Mint Marks are tiny letters referring to the locality where the minting of coins took place. The position of the mint mark can be found typically on the back side of coins that were minted before the year 1965 and on the front after the year 1967. The coins of every US mint branch are… Read More »

Coin collection is not just about having as many coins as possible. More important than the number of coins is the quality of those coins. This quality is measured by the coins’ grade and the grade is measured using a scale from zero to seventy (seventy being the highest point grade). Doctor William Shelby introduced… Read More »