5 Best Coin Sites To Explore Coin Collecting Online

by Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez

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The Internet has really opened up many opportunities for coin collectors looking for ways to enjoy their hobby more.

The thing about searching for a coin site online is knowing where to spend your time.

With the vast number of coin sites available, it’s important to narrow your focus to the sites which offer you the information and advice you really need.

As a lifelong coin collector, these are the top 5 coin sites that I personally enjoy visiting the most…

ANA Coin Site

The American Numismatic Association, famously referred to by its acronym ANA, is a widely respected coin organization.

The ANA dates back to 1891 and has been chartered by Congress. The ANA coin site is chock full of information for new and experienced numismatists.

The ANA’s site is the place to go if you want to learn more about coins and numismatics as a whole.

The ANA coin site has many, many articles, photographs, and content pages which can help make anybody a well-informed coin scholar. And, if you choose to become a member of the ANA (which is not required to take advantage of many of their great tools), the services they provide to members will also help further your understanding and knowledge of coins.

U.S. Mint Coin Site

The United States Mint coin site is another great resource for coin collectors as well as people who don’t necessarily collect coins but are still interested in learning more about our nation’s money.

The U.S. Mint website is the place to go if you want to order coins and coin products directly from the mint.

Also, the U.S. Mint coin site offers links to:

Informational pages
Lesson plans for teachers and parents
Historical articles and images about coins

The U.S. Mint site also has an online pressroom where the latest news from the mint and the coins it makes is released.

PCGS Coin Site

The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is a well-respected leader in coin grading and encapsulation. The company’s website also has pages and pages of information about coins in general.

Another feature on the PCGS coin site is that it offers a comprehensive, online coin pricing guide.

Keep in mind, the PCGS states that the prices listed are only applicable to coins graded and contained within a PCGS holder. (It is true, however, that the majority of the prices listed on the PCGS coin website are very similar to the prices seen elsewhere for the same coins.)

CoinWeek Coin Site

The CoinWeek site, first online in 1995, is a great coin website to visit if you want a great mixture of:

Coin news
Articles
Information
Videos
Bullion pricing
Many other resources for the coin collector and coin investor

The CoinWeek site also offers collectors answers to their coin questions. You will find plenty of new things to read every week at this coin site.

eBay Coin Buying Site

The eBay coin buying site is a neat place to get information on coins. This coin site offers buying guides for the various products sold on the site.

The coin buying guides offered on the site are numerous. There are many educational and insightful coin guides listed on the coin website. These guides are intended to help users on eBay become more acquainted with the products they may be buying on the site.

These coin guides range in topics from general information about coins to coin grading and slabbed coinage. While the guides are relatively basic, they do provide good, introductory information to coin collectors.

There are also links you can click on if you care to buy any coins on eBay.

More Sites To Explore Coin Collecting Online

PUBLISHED April 26, 2023

UPDATED July 11, 2026

Coin Collecting 101

Budget Coin Collecting, Kids Collecting Coins, U.S. Mint

Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez

Numismatic Specialist

Hi, I’m Josh! I’m the Editor here at the US Coins Guide. My love for coins began when I was 11 years old. I primarily collect and study U.S. coins produced during the 20th century.

I’m a member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA) and the Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG). I have won multiple awards from the NLG for my work as a coin journalist. I’m also the editor at the Florida United Numismatists Club (FUN Topics magazine), and author of Images of America: The United States Mint in Philadelphia (a book that explores the colorful history of the Philadelphia Mint). I’ve contributed hundreds of articles for various coin publications including COINage, The Numismatist, Numismatic News, Coin Dealer Newsletter, Coin Values, and CoinWeek.

I’ve authored over 1,000 articles here at the US Coins Guide (many with over 50K shares).

I welcome your coin questions!

26 responses to “5 Best Coin Sites To Explore Coin Collecting Online”

Jesh

September 6, 2010

There is a great forum at https://www.coinforums.com which has user galleries, and articles also. A good reference site, and if you can’t find your answer, you can post in the forums!

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Eric0911

September 15, 2010

I’m thinking of getting a PCGS silver membership.Can you explain to me what I get? I read about it on the site, but I dont really know what alot of it is.

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1. Anonymous
  
  September 16, 2010
  
  Hi, Eric —
  
  Though I’m not myself a member of any PCGS offerings (they’re one of the top services, I simply haven’t joined because I haven’t any pressing need to at this time), I’ll certainly be glad to explain each of the things you’d get, per the list at their link: https://www.pcgs.com/store/p-13-pcgs-annual-silver-membership.aspx
  
  OK, so line about ‘direct submission privileges? That means you can submit any of your coins to PCGS for grading and encapsulation, as opposed to having to use a middle person to do the submissions for you. HOWEVER, you will still have to pay submission fees to do this. Those can range based on the coin, the exact service requested, etc.
  
  Free quarterly grading specials refer to offers and deals which PCGS will offer to you. While I don’t know exactly what type of offers they’d pass onto you, I imagine they are special deals having to do with the submission fee for coin grading of something of the like.
  
  The ‘one-year subscription to the PCGS Population Report’? PCGS keeps track of how many coins of each type and date they evaluate. They publish these results so that coin collectors have some idea as to how many coins have actually been tracked, graded, and accounted for by their service. While this is not a count of all the surviving coins of any said date or type, it certainly provides some insight on the relative number of surviving coins versus the number originally minted.
  
  ‘10% off PCGS supplies’ — whatever you buy from the PCGS store — slab holders, whatever — you get 10% off.
  
  So, should you join? That’s up to you. I’m in no way connected to PCGS, so nothing I’m saying here is an endorsement per se. But I have to say as a longtime coin collector that PCGS is among the most-respected companies in numismatics. This could be a great deal if you have a lot of coins you want slabbed or want or need updates on what is happening in the coin market.
  
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Rigo

July 16, 2013

You forgot to mention Collectors Unleashed (google it). It is an amazing site and IMO, the friendliest on the net! The knowledge is also good for a fairly new site but easy to navigate as well. So much you can do on there like:
There is a LIVE chat room for you to chat live with other collectors, a
FREE auction house (without the crazy fees), a product page to look for
stuff on ebay, a gallery, game room, show & tell, events page, and
even a book store. I personally highly recommend it.
https://www.collectorsunleashed.com/forum

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1. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
  
  July 16, 2013
  
  Rigo,
  
  Thanks for adding that site to our list!
  
  Happy coin collecting!
  
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Shane McNally

January 14, 2016

This new site https://americancoinsauction.com provides a nice layout for the latest U.S. coin auctions. I found a great deal on a mint Morgan dollar.

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Stan McDonald

September 2, 2017

New publications – Lincoln Cent Error Coin Guide and 2018 US Error Coin Guide on Amazon. Number one sellers with 1000 error coin listings.

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1. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
  
  September 3, 2017
  
  Thanks, Stan!
  
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Alaa M.Omari

September 3, 2017

Hi Josh,
Please take a look to this photo, before assuming that there could be double die on them, is it normal to see VBD on the 1969-S ?? , i got these coins from 1969-S BU roll https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ceebaa4a971a0dce829770655d2132e4977466580e5a63a6c39a34107b23554a.jpg

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1. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
  
  September 4, 2017
  
  Good day, Alaa —
  
  Yes, the VDB was positioned under Lincoln’s shoulder in 1918 and that’s where it remains today. So, its appearance on these 1969-S Lincoln cents is normal. I am very interested in these two pieces. While they don’t seem to match the diagnostics for the 1969-S Lincoln cent that is worth $70,000-plus, these do seem to show doubling that is more pronounced than would be created by machine doubling. I highly suggest you send this photo to Lincoln penny error and variety expert John Wexler and see if he can attribute these as varieties or rule them out as machine doubling. Here’s his info: https://doubleddie.com/
  
  Good luck!
  Josh
  
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  1. Alaa M.Omari
    
    November 10, 2017
    
    Hi Josh,
    they are just “machine doubling or sometimes as “ejection doubling.”
    
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    1. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
      
      November 12, 2017
      
      Hello, Alaa!
      
      Thank you so much! I always appreciate feedback.
      
      Have a great day,
      Josh
      
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Alaa M.Omari

November 10, 2017

Hi Josh,

USA Eagle dated 1831 token, copper 27 mm, 9.57 g, please advise if this were struck in real or it just counterfeit https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cf961a5b9cdefc00d35a6cf7234876b97a1ade2de9c857e0a484fa246099eb04.jpg

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1. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
  
  November 12, 2017
  
  Hi, Alaa —
  
  I’m afraid this appears to be a counterfeit. The design first debuted on United States gold coins a few years after the date on this piece. What’s more, the surface has suspicious markings, the date and lettering have incorrect fonts, and there are several other issues with this piece. The value of this piece would therefore be the value of whatever the metal is that this piece was made from. For that, the coin would have to be tested by a metallurgist or another professional who can test the content and purity of this piece.
  
  Best wishes,
  Josh
  
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Alaa M.Omari

December 8, 2017

Hi Josh,
Please take a look to this photo, any interesting thing?

Alaa

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b127be52bf13eb49ecbe59a88e3a367c85d4181cb20f396657f6ff97f854bc47.jpg

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1. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
  
  December 8, 2017
  
  Hi, Alaa —
  
  I would need to take a look at this coin in person but it looks like Lincoln’s growing a long beard! It might be a die break, but this would need to be verified in person. I suggest sending this photo on to die variety expert John Wexler for more info. Here’s his website: https://doubleddie.com/
  
  Really neat find!
  -Josh
  
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  1. Oscar Arrivillaga
    
    December 9, 2017
    
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3819ba195a0841f4d983ea517ee41d7890838f6f89cd787b86d92e325c4aeb00.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3d9052500b76dd874b251936b89018592dd0c4da20e4131dd9652847bbc54c13.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9e9b5a19a1645fe7e3bce73d823371de079192db7d8767a82ef06d45b52168bf.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ebf11b92db136e088f4868db90326e5413dc4d30bd5d338b0ca19ec6504b6ef7.jpg
    
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    1. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
      
      December 9, 2017
      
      Hi, Oscar —
      
      Your 1971-S Lincoln cent appears to be a business strike, and the 1970-S Lincoln cent is a large date — the tops of the numerals in the date don’t align.
      
      Goo news: each is still worth 2 cents!
      Josh
      
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      1. Oscar Arrivillaga
        
        December 22, 2017
        
        Hi Josh can you check my 1965 dime date error what kind is and what’s the value of it. Tank you https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f76c3119c87540c9d4a9fd3ff3a135278621d739d841db3a5c1c46f15305b646.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8531bb8482e2679c7b77809b2fb6b59dc718e51e250eae1605e0060fd7400aa0.jpg
      2. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
        
        December 22, 2017
        
        Hello, Oscar —
        
        Are the rim ridges on the reverse (“tail’s side”) the error? If so, such errors are actually common and have to do with retaining collar issues upon striking. Such a piece may fetch few extra cents to a collector who pursues such pieces — perhaps 25 or 50 cents.
        
        Best wishes,
        Josh
Alaa M.Omari

December 8, 2017

Hi Josh,
Please take a look to this photo, this is 1974-D, as you can see the US-U is missing, what do you think?

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0cfe91de7708cdfbf4d16cbd1fd2a8a86177a7e85263012e61878cc2ab12320a.jpg

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1. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
  
  December 8, 2017
  
  Hi, Alaa —
  
  I think this is the result of a filled die. If so, it’s technically a type of error, though not necessarily a very valuable one. Unless you want to send it in for verification to a third-party coin grading firm, I suggest hanging on to this with the knowledge that this piece, if it is indeed a filled-die error, is probably worth $1 to $3 to an individual who collects such anomalies.
  
  Really cool find!
  Josh
  
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Alaa M.Omari

February 21, 2019

Hi Josh,
These are all are proof pennies, can you help me to confirm that the 1956 is Red, Ultra Cameo?? as i know it’s valuable in high grade MS67 and up!

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e7875d75c41580efe0307e63594a2e1b1340dd2dee572b1d5e2f8ddd4b6d1bcd.jpg

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9e7190f2a3d354cf529a538d86a88bd776f8413416f057ebb9f3170b336d9feb.jpg

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1. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
  
  February 22, 2019
  
  Hi, Alaa —
  
  It’s really difficult to make a determination like that from a photo due to lighting conditions, angles, etc. At this angle it seems the 1956 proof cent seems to have a light cameo effect but from what I see in this photo I wouldn’t think the cameo contrast is strong enough to qualify as ultra cameo.
  
  Best wishes,
  Josh
  
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  1. Alaa M.Omari
    
    February 24, 2019
    
    Hi Josh,
    Here are some more photos for this cent
    
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9f7e1e435817aaf7882bc7023eb08b78e4c6be18e512c18332c13225fd3087cd.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5898e47dba5c275c3a46418898ce32cbcae1c5c5486516888ada391f8211de5e.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/eb3c1fd78de0dbb4eea4123701cbf3ab99093270562ce5567b7d4273a6a4bda5.jpg
    
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    1. JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide
      
      February 24, 2019
      
      Hi, Alaa—
      
      This looks like a nice gem proof but I don’t see any indications in these photos that it would score a deep/ultra cameo designation.
      
      Those are my two cents anyway…
      Josh
      
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