This 2018 Canadian half-ounce silver Polar Bear has a serious case of little coin syndrome. It's smaller than a standard 1 oz Maple Leaf, but it still packs four nines (.9999) fine silver.
In this Coin Story:
🐻❄️ The Royal Canadian Mint polar bear design, with fur texture, cracked ice and the RCM's anti-counterfeit radial lines
👑 Susanna Blunt's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, $2 face value
🧊 A fun fact: polar bear fur isn't actually white
🏅 Why anyone would slab a half-ounce bullion coin, and what MS69 means
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Narrated by @coinstoriesh
In 1943, Uncle Sam accidentally turned Abraham Lincoln into a refrigerator magnet. With World War II at its peak and copper needed for shell casings, radio wire, and aircraft parts, the U.S. Mint made pennies out of zinc-coated steel instead, the only mass-produced circulating U.S. coin that sticks to a magnet.
In this Coin Story we cover all three mints:
🪙 Philadelphia (no mint mark): over 684 million struck, and mistaken for dimes in 1943
🪙 Denver (D): about 217 million, home of the famous "D over D" repunched mint mark
🪙 San Francisco (S): about 191 million, the lowest mintage of the three
Plus why steel cents rust from the rim, and the magnet test that tells a 50-cent steelie from a house-buying 1943 copper error.
Which mint mark is in your binder: P, D, or S? Tell us in the comments!
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Is the 2026 Trump dollar even legal? We take a close look at a slabbed 1776–2026 Semiquincentennial $1: the design, the motto, and the laws behind putting a living president on a U.S. coin. You decide whether it's a fair tribute or a legal loophole. Tell us what you think in the comments!
The U.S. Mint has struck over 20 million of these at Philadelphia so far, with no mintage limit announced, and 250,000 carry a special JULY 4th privy mark.
Chapters
0:00 Is this legal?
0:26 Coin facts
0:36 The slab
1:00 Reverse
1:47 Obverse and a 160-year tradition
2:29 The laws
3:05 Section 6
3:48 Metal and value
4:13 Wrap-up
Narrated by @coinstoriesh
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In 1973, the U.S. Mint struck a coin for Panama that's an exact clone of a clad Roosevelt dime: same copper-nickel clad sandwich, 2.27 grams, 17.9 mm, and it would even work in an American vending machine. But the U.S. Mint pressed over 770 million dimes in 1973, while Panama's 1/10 Balboa mintage was under 3 million.
In this Coin Story we go over the history, the Vasco Nunez de Balboa portrait, the coat of arms, and why it's a great find in dealer bargain bins.
Do you collect Central American coins, or have any foreign coins struck by the U.S. Mint? Let us know in the comments.
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Narrated by @CoinStoriesH
In 1943, Uncle Sam turned Abraham Lincoln into a refrigerator magnet. WWII needed every pound of copper, so the Mint made pennies out of zinc-coated steel. If your 1943 penny sticks to a magnet, it's worth about 50 cents. If it doesn't, you might be holding a copper error worth enough to buy a house.
Full story on our channel. Find a Coin Nut near you at https://deezcoinnutz.com
Narrated by @coinstoriesh
FIRST LOOK: the refreshed 2026 Nevada 1 Goldback just dropped!
The virtue is Resilience, shown as a stagecoach passenger hanging from the door, with Pony Express riders hidden behind her. Under UV light, the ink reveals bullet holes in the stagecoach and a coiled rattlesnake, the dangers of the Wild West and a nod to "Don't Tread on Me."
Enduring principle: "Courage is resistance to fear." – Mark Twain
Nevada is the "Battle Born" state, admitted to the Union in 1864 during the Civil War.
Each Goldback® holds 1/1000 troy oz of 24k gold. The full Nevada series drops Nov 24.
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Credits:
Goldback images: @goldback
Rattlesnake photo: Ryan Elliott, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Other historical photos: public domain (BLM Nevada, Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons)
Music: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" performed by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band (public domain)
Right after the Civil War, Congress banned living people from US paper currency. George Washington reportedly opposed putting his own face on coins, and in 1792 Congress chose Liberty instead.
So how did a living president end up on the 2026 dollar? Treasury's answer: the 2020 coin law only bans living portraits on the reverse, and Trump is on the obverse.
Fair tribute or legal loophole? Tell us in the comments.
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The 1866 law (14 Stat. 25) covers paper money and securities, not coins.
The coin wasn't issued under the 2005 Presidential $1 Coin Act, which bars living presidents from that series. It was issued under the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 for America's 250th.
Section 6 of the 2020 Act bans a living person's portrait on the reverse only. Trump is on the obverse. Shown: 1776–2026 Trump
Semiquincentennial dollar, NGC MS65. Full story on our channel. Find a coin nut near you at DeezCoinNutz.com
This 1973 Panama 1/10 Balboa was struck by the U.S. Mint on the exact same copper-nickel clad blanks as a U.S. dime: same 2.27 g, same 17.9 mm. It would even fool a 1970s vending machine. 🇵🇦🇺🇸
Would you have spotted it in your change? 👇
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