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In the United States we have struck coins for foreign countries since 1876. Since then, the United state has struck well over 100 years of coins for foreign nations, and in the process has minted a lot of U.S. coins overstruck on other country's coins. Some are struck on just the planchet, while others are struck on a already struck coin (creating a double-denomination.) All of these are generally …

The ANA World's Fair of Money held August 16-20, 2022, in Rosemont, IL, was a resounding success both for us and for other coin dealers at the show! Sales were high, with collectors buying, and dealers having strong wholesale activity. Some dealers reported some of their strongest sales ever, and we had one of if not our best Chicago show ever (for sales.) The coin market is strong, and activity i …

We recently submitted an article to PCGS, which was published on their website. It can be viewed here using this link: https://www.pcgs.com/news/doublestruck-mint-errors

The Summer slowdown which often occurs in July really never hit us—we’ve been buying and selling a lot this month. This is largely because collectors are still actively building their error coin collections, but also because we have had a lot more mint errors to offer of late. During 2020 and 2021, most coin dealer’s inventories quickly became rather small. Shutdowns related to the Covid pandemic, …

A few weeks ago the Central States coin show was held in Schaumburg, IL. It was the first time the show had been held since the 2019 show was held, due to the events over the last few years. It was great to be back at the show, and especially since it was so well attended both with dealers and collectors. Admittedly, it has historically been a slower show for mint errors (although a great show for …

Below is the link to our latest article for PCGS on mule errors.https://www.pcgs.com/news/mule-mint-errors-the-rarest

ANA National Money Show 2022As the ANA National Money 2022 coin show in Colorado Springs, CO draws to an end, we can say that is has been a success for us. There was a good amount of activity, with both buying and selling (especially selling) on the show floor. Other dealers who deal in non mint error material seemed to have a decent show as well. The show is not historically as active as some of …

Read on PCGS' website our most recent article on off-metals. https://www.pcgs.com/news/off-metal-error-coins (Image Courtesy PCGS.)

Over the last few years, the coin market as a whole has been very active, buoyed by increased demand from collectors, high precious metals prices, and perhaps even Covid-19's effect of giving people in general more "home time" and therefore more time to focus on singular pursuits such as coin collecting.Whatever the reasons, the coin market has been hot across the board, from regular U.S. coins, t …

Here is a link to a recent PCGS article we wrote, which discusses PMD (post mint damage) versus mint made damage. It is important to understand the difference between the two types. https://www.pcgs.com/news/deciphering-mint-errors-versus-post-mint-damage?fbclid=IwAR3-f2pAlbmm_ix1_PdhmRwWQj9wT1PuwoEy6ZTUa0XkH_YOLJVbMvzcH2s …