Rare Coin Report

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

I hope you had a great Memorial Day! My two teenage daughters had to "put up" with Dad this weekend when I made sure they understood the significance of Memorial Day. Among significant eye rolling, it … Read More

In the book 100 Greatest U.S. Modern Coins by Schechter and Garrett, 36 of the 100 coins are either variety or error coins! There is a reason there are 36 on their list. Rarity. When asked to define r … Read More

Many of you probably have the odd $2 bill stuck back somewhere or maybe a well wrinkled old Silver Certificate from back in the day and would love to have that $500 Note you have always heard about. A … Read More

Varieties vs. ErrorsThe terms variety and error are often used interchangeably. However, they are far different technically. To keep it simple, a variety is an occurrence that repeats exactly and en e … Read More