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This week on the CoinWeek Podcast, we talk hobo nickels with master engraver Ron Landis. Landis was a pioneer of the new school of carving, which has not only reinvigorated the classic American folk art, but also broadened the scope and appeal of hobo nickels internationally.

This episode of the 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.

Don Kagin has a Ph.D. in numismatics and has been involved in the rare coin industry his entire life. Since 1933, the Kagin name has been attached to virtually everything coin related, from the sale of major rarities, to new discoveries in the field of private minted gold of the American gold rush era. In this CoinWeek Podcast, we sit down with Don and have a direct and introspective conversation about the auction business and why he has decided to return to it.

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 Ancients Writer Mike Markowitz sits down with editor Charles Morgan in Baltimore to discuss ancient coins, the societies that created them, the importance of motif, and how humanity gained from the invention of a small circular monetary metallic disc.

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.

This week, CoinWeek editor Charles Morgan talks with 2012 Harry Forman National Coin Dealer of the Award winner Patrick Heller about the recently convened U.S. Mint Stakeholder's forum, the surprising decline in U.S. sales revenue in recent years, and whether a radical change in the structure of the Mint as a business and the laws surrounding the production of collector coins needs to change in order to reverse the Mint's fortunes. We also talk about the 2016 presidential election and why we haven't seen real gains in the gold market in recent months.

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 editor Charles Morgan takes a look at the 2016 Centennial Gold Coin Program from the United States Mint and offers his insights as to the success of the coins in the primary and secondary markets and what the long-term prospects are for the coins, for the collectors who bought them, and for the future of the modern coin minting industry in the United States.

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.

Numismatic Bookseller Dr. David Fanning is this week's guest on the CoinWeek Podcast.

CoinWeek Editor Charles Morgan and David discuss antiquarian numismatic books, the ever changing market for numismatic knowledge, and Kolbe & Fanning's upcoming Sale 143.

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.

Joel Iskowitz is a prolific designer of U.S. coins, having served in the U.S. Mint's Artistic Infusion Program since 2003.

In this special edition of the CoinWeek Podcast, we talk with Joel about modern coin design, the importance of representation in a culturally climate that is much more diverse than in years past, and ask him how the designs of famous artists Augustus Saint Gaudens and Adolph Weinman would fare if submitted for review today.

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.

The 1794 Cent has puzzled and excited early copper specialists for more than 150 years. With more than 50 varieties deemed "collectible" by Dr. William Sheldon, specialization in this issue requires patience, a great degree of skill, and significant financial resources.

In this episode of the CoinWeek Podcast, we speak to Jon Alan Boka, collector and webmaster of 1794cents.com about his recently sold collection, which will long be remembered as one of the finest ever assembled.

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.

Author Allan Schein has just published an insightful study of American medallic artist Bela Lyon Pratt and the creation of the Bigelow-Pratt $2.50 and $5.00 gold coins.

The coins were a radical departure from all previous U.S. coin designs in that the design was rendered in incuse instead of struck in bas relief.

Allan stops by to talk about Pratt, the coins, and a particular example that sparked his interest in the series.

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.

Q. David Bowers is the most prolific numismatic writer in the hobby's history - he is also the breaker of numismatic news this month - as he and Whitman have just announced the discovery of hubs and galvanos that were made up to strike Morgan dollars and Peace dollars... in 1964!

Hobbyists were already familiar with the fact that the U.S. Mint struck Peace dollars in 1964. In fact, several hundred thousand were made at Denver but never released.

Up until now, no one outside of the Mint was aware that the possibility existed that new silver dollars struck in 1964 might bear the classic George T. Morgan design.

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.