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U.S. Coin Article

Classic Head Quarter Eagles are readily available in all grades through Extra Fine, but are elusive in mint-state and rare in gem condition (most of these coins saw heavy use).

The United States has struck a large number of gold coins -–there have been $1, $2.50, $3, $4, $5, $10, $20 and $50 gold coins struck at the various U.S. Mints over the years! There have been circulation-issue gold coins struck, commemorative gold coins struck, bullion gold coins struck. So it’s easy to forget that in the first thirty years or so, that the U.S. Mint was striking gold coins, production was pretty sparse. In fact, gold coinage from 1795 to about 1833 was limited to a fairly small production of $2.50, $5 and $10 gold coins. One reason for this, is that the United States...

U.S. Coin Article

Small as it is, the Seated Liberty Half Dime is large in history. This is a coin that spanned the time of Andrew Jackson, covered wagons heading out West, Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War and the Reconstruction Years. It's worth adding to your collection!

The half dime was the first denomination struck when the United States Mint was established in 1792 and the "Seated Liberty" designs appeared on most regular-issue silver United States coinage during the mid- and late-nineteenth century, from 1836 through 1891.

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The Braided Hair Half Cent was the last major change to the half cent and was designed by new Chief Engraver Christian Gobrecht. The obverse was updated by giving Liberty a slimmer, more youthful appearance. Minor tweaks continued through 1843, and the 1843 design prevailed through the end of mintage in 1857.


The Braided Hair half cent of 1840-57 is a strange U.S. coin type. In more ways than one. The Braided Hair half cent is very much an “afterthought” coin. It’s definitely an afterthough...

U.S. Note Article

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One of the most spectacular types of U.S. paper money available to collectors is the Fr. 1152 $20 National Gold Bank Note, a true artifact of the old west gold mining regions. In fact, a standard catalog calls these rare bills “the most romantic of all our currency issues.”

National Gold Bank Notes are real First Charter National Currency, but unlike their more common siblings which were generally issued during the specie suspension of the Civil War and post-Civil War era and thus were redeemable in other paper currency only, these heavyweights could be exchanged for genuine United States gold coins on demand. Reasons for this seeming disparity stem from the history of the region from which they come. While easterners were caught up in...

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Popular World Coins

Maximilian Peso · Ireland Half Penny · Spanish-Colonial Reales

Popular/Common U.S. Coins

Sacagawea Dollar · Morgan Dollar · Buffalo Nickel · Peace Dollar · Mercury Dime · Indian Head Cent · Washington Quarter · Jefferson Nickel · Carson City Morgan Dollar · Roosevelt Dime · Susan B Anthony Dollar · Kennedy Half Dollar · Eisenhower Dollar · Franklin Half Dollar · Lincoln Head Penny · Barber Dime · Standing Liberty Quarter · Flying Eagle Cent · Seated Liberty Half Dime · Braided Hair Large Cent · Draped Bust Quarter · Shield Nickel · Walking Liberty Half Dollar · Trade Dollar · Flowing Hair Half Dime · Two Cent Piece · Draped Bust Dime · Flowing Hair Large Cent · Draped Bust Dollar · Indian Princess Three Dollar Gold Piece · Classic Head Half Cent · Capped Bust Dime · Indian Head Half Eagle · Matron Head Large Cent · Capped Bust Half Dime · Classic Head Large Cent · Three Cent Silver Piece · Liberty Head Nickel · Flowing Hair Dollar · Liberty Cap Half Cent · Barber Half Dollar · Indian Head Eagle · Seated Liberty Dime · 1943 Zinc Penny · Seated Liberty Quarter · Capped Bust Quarter · Barber Quarter

Rare/Famous U.S. Coins

Liberty Head Double Eagle · Braided Hair Half Cent · 1909-S VDB Lincoln Head Cent · Liberty Head Gold Dollar · Saint Gaudens Double Eagle · Seated Liberty Dollar · Capped Bust Half Eagle · Flowing Hair Half Cent · Turban Head Eagle · Indian Princess Gold Dollar · Classic Head Half Eagle· Flowing Hair Half Dollar · Liberty Cap Large Cent · Draped Bust Half Cent · Twenty Cent Piece · Draped Bust Large Cent · Three Cents (Nickel) · Capped Bust Quarter Eagle · Turban Head Half Eagle · Draped Bust Half Dollar · Classic Head Quarter Eagle

Notes

Popular/Common U.S. Notes

Porthole Note · Funny Back Note · Fr 1619 Series 1957 1 Dollar Silver Certificate · Fr 1228-1231 5-cent Postage Currency · Fr MD-44 1 Dollar Note · 2 Dollar Lazy Deuce Note · Fr 2305 20 Dollar Hawaii Note · Fr 1935 Bicentennial Deuce Note · Fr 93 10 Dollar Legal Tender Note · Fr 747-780 Battleship Note · Fr 1226-1227 Americas Smallest Note · Fr 353-358 Hero of Atlanta Note · Fr 1-5 5 Dollar United States Demand Note · Fr 42 Rainbow Note · Fr 1800-1 Series 1929 National Bank Note · Fr 831 Panama Canal Note · Fr 259-265 Silver Dollar Back Note · Fr 424-439 Pocahontas Note · Fr 664 John Sherman 50 Dollar National Bank Note

Rare/Famous U.S. Notes

Fr 346e Courtesan Note · Fr 1225 10K Dollar Gold Certificate · Fr 1152 20 Dollar National Gold Bank Note · Fr CS-1 Montgomery 1000 Note · Fr 452 Original 100 Dollar National Bank Note

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