A 200-lot auction of scarce Soviet coins is being conducted by Alexander Basok. The auction is part of several installments of Soviet coins.

When the government nationalized gold coin and bullion some 77 years ago, it gave less than month for Americans to turn in their hoards.

Heritage Auctions announced Aug. 20 the promotion of Warren Tucker to vice president of its world coins division.

Strength in common date silver dollars continues again this week. Demand is both promotional and investment driven.

Few series in U.S. coinage history have been greeted with greater disdain by the collecting community than what is currently directed to the First Spouse series of $10 gold.

Princeton University’s Numismatic Collection is featuring a paper currency exhibition titled “Money on Paper: Bank Notes and Related Graphic Arts from the Collections of Vsevolod Onyshkevych and Princeton University.”

Candidacy for the vice presidency of the American Numismatic Association has been announced by Gov. Walter Ostromecki.

Orders will be accepted by the U.S. Mint beginning Sept. 2 for proof and uncirculated examples of the First Spouse half-ounce $10 gold coin for President James Buchanan.

A ceremonial coin pour of the new James Buchanan dollars on Aug. 19 helped usher in the next coin in the sequence of Presidential issues.

The Professional Coin Grading Service is ready to launch the first phase of a new detection system that will identify organic substances on coins.