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09/21/2026

Why were small gold coins especially useful in the American West?

The $2.50 Gold Quarter Eagle was small enough for everyday commerce but still carried significant value. During the 19th century, gold coins circulated more heavily in many Western communities, where distrust of paper money and proximity to major gold-producing regions helped keep hard money in use.

Quarter Eagles were particularly practical: far easier to use for smaller transactions than a $10 Eagle or $20 Double Eagle.

These tiny coins traveled through an American West shaped by mining camps, railroads, ranching, merchants and rapidly growing frontier towns.

Today, a $2.50 gold piece isn’t just a small gold coin—it’s a surviving piece of the monetary system that helped power westward expansion.

09/20/2026

This is what a $20 gold coin looked like before Theodore Roosevelt changed American coinage forever.

Struck in 1869, this Liberty Head Double Eagle contains nearly a full ounce of gold and comes from an era when $20 represented a substantial amount of money.

But by the early 1900s, President Theodore Roosevelt was dissatisfied with the artistic quality of America’s coins. He turned to renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to help transform them.

The result was the legendary Saint-Gaudens $20 Gold Double Eagle, introduced in 1907 and now considered one of the most celebrated designs in U.S. numismatics.

Put an 1869 Liberty Head next to a Saint-Gaudens and you can literally see the transformation of American coinage.

09/20/2026

In the 1850s, a $1 coin could be made of actual gold.

The U.S. Gold Dollar was introduced in 1849 during the California Gold Rush era. At just 13–15 mm across, these tiny coins packed a full dollar of purchasing power into a piece smaller than a modern dime.

But not every Gold Dollar stayed in someone’s pocket.

Some were turned into jewelry—mounted into rings, pins, bracelets, necklaces and other keepsakes. Today, these pieces tell two histories at once: the story of America’s smallest gold coin and the generations of people who transformed money into something personal enough to wear.

More than 170 years later, the wear and jewelry mounts aren’t necessarily just damage—they can be evidence of a completely different chapter in the coin’s life.

09/18/2026

What did a $20 gold coin actually mean in the 1920s?

The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle wasn’t just a beautiful gold coin—it represented a substantial amount of money. Struck from 90% gold and weighing 33.4 grams, its $20 face value could represent a meaningful portion of a worker’s pay. (PCGS)

The America these coins belonged to was filled with factory workers, railroad employees, miners, farmers, construction laborers, clerks and tradesmen.

That’s what makes holding a 1920s $20 gold piece so interesting. Today we see nearly an ounce of historic U.S. gold. Back then, people saw twenty dollars—and understood exactly how much work it took to earn it.

It’s not just a gold coin. It’s a snapshot of what money, labor and everyday life looked like a century ago.


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09/17/2026

This 5-pound brick looks like gold—but there’s actually zero gold in it.

It’s made from Nordic Gold, a copper-based alloy originally developed for coinage and best known today for its use in the €0.10, €0.20 and €0.50 euro coins.

Despite the name, Nordic Gold contains no actual gold. Its distinctive golden color comes from a mixture primarily made of copper, with aluminum, zinc and tin.

So naturally, we got our hands on five solid pounds of it.

A 5-pound brick of “gold” that contains exactly $0 worth of gold.

Would this fool you at first glance?

09/16/2026

This might be the heaviest piece of jewelry Jeff has ever worn.

Our buddy Donnie at Metal Stacks just produced this chain from a full 1 KILOGRAM of pure silver—roughly 32.15 troy ounces of .999 silver turned into a wearable statement piece.

And yes, that’s Jeff modeling it.

For some perspective, TraxNYC currently has a 1 kg silver chain listed at $15,000.

Bullion meets jewelry. Jewelry meets absurdity. We’re here for it.

Would you actually wear a kilo of silver around your neck?


MetalstacksUSA Jeffrey Behan

09/10/2026

Fake Gold Vials Exposed with Acid Test

This TikToker decided to test a 24 karat gold vial with 14 karat acid and the entire flake disappeared. These vials have almost no gold content yet or marketed as 24 karat gold, and because the total weight is quite heavy compared to the gold content, they are sold as a full half gram of gold which sells on the market for roughly $80-$90.

These vials cost about $24 for a pack of 10. Something seem off?

09/07/2026

A real silver coin recovered from the Whydah Gally—one of the most famous pirate shipwrecks ever discovered.

The Whydah was captured by pirate Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy in 1717 and became his flagship. That same year, it sank during a violent storm off Cape Cod, taking Bellamy, his crew, and their treasure with it.

The wreck remained lost for more than 250 years until explorer Barry Clifford discovered it in 1982. Its identity was confirmed by the recovery of the ship’s bell, inscribed “THE WHYDAH GALLY 1716.”

Thousands of coins and artifacts have since been recovered from the wreck, with much of the collection remaining together for preservation and exhibition.

This silver coin is one of the pieces that entered private hands—an authentic piece of treasure connected directly to the Golden Age of Piracy.

09/07/2026

How to find the “July 4th” Privy mark on the $1 Donald Trump coins!

09/03/2026

This rare Trump coin is making $HUNDREDS

Released from the US Mint this week, the 2026 America 250 Donald Trump $1 coin has been making waves. Despite what you think about the man ON the coin, people are taking advantage of the addition of a RARE “July 4th” Privy mark which is hidden on a small number of coins released in bank rolls and bags directly from the US mint.

It’s one of the first actual treasure hunts set up by the mint to boost the collector base and get people excited and I think it’s definitely doing that.

What do you think about the Trump dollar? Should they be allowed to do a coin like this? Or is it just a fun idea for the 250th anniversary?

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