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Commemorative military coins honor our nation's bravest heroes. These U.S. coins honor military personnel and military events. Here are U.S. Military coin values.

Coin edge lettering has been around for years, but the Presidential dollar coins and Native American coins in 2007 brought edge lettering on coins back into the forefront. Here's everything you want to know about edge lettering on U.S. coins.

In 2009, the U.S. Mint is issuing a fascinating variety and quantity of coins. Ranging from Lincoln bicentennial pennies to the 24 karat gold double eagle there is something for everyone in the 2009 United State Mint issue.

The proof sets for 2009 are the largest they have ever been. Each set has 18 coins and 4 lenses.

Walking Liberty half dollars have, over the course of many years, increased in value well. Let's look at how some Walking Liberty half dollars have performed over the course of 15 years.

Key and semi-key Walking Liberty half dollars are quite scarce and command high prices for higher grades. Some coins are so scarce that not every collector could buy them.

1899 Barber half dollar aka Liberty Head half dollar reverse Photo is public domain on Wikimedia

Barber half dollars among most difficult series to complete in decent grades. Here's what you need to know about scarce Barber half dollars and common Barber halves.

Commemorative coins have been minted since 1892. The U.S. Mint has produced circulating commemorative coins and non-circulating commemorative coins in order to commemorate people, places, landmarks, events and other special occurrences in U.S. history. Commemorative coins come in denominations of quarters, half-dollars, dollars, and gold coins.

When it comes to collecting coins, one of the easiest and least-expensive obsolete coin series to complete is a set of Franklin half dollars -- that's because there are just 35 coins in the entire series. (This includes all date-and-mintmark combinations.)

While it is theoretically possible to find any legal tender money in circulation, including old and even rare coins, the likelihood of finding such coins in circulation is small -- but not impossible. Plus, you may find some error coins, as well. Here's what to look for.

Looking for some unique pieces of coin jewelry? Here's the scoop on coins used as jewelry pieces... what to look for and some idea of what they may be worth.

Have a coin set or completed coin folder and want to know how much it's worth? Here's how to tell the value of your completed coin sets and coin folders...