The United States Mint has released images of its 2026-P Diamond Field Morgan and Peace Silver Dollar Set, CoinNews reported on September 12, 2026. The two coins have fields covered by a repeating diamond pattern. Ordering begins November 12 at a price of $375, with a limit of 160,000 sets.
The United States Mint has unveiled images and details of a 2026-W $250 Proof President Donald J. Trump Gold Coin for the nation's Semiquincentennial, CoinNews reported on September 11, 2026. The one-ounce, .9999 fine gold coin is produced at the West Point Mint and is scheduled for release Nov. 5. Its official price and mintage limit have not been announced.
On September 7, 2026, Spain's Numismática Visual reported that the Austrian Mint would issue a 3-euro basilisk coin on September 9 as the fourth coin in its Mythical Creatures series. The reverse shows a mirror from a Vienna legend, and the colors change under UV light. The cupronickel coin is 34 mm, limited to 65 thousand pieces, with an issue price of €16.80.
CoinWeek reported on September 6, 2026, that the U.S. Mint planned to release a gold coin and silver medal set based on the 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief $20 gold coin on September 24, 2026. It is the final release in the Mint's Best of the Mint Semiquincentennial series. The new coin contains one ounce of 99.99% gold and measures 30.61 mm, so it does not duplicate the physical specifications of the 1907 coin.
On September 6, 2026, CoinNews published photos of the U.S. Mint's 1804 Silver Dollar Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set, released Aug. 27. The set pairs a one-ounce, 99.99% fine gold coin recreating the famed 1804 dollar with a one-ounce silver medal. It is limited to 15,000 sets, and first-reported sales were 9,947.
Crayola and Kevin Lipton Rare Coins introduced a collectible that recreates the Blue crayon in 1.5 troy ounces of .999 fine silver on August 25, 2026, at the ANA World's Fair of Money in Pittsburgh, according to CoinNews. It is a licensed collectible, not a coin. It is the first release in a multiyear series, with more colors and specialty editions planned.
In an August 25, 2026 column, Numismatic News looked back at a hoard unearthed in 1878 in Economy, Pennsylvania, and attributed to the Harmony Society, a group that followed the teaching of George Rapp. It contained some 115,000 coins, most of them half dollars dated before 1836. The column also listed prices for the 1805 half dollar and its 1805/4 overdate.
CoinNews reported on August 22, 2026, that the U.S. Mint planned releases on three consecutive days, August 25 to 27. They were enhanced uncirculated Morgan and Peace silver dollars, the U.S. Constitution quarter, and a set pairing a gold recreation of the 1804 dollar with a silver medal. The set has a mintage limit of 15,000, and its price had not been announced at the time of the report.
On August 21, 2026, Numismatic News reported on new bank notes. The Solomon Islands has released a commemorative $50 note for its 50th Golden Jubilee. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is preparing a new series that will remove Queen Elizabeth II's portrait for the first time and use portraits of national heroes and prominent figures.
On the CoinTalk forum, a member posting as Kentucky reported buying "some goodies" from a case at a garage sale in the member's area. Another case held "ancient" coins the seller said came out of the ocean, with nothing much identifiable; Kentucky also wrote of dipping the pesos. The thread does not give the date of the posts or the price paid.
In a CoinTalk forum thread, a poster said that dipping a Morgan dollar revealed lines across the whole coin and asked what caused them. The poster did not believe they were die polish lines because they cross the devices. Other members discussed how roller marks and die polishing differ in general, commented on a photo of a different coin and asked for photos, but what the lines on the poster's coin are remains unresolved; the posting date is not given in the source.
On the CoinTalk forum, JoshuaP asked for help identifying a coin found among several hundred ancient coins and recognized as not Roman, in a thread titled "Medieval German or Austrian?" A reply said the coin is from Saxony or Poland and that the king is Augustus III of Poland, and another member wrote, "I was gonna say Saxony."
In a CoinTalk forum thread titled "New Coin Puzzle," poster Denis Richard shared a partial image of a coin and asked members to name it. Neal answered "WL half," and Mr. Numismatist agreed, writing "Walking Liberty Half Dollar reverse." The source does not give a posting date.
In an article published by CoinWeek on February 19, 2026, Russell A. Augustin described a silver obol struck by the Greek city of Akragas in Sicily around 410-406 BCE. The obverse shows two eagles tearing apart a hare, and the reverse a crab above a fish. All known specimens appear to come from a single pair of dies, the article says.
A 1980 Jefferson nickel struck on a one-cent planchet, graded PCGS MS-64 RB, was offered by GreatCollections in February 2026, according to a CoinWeek report published on February 19, 2026. The auction was scheduled to close on February 22, 2026.
In a thread titled "CAC Coin Grading" on the collector forum CoinTalk, members discussed which grading service to use. Some favored CACG, one said they would not pay extra for coins in CAC slabs, and one member described problems with PCGS submissions. These are the posters' own accounts and opinions; the source does not show the date of the thread.
In a thread on the U.S. collectors' forum CoinTalk, a member wrote that NGC's coin values looked as if they had not been updated in eight years or more, and other members shared their views. Some said guide prices are lower than reality, others said some guide prices are still higher, and several discussed using AI or recent comparable sales. The date of the posts cannot be confirmed from the source.
On January 29, 2026, the American Numismatic Society posted an announcement for Long Table 261, a talk scheduled for February 6, 2026. Nitya Seth of Central Sanskrit University was to examine the Bayana Hoard of Gupta gold coins, found in 1946 in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
On January 29, 2026, the American Numismatic Society (ANS) announced Long Table 264, a talk on the 1931 Δ Hoard of Late Sasanian coins in its collection. The talk was scheduled for February 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET, with Mark K. Gradoni of the University of California, Irvine as the speaker.
On January 21, 2026, CoinWeek published an explainer on AU58, a grade on the Sheldon Scale. It describes AU58 as showing only the slightest wear on the highest points while retaining about 90% of original luster, and says the grade was introduced in the 1970s by numismatist Tom DeLorey. The article also quotes the definitions used by NGC and PCGS as of August 2025.
