In our previous blogs we focused on how to organize your coins when selling to a dealer. We thought it would be fun to share what not...

This quick article explains the downside to cleaning your rare coins.

A day hardly goes by without someone asking about their “1776 quarter.” Many people assume the coin is over 200 years old and potentially worth a fortune simply because of the 1776 date displayed on the front. However, bicentennial quarters were actually minted in 1975 and 1976 to celebrate America’s 200th birthday, which is why the coin shows the dual date “1776–1976.” While most 1776–1976 quarters found in circulation are common copper-nickel clad coins worth face value, th

It breaks my heart when a customer shows me a historic U.S. coin that has been scrubbed to death. While there is nothing that can be done to restore such a coin, we hope to do our part to prevent future coin abuse through this educational blog. Here we show several examples of coins that have been damaged intentionally or through ignorance. In every case their value has been reduced. Our first video clip shows what an unaltered Morgan Silver Dollar in new condition is supp