Precious Metals

CAC Grading founder John Albanese hand-signed 20,000 encapsulation labels, raising a six-figure sum at auction for coin clubs and charities in a strictly one-time initiative.

An 1836 Classic Head $5 gold coin recovered from the S.B. Pulaski shipwreck offers rare insight into pre-Civil War U.S. gold coinage and 19th-century maritime history.

A rare 2004-S Roosevelt dime with a 25 percent obverse indent error was discovered sealed in an original U.S. Mint Proof Set, marking a unique finding in modern numismatics.

The first PCGS-graded 2026-P Team USA Privy Silver Eagle is hitting auction at GreatCollections. With only 403 total coins struck, it represents one of the rarest modern issues.

In response to 19th-century silver shortages and the Coinage Act of 1873, the U.S. Mint experimented with Goloid—a patented alloy blending gold and silver. Here is how electrum coinage almost changed U.S. money.

Monnaie de Paris is launching a four-coin 2026 UNESCO series dedicated to South Africa's Table Mountain, headlined by an ultra-exclusive 10-ounce gold proof limited to just 10 pieces.

The 2026 ANA World’s Fair of Money in Pittsburgh generated over $70 million in auction results and featured more than $100 million in rare coin exhibits.

Numismatic researcher Roger W. Burdette examines a collector's successful re-grading of an 1836 Quarter Eagle, highlighting the role of safe coin conservation and third-party grading standards.

Recent six-figure auction sales of 1922 High Relief Peace Dollar experimental patterns highlight how intense minting trials reshaped one of the most famous U.S. silver coin series.

GreatCollections will auction a PMG EF-40 graded Series 1928 $5,000 Kansas City Federal Reserve Note, one of just two known to exist from District 10.

Atlas Numismatics has listed 358 new inventory items highlighted by a 104-gram 1858 gold royal wedding medal graded NGC MS64 DPL with Kaiser Wilhelm I provenance.

The 1861-D Gold Dollar holds a unique position in American numismatics as the only regular-issue U.S. coin struck entirely under Confederate authority.

The 2020-W V75 Proof American Gold Eagle sold out in seven minutes due to a limited 1,945-coin mintage, establishing a new key date in modern U.S. gold coining.

Despite a higher initial mintage than the 1909-S VDB, the 1914-D Lincoln cent was rarely saved in pristine condition, making high-grade Red Mint State specimens among the rarest in numismatics.

August 2026 rare coin auctions from GreatCollections, Heritage, Stack’s Bowers, and DLRC showed strong market premiums for CAC-approved coins compared to non-CAC examples sharing the same numerical grade.

The U.S. Mint will complete its Best of the Mint Semiquincentennial series on Sept. 24, 2026, with the release of the 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief $20 Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set.

While low mintage figures set baseline values, historical context and pedigree transform rare coins into top-tier collectibles, demonstrated by the $18.87 million sale of the 1933 Double Eagle.

The Royal Australian Mint has released a new commemorative coin celebrating the 1813 Holey Dollar and Dump, Australia's first official local currency born from a colonial silver shortage.

Dr. Michael Fuljenz received the Numismatic Literary Guild's Best Investment Newsletter award for his Metals Market Report at the ANA World’s Fair of Money.

Authorized in 1873 to compete with foreign silver in Asian trade, the U.S. Trade Dollar remains one of the most distinctive silver issues in American numismatic history.

The American Numismatic Association presented its 2026 Literary Awards at the World's Fair of Money in Pittsburgh, honoring authors William Eckberg, Russ Bega, and others for outstanding numismatic research.

The famous Clapp-Eliasberg 1893-S Morgan Silver Dollar sold for $1.18 million at auction, establishing a new record for an MS65 example and demonstrating strong demand for top-tier key-date coins.