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The $5 Bill With Lincoln in a “Porthole”, and the Treasury Secret Hidden for Decades

Few American banknotes command attention as quickly as the 1923 Lincoln Porthole $5 Silver Certificate.

Abraham Lincoln stares from the center of a massive circular frame. Brilliant blue serial numbers and Treasury devices cut across the black engraving. Meanwhile, the...

Unique 1906 Liberty Head Nickel Die Cap Struck on an Indian Head Cent Planchet

By Mike Byers – Mint Error News

I have handled more U.S. type coin die caps than any dealer over my 50 year career as a full-time mint error coin deale...

This Gem 1857-S Double Eagle Survived a Hurricane and 131 Years Beneath the Atlantic

Some rare coins survive history. Others seem to survive the impossible.

This 1857-S Liberty Head Double Eagle, graded MS-65 by ...

The United States Mint struck the first Buffalo nickels, but James Earle Fraser had to sell Treasury officials on an idea.

His solution did not involve conventional pattern coins.

Instead, Fraser turned to the Medallic Art Company. The firm transformed his preliminary models into coin-size electrotypes. These small pieces gave Treasury officials something tangible to e...

U.S. Mint Puts Washington’s First IndyCar Race on a Half Dollar Planchet

For one weekend in August, Indy cars will thunder past the monuments of Washington, D.C. At nearly the same moment, the United States Mint will turn that unprecedented race into a numismatic collectible.