Coin Collectors’ Guide

Still Going Strong After 55 Years; Are They The Morgan Dollars of the 21st Century? Updated Sept. 17, 2019 President John F. Kennedy lost his life to an assassin on Nov. 22, 1963. The Franklin half dollar series was only 15 years old—introduced in 1948—and an 1890 law required Congressional approval for design changes. Nonetheless, […]

110 Years Old, More Popular Than Ever Lincoln Wheat CentsThe year 2009 marked the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent, with an obverse design that remains largely unchanged. (There have been minor hub changes and changes in metal composition over time.) The Lincoln cent obverse of 2009 thus marked the first time in American coinage