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Twenty Cent Coin The United States Twenty Cent Coin, often called a twenty cent piece, was a unit of currency equaling 1/5th of a United States dollar. The twenty cent coin had one of the shortest mintages and lowest circulations

Three Dollar Gold Coin The three dollar gold coin, introduced in 1854, was among the foremost unpopular coins in history. Both the US Congress and the US Mint were sure a 3 dollar gold piece would be a high demand

American Gold Buffalo The American Gold Buffalo coins were authorized for production for the first time on 22nd December, 2005, under the Public Law and were issued in two varieties, one of which was the ‘Bison on the Mound’. The

Four Dollar Stella The four dollar Stella coins were first suggested by John A. Kasson. It was through the efforts of W.W. Hubbell, who patented the alloy goloid (used in making another pattern piece, the goloid metric dollar), that we

Capped Bust Quarter First minted in 1815, the Capped Bust Quarter, like most other United States coins of that period and even coins that were produced previously, features Lady Liberty on the coin’s obverse side, shown facing to the left

American Gold Eagles Many people have come to find the American Gold Eagle coin to be extremely attractive for a wide variety of reasons. While some individuals purchase them because they are a sound investment, there are others who just

Washington Quarter Few people realize it, but if it hadn’t been for Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon the Washington Quarter could have designed for a woman named Laura Gardin Fraser. When the idea first came up for a coin to commemorate

Standing Liberty Quarter The Standing Liberty Quarter was conceived at a time when World War I was raging in Europe and America wanted to show that it was prepared to fight for freedom and its hope for peace. Tired of

Barber Quarter   In 1887 Mint director James P. Kimball felt that the coinage for United States was out dated and got a bill introduced that would allow for new coin designs to be completed if the coins in circulation

Seated Liberty Quarter   Almost from the moment that the U.S. was established, it became clear that appointments to the Mint were based on who you knew rather than what you knew. It was during this time of undisguised nepotism