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CoinWeek contributing writer Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez sits down with Charles Morgan at the summer FUN show to discuss what he sees happening in the modern coin market. Topics discussed: the first spouse gold coin series, U.S. olympic coins, and how spot prices effect numismatic premiums on common coins. Joshua also announces his new role as co-editor of Fun Topics magazine, the official magazine of Florida United Numismatists. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. The standard in the rare coin grading industry. Visit www.pcgs.com to learn more. CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

CoinWeek contributing writer Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez sits down with Charles Morgan at the summer FUN show to discuss what he sees happening in the modern coin market. Topics discussed: the first spouse gold coin series, U.S. olympic coins, and how spot prices effect numismatic premiums on common coins. Joshua also announces his new role as co-editor of Fun Topics magazine, the official magazine of Florida United Numismatists. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. The standard in the rare coin grading industry. Visit www.pcgs.com to learn more. CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

On June 25 numismatic icon Chester "Chet" Krause passed away. He was 92 years old. In this episode of the Coinweek podcast we talk to Numismatic News editor Dave Harper about Chet Krause, the company he created, and the legacy he left behind. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

On June 25 numismatic icon Chester "Chet" Krause passed away. He was 92 years old. In this episode of the Coinweek podcast we talk to Numismatic News editor Dave Harper about Chet Krause, the company he created, and the legacy he left behind. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

Former CCAC Chairman Gary Marks is our guest in this 30+ minute long episode of the CoinWeek Podcast. CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan asks Gary the question nearly every collector wants answered: Why were classic coin designs better than what the Mint puts out today? Gary's answer may surprise you. We talk about the bureaucracy of the coin design process, whether the CCAC's critiques ever angered coin designers, and of all of the modern coins Gary had seen come through the committee, which were his favorites. We also ask Gary about his silver round program and what its like to restore an authentic Native American totem pole. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

Former CCAC Chairman Gary Marks is our guest in this 30+ minute long episode of the CoinWeek Podcast. CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan asks Gary the question nearly every collector wants answered: Why were classic coin designs better than what the Mint puts out today? Gary's answer may surprise you. We talk about the bureaucracy of the coin design process, whether the CCAC's critiques ever angered coin designers, and of all of the modern coins Gary had seen come through the committee, which were his favorites. We also ask Gary about his silver round program and what its like to restore an authentic Native American totem pole. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

Franklin half dollars have long been a collector favorite. One of the most attractive 20th century coins, the crisp, clean design leaves provides precious little cover for bag marks and scratches. Advanced collectors seek out the best specimens. For some dates, conditional rarities in high Mint State grades bring tens of thousands of dollars. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, adapted from Ron Drzewucki's CoinWeek column "Grading Coins", we delve into how a professional grader looks at the series and what differentiates low Mint State Franklins from high Mint State examples. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

Franklin half dollars have long been a collector favorite. One of the most attractive 20th century coins, the crisp, clean design leaves provides precious little cover for bag marks and scratches. Advanced collectors seek out the best specimens. For some dates, conditional rarities in high Mint State grades bring tens of thousands of dollars. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, adapted from Ron Drzewucki's CoinWeek column "Grading Coins", we delve into how a professional grader looks at the series and what differentiates low Mint State Franklins from high Mint State examples. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Writer Mike Markowitz's insightful article "193: The Year of Five Emperors" recalls one of the bloodiest and most treacherous years in Roman history. A year that makes Game of Thrones' Westeros seem like a quaint and stable fiefdom. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, we adapt Mike's gladiator's march down memory lane to audio. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Writer Mike Markowitz's insightful article "193: The Year of Five Emperors" recalls one of the bloodiest and most treacherous years in Roman history. A year that makes Game of Thrones' Westeros seem like a quaint and stable fiefdom. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, we adapt Mike's gladiator's march down memory lane to audio. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

Harvey Stack is a numismatic luminary. Having lived a full life completely immersed in the coin hobby and industry, the elder Stack has a love for coins and their collectors unlike any other living figure in the hobby. In this CoinWeek Mega Podcast, no topic is off limits. Charles and Harvey discuss the 1933 double eagle and the government's attempts to seize what it considers "illegal coins", why major collections matter, and how the coin industry has been dramatically transformed in the past 50 years. We also talk about the first major collector Harvey ever met, Colonel E. H. R. Green. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

Harvey Stack is a numismatic luminary. Having lived a full life completely immersed in the coin hobby and industry, the elder Stack has a love for coins and their collectors unlike any other living figure in the hobby. In this CoinWeek Mega Podcast, no topic is off limits. Charles and Harvey discuss the 1933 double eagle and the government's attempts to seize what it considers "illegal coins", why major collections matter, and how the coin industry has been dramatically transformed in the past 50 years. We also talk about the first major collector Harvey ever met, Colonel E. H. R. Green. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

Germany's numismatic history offers adventurous collectors large helpings of variety and complexity, but where does one start if they'd like to delve deeply into Deutschland's monetary past? In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, I talk to 2014 American Numismatic Association Numismatist of the Year and PCGS CoinFacts President Ron Guth about his passion for German Coins and why this is an area of collecting that continues to excite and surprise. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

Germany's numismatic history offers adventurous collectors large helpings of variety and complexity, but where does one start if they'd like to delve deeply into Deutschland's monetary past? In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, I talk to 2014 American Numismatic Association Numismatist of the Year and PCGS CoinFacts President Ron Guth about his passion for German Coins and why this is an area of collecting that continues to excite and surprise. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.

Tom Kalantzis was a dedicated researcher of Eisenhower dollar doubled dies. If you are a fan of the series, or enjoy collecting idiosyncratic doubled die coins or RPMs, you have likely benefited from Kalantzis' work. In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, I talk to Rob Ezerman, founding member of the Ike Group and one-time Kalantzis colleague to discuss their friendship, their working relationship, and why the Eisenhower dollar series drew them together. This CoinWeek Podcast is brought to you by PCGS. Take home your copy of The PCGS Periodic Table of U.S. Coins poster, featuring high-resolution images of virtually all coins minted for circulation by the United States. Available only on Amazon dot com. *** CoinWeek is the #1 website online for news and information about numismatics. CoinWeek has also won the NLG Award for best numismatic website 4 years running! Take your hobby the next level! Be sure to share this video with your friends and be sure to check out all CoinWeek has to offer by visiting us at www.coinweek.com. Copyright ©2016 CoinWeek, LLC. Published with Permission.