It's official. The Lincoln cent is no longer being struck for circulation. Congress ended penny production in November 2025 — citing the cost (over 3 cents to produce each one-cent coin) and the operational burden on commerce. Collectors will still get commemorative versions, including the dual-date 1776~2026 Lincoln cent being struck in 2026 only. But the everyday penny — the one you got as change, the one your grandfather saved in a jar, the one every coin collector started with — is gone from circulation. What this means: 1. The Lincoln cent series is now closed. Every date from 1909 to 2025 is a finite set. That matters for type and date collectors. 2. The 2025 Lincoln cent — the last year of circulation strikes — will be collected as a last-year issue, following the precedent of coins like the 1964 silver coins. 3. The 1909-S VDB, already the most famous key date in American numismatics, just became part of an officially completed series. We’ve definitely seen stronger demand for complete Lincoln cent sets and better key dates lately, especially from younger collectors who are starting to appreciate the history, affordability, and long-term scarcity behind the series. The most collected coin series in American history just got its ending written. That's historic. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

This is a contrarian take. I'm aware. The 1970s get no respect in American numismatics. Eisenhower dollars? Boring. Kennedy half dollars? Common. Clad Washington quarters? Who cares? But here's what I see happening over the next 20 years: The collectors who grew up in the 1970s — the people who pulled these coins from change as kids — are now in their 50s and 60s with disposable income and nostalgia. Eisenhower dollars, particularly the Type 2 reverse varieties, the low-mintage proof issues, and the 40% silver Bicentennial version struck in San Francisco are already attracting sophisticated collector interest. The 1976 Bicentennial coinage — quarters, half dollars, and Eisenhower dollars with the special reverse designs — just hit their 50th anniversary. Collectors love round numbers. And almost nobody is paying attention. The best time to find value in numismatics is before everyone else sees it. I'm watching the 70s very carefully right now. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

I'll say this clearly because I think it needs to be said: The biggest threat to new collectors in this market isn't the obvious fake in a drugstore flip. It's the dealer — online or at a show — who's selling certified coins at retail premiums without understanding the coins they're selling. Someone who bought a mixed lot at auction, found coins in PCGS and NGC holders, checked the price guide number, and priced accordingly. No understanding of strike quality for the series. No knowledge of which varieties command premiums. No eye for whether the coin is high-end or low-end for the grade. A slabbed coin is not a guarantee of value. It's a guarantee of authentication and grade accuracy. Those are not the same thing. The difference between a dull MS-64 Morgan and a frosty, fully struck MS-64 Morgan in the same holder? Hundreds of dollars, maybe thousands, depending on the series. Buy from people who can tell you about the coin, not just read you the label. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

In 1855, the Adams Express Company was shipping gold dust from the California goldfields to New York via stagecoach. Somewhere between San Francisco and New York, $45,000 in gold disappeared. The boxes arrived sealed. The seals were unbroken. But when they were opened — the gold was gone, replaced with lead shot. The investigation took 6 months and was one of the first major criminal cases handled by what would become a model for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The culprit: Edward Eastman, a company clerk who had access to the boxes during their New York layover. He'd drilled through the bottoms, extracted the gold, replaced it with lead, and resealed the boxes so perfectly that the exterior showed nothing. He was caught because he started spending. Nothing reveals a thief faster than suddenly having money they shouldn't have. Gold has always attracted the most creative criminals. And the most creative investigators. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

Ten years changes everything. 2016: Key-date Morgan Dollars were accessible. Type coins in high grades were findable at shows. The CAC sticker was a nice-to-have, not an expectation. 2026: The same coins have tripled or more. Top-pop registry competition has pulled the finest examples permanently off the market. CACG as a full grading service has added a new authentication layer to the conversation. What drove the shift? First: generational wealth transfer. The Baby Boomer collections are coming to market and being absorbed by Gen X and Millennial collectors who spent a decade watching and waiting. Second: the pandemic supercharged hard asset interest. People who'd never thought about gold or coins started paying attention after 2020. Third: the explosion of online auction platforms made price discovery global. That $300 coin at a local show is $600 on GreatCollections because 40,000 people are watching. Over the past decade, we’ve seen more generations enter the hobby, growing interest in key dates, and a younger, more knowledgeable collector base helping grow the brand. It’s been an amazing journey to watch. The market is more efficient, more competitive, and harder to find value in than it was 10 years ago. That's not a complaint — it's a reality check. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

Recently went to the Fun show here in Florida. Every show teaches you something. Here's what stood out this time: What stood out most was how fast original, eye-appealing collector coins were selling compared to overhyped modern material, while more buyers — especially younger collectors — kept focusing on true scarcity, history, and fresh-to-market coins over manufactured rarity. A few things I've been thinking about since: The best coins in the collection weren’t the flashiest modern slabs, but original untouched pieces with real eye appeal, the gap between average-for-grade and premium-for-grade coins is becoming wider than ever, and it reinforced how many quiet long-term collectors were stacking key dates years before the broader market recognized their true scarcity. The show floor is where the real coin market lives. Not the price guides. Not the auction records from 6 months ago. What's happening in the room between dealers at 6am before the public arrives — that's the actual temperature of the market. Are you going to any upcoming shows? What do you watch for when you walk a coin show floor? • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

In 2012, Ponterio & Associates — a respected coin auction house in San Francisco — discovered that thousands of rare coins had been systematically stolen and replaced with counterfeits. The perpetrator had access to the coins during authentication and consignment periods. The thefts happened over years, hidden in plain sight inside an industry that runs on trust. The scheme only unraveled when consignors began questioning the authenticity of coins they recognized from their own collections. Estimated losses: $20 million. The lesson the industry took from it: third-party grading services with sealed holders are not just about grade accuracy — they're a chain of custody document. When a coin is in a sealed PCGS or NGC holder that's never been cracked, you know something no one tampered with it after authentication. Trust is the most valuable thing in this business. The people who exploit it leave a mark on the whole industry. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

Palladium is sitting at a crossroads that I don't think gets enough attention in the numismatic community. Here's the macro picture: Russia supplies about 40% of the world's palladium. With the ongoing geopolitical fracture lines, that supply chain has never been more uncertain. Meanwhile, catalytic converter demand is slowly declining as EV adoption accelerates — the primary industrial use case is shrinking. So you have supply risk on one side and demand erosion on the other. What does this mean for Palladium Eagles? Short term: volatility. The metal price swings dramatically on geopolitical news. Long term: I think Palladium Eagles — particularly first-year (2017) and low-mintage proofs — become serious numismatic rarities because the underlying metal story makes them interesting to both stackers AND collectors. The $10,000 question: does palladium become the most misunderstood rare metal of the 2020s? I'm not telling you to buy. I'm telling you to pay attention. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

People ask us all the time: what's the best investment in coins right now? Wrong question. After years of buying, selling, appraising, and watching collections come and go — the single most important lesson is this: The people who make money in this hobby are the ones who understand what they own. Not the ones who chased what was hot. Not the ones who bought what a TV ad told them was rare. Not the ones who overpaid for a slab without looking at the coin inside. The collectors and dealers who consistently win are the ones who did the work — who learned a series deeply, who could read a coin's surface like a page of text, who understood why a 1921 Morgan and an 1881-S Morgan are completely different conversations. Knowledge compounds. Ignorance is expensive. What's the most valuable thing this hobby has taught you? • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

The Roman denarius was 90% silver in the first century AD. By 270 AD, it was less than 2% silver. The emperor had been secretly reducing the silver content for generations to fund wars, pay soldiers, and cover government expenses. The result? Runaway inflation. Soldiers demanded to be paid in goods instead of coins. Trade collapsed. The economy fragmented. Within 200 years, Rome was gone. This is not a history lesson. It's a pattern. The U.S. dime and quarter were 90% silver until 1965. They are now copper and nickel. The 1965 Coinage Act — the decision to remove silver from circulating coinage — is the American version of this exact story. Not as dramatic. Not as fast. But the same direction. Every civilization that debased its money eventually paid the price. Every one. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

In 1901, a U.S. Mint cashier named William Doyle walked out of the Philadelphia Mint with $35,000 worth of gold coins hidden inside hollow shoe heels and a specially designed vest. He'd been doing it for years. The investigation only began after a Mint worker noticed his unusually lavish lifestyle — a man on a government salary living like he owned Philadelphia. When they finally searched him? The heels of his shoes each held $500 in gold double eagles, compressed flat. $35,000 in 1901 dollars. That's close to $1.3 million today. Doyle got 4 years in prison. The Mint installed strip-search procedures that lasted until the building was modernized. The people who understood what gold was worth have always been willing to risk everything for it. That tells you something. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

America turns 250 on July 4th, 2026. And the U.S. Mint is doing something it hasn't done in over 60 years: redesigning the coins in your pocket for a single historic occasion. Here's what's hitting circulation right now: The dime: Lady Liberty replaces FDR. The reverse reads "Liberty Over Tyranny." The first major dime redesign in decades. The quarter: Five designs honoring the founding. Washington, Lincoln, Madison — on quarters that will circulate in everyday change. The nickel: Jefferson stays. The dual dates 1776 ~ 2026 are added. Simple. Powerful. Plus a non-circulating Enduring Liberty Half Dollar and a commemorative cent — the last Lincoln cent ever struck, bearing both dates. These coins will be in people's change drawers in 2076. Start paying attention now. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

Happy Memorial Day Weekend everyone! Look what we came across last week! Some Swiss 1 Kilo Fine Gold .9999 Bars, various silver coins, and some mid-tier graded coins.  Normal day at the office. Available now. DM us or visit the link in bio. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #numismatics #coinsale #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

The last silver coins minted for circulation in the United States were dated 1964. Think about what's happened since. 1965: The Coinage Act stripped silver from dimes and quarters. Halves went from 90% to 40%. The reason? Gresham's Law. People were hoarding the silver and spending the copper-nickel. "Bad money drives out good." People instinctively understood that real metal was worth more than the face value claimed. So the government removed the metal. A 1964 Washington Quarter has the same design as a 2024 quarter. One is 90% silver. One is copper and nickel. Same image. Different story. Pay attention to what things are made of — coins and everything else. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #coinsale #numismatics #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

Why I became a coin dealer. The real answer, not the polished one. I wasn't chasing a business opportunity. I was fascinated by the idea that you could hold a piece of silver minted in 1878 and feel connected to the world that made it. Someone earned that coin. Someone saved it. Someone passed it down or spent it or hid it in a wall. And now it's here. In my hands. The business part came later. The passion came first. I still believe — on every deal, every acquisition, every conversation — that physical money is one of the most honest things humans ever created. That belief is why we're here. That's American Coin & Currency. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #coinsale #numismatics #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

A customer once told me a coin wasn't worth grading. It came back MS-66. Lesson learned — and it wasn't their lesson, it was mine. I should have examined it more carefully before I agreed. In this business, "not worth it" is almost always based on incomplete information. The eye can miss things that pop under a loupe. Context matters — a coin that looks common might be a key date variety. A surface that looks dull might be original skin on something exceptional. Ever since that day, I've tried to look twice before I dismiss anything. The coins you overlook are the ones that haunt you. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #coinsale #numismatics #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

What does physical silver actually protect you from? An honest breakdown. It DOES protect against: — Long-term currency debasement — Inflation eroding savings over decades — Counterparty risk (no bank, no middleman) — Complete portfolio correlation to stocks It DOES NOT protect against: — Short-term volatility — A sudden need for cash — Poor financial decisions everywhere else Silver isn't a magic solution. It's one tool in a larger strategy. Anyone telling you to put everything in silver is selling something. Anyone telling you silver has no place in your finances isn't paying attention. Balance. Always balance. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #coinsale #numismatics #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

The most common mistake people make when selling an inherited coin collection. They go to one dealer. I say this as a dealer: please don't do this. Get at least three opinions before you sell anything significant. Not because dealers are dishonest — most aren't — but because knowledge varies wildly and so does appetite for certain material. A dealer who specializes in U.S. type coins may not give you a fair price on a foreign collection. Not because they're cheating you. Because it's not their world. Find the right buyer for each piece. If you inherit a collection and don't know where to start — reach out to us. We'll help you figure it out, no pressure. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #coinsale #numismatics #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

Here's the question I ask every customer who says they're "waiting for silver to come down." I ask: What price are you waiting for? Most people don't have an answer. They're not waiting for a number. They're waiting for certainty that doesn't exist. The people who built real positions in hard assets didn't time the market. They made a decision that physical metal belongs in their life, and they started accumulating. Dollar cost averaging into silver isn't exciting. It doesn't make a good story at dinner. But the people who've done it for 10 years are very glad they did. Perfect is the enemy of positioned. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #coinsale #numismatics #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone

How to start a coin collection with $100 and end up with something actually worth having. Step 1: Buy a reference book first. Not a coin. The Red Book (A Guide Book of U.S. Coins) is $20. It will save you from $500 in mistakes. Step 2: Pick one series. One. Morgan Dollars. Mercury Dimes. Walking Liberty Halves. Depth beats breadth. Step 3: Buy the ugliest, cheapest examples first. Learn the series. Learn what good looks like by handling the bad. Step 4: Upgrade as you learn. Sell your early buys. Reinvest. Your taste will improve faster than you expect. Step 5: Find a dealer you trust. This one matters more than any other step. Any questions? I'm here. • • • #cac #caccoins #cacgrading #pcgs #pcgsgrading #ngc #ngcgrading #coins #toner #copper #silver #gold #goldcoin #silvercoin #proofcoin #coinerrors #coincollecting #coincollector #coincollection #coincollectors #constitutionalsilver #coinoftheweek #rarecoins #money #preciousmetals #coinsforsale #coinsale #numismatics #numismatic #history #collection #americancoinandcurrency @followers @everyone