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Numismatic News flags a rise in precious-metals 'courier fraud,' while soaring silver prices push Germany to debase its commemoratives and Japan's small coins toward face value. Here's your weekly coin market update.
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Price guides give you a number. The dealer behind the counter gives you another. Neither is lying — they're just answering different questions. Here's the honest truth about the spread, and why it matters on every coin you sell.
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From the 90% silver 1964 to the 40% silver 1965–1970 issues and the clad era after 1971, Kennedy half dollars split into two very different markets. Here's how to tell them apart and value them with real data.
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The Mack C. Chase Walking Liberty half dollar collection brings nearly $2.5 million at Stack's Bowers, the broad market shows strength, and a collector clinic spells out what cleaned coins are really worth. Here's your weekly coin market update.
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Fake 2026 quarters are surfacing as demand soars — and the real risk isn't the fakes themselves. It's the overconfidence they create. Here's why showing your work is the only countermeasure that actually scales.
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With the penny heading toward history, Indian Head cents (1859–1909) are worth a second look. From the 1877 and 1909-S key dates to the 1864-L variety, here's how to value this beloved copper series with real data behind you.
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Lowball collectors hunt the most-worn coins they can find — and sometimes a PO-1 'wreck' is worth more than a mint-state coin of the same date. Here's the population-report paradox behind it, and what it means when you're pricing one on a stream.
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The House passes the Common Cents Act to end circulating penny production and set nationwide cash-rounding rules, while fake 2026 quarters surface online and Stephen Album's Auction 56 brings 3,450 world-coin lots. Here's your weekly coin market update.
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When an 1894-S Barber dime brings $1.25 million, it makes headlines — and it makes some sellers believe their own Barbers just got more valuable. They didn't. Here's why headline record sales are the worst comps you can use.
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Barber dimes, quarters, and half dollars are one of America's most collected silver series — and one of its most misunderstood. From the legendary 1894-S dime to common 1910s dates, here's how to value Barber coinage with real data behind you.
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Stack's Bowers' Summer 2026 Global Showcase Rarities Night cleared $26.3 million, led by an 1894-S Barber dime at $1.25 million. Plus a quiet July at the Mint and a Long Beach Expo preview. Here's your weekly coin market update.
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eBay's new coin authentication is a win for trust — but a certificate of authenticity is not a price tag. Here's why 'genuine' and 'worth it' are two different questions, and why confusing them costs sellers money.
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Franklin half dollars are a short, silver-rich series with a genuine condition rarity at the top and a famous die-clash variety. Here's how to value the whole series with real data behind you.
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eBay expands its Authenticity Guarantee to collectible coins priced $500 and up, with PCGS verification at no extra cost. Plus a hobby-growth report and France's new bullion coin. Here's your weekly coin market update.
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A privy-mark coin with a 250,000 mintage is not rare — it's marketed. A 52,000-mintage Standing Liberty quarter is rare — and the market knows it. Here's why the difference matters more than ever.
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Standing Liberty quarters are a design masterpiece — and a grading minefield thanks to the fast-wearing date. From the legendary 1916 key date to common 1920s issues, here's how to value the series.
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Stack's Bowers unveils the Mack C. Chase Walking Liberty half dollar collection — 250+ lots off the market for a decade-plus — while the U.S. Mint ships a Trump dollar privy-mark chase and a 5,000-coin Palladium Eagle.
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Every dealer has that one price burned into their brain from a show in 2019. The market has moved — twice. Here's why pricing from memory is a slow leak, and what to do instead.
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Peace dollars are a silver collector's staple — but common dates track melt while the 1921 and 1928-P key dates live in thin-data territory. Here's how to value the whole series.
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The Clapp–Eliasberg 1893-S Morgan dollar sells for $1,181,250 — a new MS-65 record — while gold and silver pull back from August highs. Here's what's moving in coins this week.
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Hiding the 'why' behind a price erodes buyer trust — and on a live stream, trust is everything. Here's why honest pricing tools win in the long run, and what that looks like in practice.
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Walking Liberty half dollars are a collector favorite, but pricing them accurately is harder than it looks. Semi-key dates in mid grades have thin auction data — here's how FloorBid and BidScore help.
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LastSoldCoin launches BidScore — a 0–100% confidence rating that accompanies every FloorBid number. The score tells you exactly how much market data backs the number. Always visible. Never hidden.
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LastSoldCoin launches FloorBid, a proprietary dealer-buy number for every US coin. One number, always shown, backed by sold comps, Greysheet data, and a companion BidScore confidence rating.
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Gold breaks above $4,677/oz and silver nears $70 as the summer auction season delivers record results. Plus: FloorBid dealer pricing launches, CoinWeek highlights, and Whatnot's coin category keeps climbing.
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Every new streamer wants to source a monster key date. But the streamers actually making a living are running common-date coins at volume. Here's the uncomfortable math that changes everything about your sourcing strategy.
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Find out what your Lincoln wheat penny is worth. Complete value guide by year, mint mark, and grade — from the 1909-S VDB key date to common 1940s and 1950s wheats. Learn which wheat pennies are worth money.
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The latest PCGS population report just dropped — and several key coins saw significant grade-level shifts. If you're holding one of these, your coin might be rarer than you think.
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After watching hundreds of hours of Whatnot coin streams, one thing is clear: most sellers are underpricing their coins. Here's why — and how to fix it before your next show.
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This week in coins: silver holds above $42/oz, a 1794 Flowing Hair dollar sets a Heritage record, US Mint announces fall releases, and Whatnot coin sellers are seeing record traffic.
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Mercury dimes are one of the most beloved 20th-century coin series. Learn what your Winged Liberty Head dime is worth — from common 1940s dates to the legendary 1916-D key date.
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Everyone talks about grades on Whatnot like they're gospel. Here's why that's a mistake — and what actually matters when you're pricing coins on a live stream, whether you're buying or selling.
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Find out what your Morgan silver dollar is worth. Complete value guide by year, mint mark, and grade — from common dates to key rarities like the 1893-S and 1895.
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