By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS …… In the course of reading this or that article on coinage, you may have come across two words that seem roughly similar but certainly aren’t identical. These terms are “type” and “subtype”. Now, it doesn’t take a wordsmith to know that “type” serves a parental role to “subtype”, and […]
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Private patterns have been floating around for many years, with private individuals attempting to secure contracts for either coin manufacture or for a privately produced alloy. In US coin history, the Feuchtwanger cents and three-cent pieces may be the best known private patterns. The current Inco & Gould Pattern Showcase auction from Heritage Auctions, with […]
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Two recent Republican bills aim to save taxpayers money By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. Two new pieces of legislation have been introduced (in one instance, reintroduced) to Congress that seek to alter the landscape of our nation’s circulating coinage. COINS Act of 2017 Republican Senators John McCain (AZ) and Michael Enzi (WY) introduced the […]
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