Rare Coin Report

In honor of Thanksgiving, let's settle a long running question. Was the Turkey supposed to be our national emblem? This story has been told and retold for almost two centuries. All of us today are ver … Read More

The dictionary definition of a Privy Mark is: a symbol on a coin that identifies the minter or mintmaster. I'm not a fan of this definition! Let's go deeper. Yes, it is there for different types of id … Read More

"A war to end all wars."Spoken by Woodrow Wilson in 1917, the United States would enter WWI on April 6th that year. Looking back through history it is unfortunate that these words would not turn out t … Read More

The Charlotte Mint is relatively unknown to a large group of modern coin collectors. It is a storied mint. It is filled with history. Charlotte Mint coins are prized by antique coin collectors everywh … Read More

There is little doubt that the new American Silver Eagles are one of the most anticipated coins in modern coin collecting. It has been whispered about, written about, and debated about for more than a … Read More