Whitman Expo
hairlines
Delicate scratches on the surface of a coin. See More
half eagle
The United States five-dollar gold coin minted from 1795 to 1929. See More
Hard Times tokens
Pieces of a political or advertising nature, privately made and used as money during Andrew Jackson’s presidency (1834–1841). Most are approximately the size and value of the then-current U.S. large cent. See More
Hawaii Note
Numismatic name for certain $1 Silver Certificates and $5, $10, and $20 Federal Reserve Notes with brown seals and HAWAII overprinted on both sides, issued in Hawaii during World War II. See More
holey dollar
A Spanish or Spanish-American eight-reales coin that was repurposed in 1813 to alleviate a coin shortage on Prince Edward Island. One thousand of the coins were counterstamped and had a plug cut from the center. See More
hologram
The result of an advanced form of photography invented in 1947 that allows an image to be recorded and viewed in three dimensions. See More
hub
The positive-image steel punch to impress a coin’s design into a die for coinage. See More