975 and ’76 as part of the official celebration of the nation’s 200th birthday. Other quarters featuring the Jack Ahr “Drummer Boy” reverse and the 1776-1976 dual date are the 1976 (Philadelphia) and 1976-D (Denver) coins struck and issued into circulation, and the ..read more

1863 Three-Cent Silver. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …..   Called a trime in some Treasury Department records, the Three Cent Silver coin was the smallest ever issued by the United States Mint in terms of weight and thickness. Initially proposed in 1849, and again in 1850 in conjunction with a plan to reduce postal rates from five to three cents, production of the coin was finally authorized in 1851. This silver coin was produced in response to the need for small denomination precious metal coins cau ..read more

1874 Liberty Seated Dime. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …..   The Mint Act of February 12, 1873, mandated a slight increase in the weight of the dime to 2.50 grams. Interestingly, this weight increase was so slight that it was within the allowable weight tolerance of the prior tenor’s dime planchet. The motivation behind increasing the weight of the dime (and both the quarter and the half dollar) was to move U.S. coins to the metric system, thereby making our coins compatible with the system used by m ..read more

1950 Proof Lincoln Cent. Image: NGC. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. The United States Mint revived its dormant Proof program in 1936 and experienced steady growth in sales from 3,837 in its relaunch year to 21,120 in 1942. World War II forced the Mint to put the program on hiatus again, and from 1943 to 1949, no Proof Sets were issued. In 1950, the Proof Set returned, but unlike the 1942 set, no coin bearing the likeness of Liberty was represented on America’s coinage. The 1950 set was the first Proof Set to feature only designs bearing ..read more

1995-W American Silver Eagle Proof. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. The 1995-W Proof American Silver Eagle may be the most overhyped coin in all numismatics, but it is also the key to the American Silver Eagle Proof Series. The coin was never sold individually, but instead was sold as part of the United States Mint’s Five Coin American Eagles 10th Anniversary Set, which included every Eagle denomination, including the American Gold Eagle one-ounce, half-ounce, quarter-ounce, and one-tenth-ounce Proof coi ..read more

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. Coin and banknote collector. Born 1939. Died March 2022. * * * Greg Pineda in 2012. Image: CoinWeek. Greg Pineda (born Gregorio De Santos Pineda) was a collector and neurologist from Bakersfield, California, notable for his collection of Philippine coins and paper money that he had built over the course of 40 years and which he sold through Lyn Knight Currency Auctions in 2012. Pineda’s collection was called “the finest Philippine numismatic collection that has ever been assembled” by Neil Shafer, author of United States Territorial Co ..read more

The 2000 Library of Congress bimetallic commemorative coin was the first bimetallic coinage struck by the United States Mint since silver plugs were used on some coins in the 1790s. Image: United States Mint / CoinWeek. (n.) In numismatic terms, the kernel is the central or inner disc of a bimetallic coin. Also called a plug or a pill. * * * The post Kernel – Inner Disc of a Bimetallic Coin appeared first on CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors ..read more

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …..   Coin and banknote collector. Born 1939. Died March 2022. * * * Greg Pineda in 2012. Image: CoinWeek. Greg Pineda (born Gregorio De Santos Pineda) was a collector and neurologist from Bakersfield, California, notable for his collection of Philippine coins and paper money that he had built over the course of 40 years and which he sold through Lyn Knight Currency Auctions in 2012. Pineda’s collection was called “the finest Philippine numismatic collection that has ever been assembled” by Neil Shafer, author of United States Territo ..read more