null

Rare Coin Report

Why are Coins Measured in Troy Ounces?

Posted by Toby Adkins, Numismatic Scholar for International Currency, L.L.C. on Oct 21st 2019

We can look back for thousands of years in history, especially in the bible, and see the seriousness of using "equal weights and measures". You've seen it represented (and satirized) in books and mov … Read More

U.S. Mint Focus: The "D" Before Denver

Posted by Toby Adkins, Numismatic Scholar for International Currency, L.L.C. on Sep 16th 2019

When we became a country the very first building our Nation built was the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. It wasn't the White House, not a Congressional building but the Mint. There was a drastic need to c … Read More

Have you reached coin overload?

Posted by Toby Adkins, Numismatic Scholar for International Currency, L.L.C. on Aug 20th 2019

Through decades in the coin business we have seen many coin trends come and go. There has been amazing growth in collecting and one of the largest movements in the spot prices of the metals themselves … Read More

First Year of Issue Coins- Should you Buy Them?

Posted by Toby Adkins, Numismatic Scholar for International Currency, L.L.C. on Jul 29th 2019

Regardless of age, most of us guys have probably had a baseball card collection at some point in our lives.  Whether small or extensive we always hoped to have the fabled "rookie card" of our fav … Read More

Apollo 11 Commemorative Coin Program

Posted by Toby Adkins, Numismatic Scholar for International Currency, L.L.C. on Jun 25th 2019

We landed on the moon!  As a country, we have the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing to celebrate in 2019. The Mint gladly jumped in early this year and produced several coins to commemora … Read More