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A stereomicroscope can help you see your coins strengths and weaknesses.

A stereomicroscope can help you check if your rare coins are genuine. Here's everything you need to know about this type of coin microscope.

Struck from 1807 to 1839, Capped Bust half dollars are large silver coins with a classic design. See the 2 kinds of Capped Bust half dollars, tips for collecting them, and their current value.

Coins that you've found or sold must be claimed on your taxes. Here's what you need to know about IRS taxes and gold, silver & other treasure coins.

The twenty cent coin was made from 1875 through 1878. Though unpopular at the time, the 20-cent piece has since become a popular coin among many coin collectors. See all 20-cent coin values here.

Seated Liberty half dollars were minted from 1839 through 1891 and remain a highly popular -- and scarce -- collectible coin to this day. See their current value here.

Treasure hunting can be both profitable and exciting! As long as you know all the rules on how to treasure hunt legally where you want to dig and search, then have a go. Using a metal detector is one of the easiest ways to go treasure hunting.

We are amid the 30th anniversary of a boom time in coin history -- the rise and fall of the coin market of 1979 to 1981.

The 1964-D Peace silver dollar is not just a rare U.S. coin -- the government believes none even exist anymore. After all, they were supposedly all melted down, and it's illegal to own a 1964-D Peace dollar, too.

GSA dollars, so-called because the United States government's General Services Administration sold old Morgan dollars found in vaults during the 1970s, are both valuable and highly sought after by coin collectors.

Finding out how rare rare U.S. coins really are can be done with the Sheldon-Breen rarity scale, which ranks rare coins based on estimated surviving populations.

There are many scarce dates in the Lincoln wheat cent series. However, there is 1 scarce Lincoln wheat penny that's getting some attention -- and may someday be considered a key date Lincoln cent.

If you have ever seen an advertisement for a First Strike coin and wanted to know if you should buy one of the coins, you'll want to check out this first -- as you'll see, First Strike coins are not always what they are cracked up to be.