June 2023 News Digest
June 14, 2023
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Whitman Publishing has released its latest Guide Book of United States coins, known as the “Red Book”, which provides information on US coins issued 1729 through today.
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With recent rains on the West Coast, “flood gold” is returning to California’s riverbeds, previously depleted after the Gold Rush.
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A 1919 Philadelphia Mint Lincoln one-cent coin set a new auction record for U.S. small cents.
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A widow in England discovered her late husband’s unexpected collection of more than 1,000 historic gold coins from several different countries.
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Rosland CEO Marin Aleksov talks about starting a coin collection – from organizing to displaying.
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A coin’s mintage can impact its demand, price, scarcity, and appeal.
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Rosland’s latest PGA TOUR gold coin celebrates the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow.
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A new coin highlighted at CIT showcases a brand new coin shaped like a spinning top with a spiral pattern and pointed center.
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The St. Gaudens Victory Statue, usually located at NYC’s Central Park, is going on tour at the American Numismatic Association 2023 Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money.
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A recent counterfeit submission to NGC revealed a fake 1941 Seated Liberty silver dollar, highlighting the challenges in spotting counterfeits.
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New legislation introduces a four-coin program to celebrate the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, including gold $5 coins, silver dollars, and copper-nickel clad half dollars, with surcharges to support athletics.
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A hoard of nearly 300 silver coins believed to be over 1,000 years old and from multiple origins was unearthed near a Viking fortress site in Denmark by a girl metal detecting in a corn field.












