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Confederation-Period Copper Coins: Halfpence, Cents, or Coppers?

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By Craig Sholley, John Dannreuther, Jeff Rock, William Eckberg, Chris McCawley, and Brian Greer for PCGS …… Many of the Confederation-period copper coins, including the Connecticut, New Jersey, and Vermont state coinages–along with private issues such as the Nova Constellatio, Immune Columbia, and “1785 USA Bar” pieces–are presently referred to as “coppers”. That hasn’t always […]

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Exceptional Numismatic Writers Receive ANA Awards

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2022 Adult Numismatist Literary Award Winners The American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) 2022 literary awards – recognizing articles published in the 2021 volume of its official magazine, The Numismatist – were presented during the Member and Awards Celebration at the Chicago World’s Fair of Money on August 18. The Numismatist was launched by ANA founder and […]

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CoinWeek Podcast #133: Early US Copper Planchets (with Bill Eckberg)

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  CoinWeek Podcast #133: Early U.S. Copper Planchets (with Bill Eckberg) Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on iTunes. This week on the CoinWeek Podcast, Early American Coppers (EAC) President Bill Eckberg joins us to talk about how the United States Mint acquired its […]

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CoinWeek Exclusive Video: Collecting a Half Cent Type Set (with Bill Eckberg)

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CoinWeek Sponsor and The Coin Course creator Jerry Shaffer teamed up with CoinWeek to produce this great step-by-step demonstration of what happens when you dip and clean vintage silver or gold coins. * * * In this video, Early American Coppers president Bill Eckberg breaks down the U.S. half cent denomination for those interested in […]

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CoinWeek Exclusive Video: Collecting a Half Cent Type Set (with Bill Eckberg)

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 In this video, Early American Coppers (EAC) president Bill Eckberg breaks down the U.S. half cent denomination for those interested in building a type set. The half cent was produced at the Philadelphia Mint from 1793 to 1857. It underwent a number of changes over the years and features many of the hobby’s most […]

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CoinWeek: EAC Remembers R. Tettenhorst, Numismatist

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Collector R. Tettenhorst–real name Bernard Alan Edison–built an amazing collection of half cents and was a revered member of the copper collecting community. Edison was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 23, 1928. He was a scion of the Edison family, who founded the famous Edison Brothers shoe store chain. Edison graduated from Harvard […]

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Struck Counterfeit Coin of the Week: 1805 “C-4” Half Cent + 1-Page Attribution Guide

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This is the second article in the counterfeit coin series reviewing an early half cent (15th in the series on struck counterfeits), and is one of the three little sisters “varieties” documented so far. The source example was discussed briefly in my first CoinWeek exclusive article (“From the Brink to the ‘Dark-Side’“, published May 8, […]

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CoinWeek Podcast #71: Early Coppers to Buy… and to Avoid – Audio

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CoinWeek  Podcast #71: Early Coppers to Buy… and to Avoid Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on iTunes. Bill Eckberg is the President of the Early American Coppers, a specialty club dedicated to the study and collecting of early U.S. copper cents and half […]

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COINS in UHD: The 10 Best CoinWeek Videos of 2016

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It’s hard to believe that the end is upon us… the end of 2016, that is. With the better part of the calendar year behind us, the editors of CoinWeek felt that it was time to take a look back at a banner year for CoinWeek’s video team. In 2016, CoinWeek fully committed itself to producing […]

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