PCGS Weekly Update January 13, 2026

By PCGS - January 13, 2026

Recent Price Guide Updates

CoinFacts Narrative Update

For the American Silver Eagle program in 1997, the United States Mint produced its standard offerings: a bullion coin (PCGS Spec #9912) primarily aimed at investors and a proof version (PCGS Spec #9913) with collectors in mind. With silver spot prices averaging $4.90 per ounce at the time, the U.S. Mint set the proof coin’s issue price at $23.00 ($46.86 in inflation-adjusted dollars). Read more.

PCGS Set Registry Update

Winter weather has set in for most of the Northern Hemisphere, unless you are on the island nation of Jamaica. The island was explored by Christopher Columbus in 1494 and became a British colony in 1655. Jamaica has had countermarked coinage ever since the Spanish first inhabited the islands in the late 16th century. The British also countermarked coinage from Mexico and other countries under the Spanish Empire to serve as currency on the island. The first Jamaican machine-struck coin was the farthing, which was minted in 1869 under Great Britain. Other denominations followed, such as the half penny and penny, and most of these coins were struck in copper-nickel. About 50 years later, nickel-brass was introduced in 1937 bearing the portrait of King George VI. These coins are sharply struck, display great detail, and can be found for relatively reasonable prices in uncirculated condition. Shown above is a penny dated 1938, which is part of the British Jamaica Penny Set, Circulation Strikes (1937-1952) that PCGS has recently listed.

Additional sets from various countries have been added, so please feel free to browse the PCGS Set Registry when you have a chance and you may find there is a set for almost anyone to build. The PCGS Set Registry offers many different sets from all over the world and specialty sets for advanced collectors. We appreciate your continued patronage!

Set Registry U.S. Gold Bullion Issues World: Others