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1943 steel penny mintmark s - obverse

1943 Steel Cent – Penny

The 1943 Steel Cent Coin is the only circulated U.S. coin that did not have a single drop of copper in it. There are also 40 1943 copper pennies struck by accident as well...

1804 draped bust silver dollar

Controversial 1804 Dollar

One of the most talked-about and sought-after, hence one of the most expensive silver coins is the controversial 1804 Silver Dollar coin. This particular set of coins has become famous and controversial due to...

1924 Indian Head Nickel - Obverse

Indian Head Buffalo Nickel

The Indian Head Nickel coin, also known as the Buffalo Nickel, is the third coin design in the Five Cent Nickel series. This coin design by portrait sculptor James Earle Fraser succeeded Charles Barber’s...

1933 Double Eagle Coin

The 1933 Double Eagle Coin was a regular issue of the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle twenty-dollar gold coins. This particular double eagle issue was struck in 1933, which was the last mintage year of the...

Silver Thaler Obverse

Silver Thaler Coin

Not many people are aware that the Dollar, probably the most popular currency in the world, actually derived its name from an ancient silver coin from Europe. This coin is the silver Thaler coin...

US Flying Eagle Cent

The Flying Eagle coin series was minted for circulation out of the need to reduce the cost of production of the larger US one-cent denomination. Since 1793, the one-cent coins were struck in copper...

US Seated Liberty Coin

The U.S. Seated Liberty Coins are another eye candy for coin collectors around the globe. This particular depiction of the goddess Liberty, draped in a flowing robe and seated on a rock, was better...