Writing for Coin World

Feature Articles

Coin World publishes news and features on a wide spectrum of numismatic topics. Its primary readership collects U.S. coins and paper money, but readers also collect coins, paper money and medals issued by many countries around the world.

Coin World purchases freelance material. We prefer that writers query rather than provide unsolicited manuscripts. The query should be a short overview or outline of the proposed feature or news story. In addition, the writer should state:

• Length in number of words.
• Whether he/she will supply photos, digital images or illustrative artwork.
• Date the manuscript will be available.
• Whether the manuscript is original research and/or uses other published sources.

Although not mandatory, Coin World prefers to receive text in digital format, either via e-mail or in widely available software such as MS Word on a CD.

Coin World purchases all rights and pays upon publication.

For news and features related to U.S. and World topics, please send query to:

Beth Deisher bdeisher@coinworld.com

For topics related to Paper Money, please send query to:

Michele Orzano morzano@coinworld.com

Editorial mailing address is:

P.O. Box 150
Sidney, OH 45365

Submit News

Coin World welcomes your news releases, announcements, club news and general information that you wish to bring to the attention of the numismatic community. Information is published on a space-available basis and is subject to editing.

Your information may be sent via regular mail. However, if you have the availability, we suggest that you send your communications and images via e-mail. Remember to provide your name, the name of organization or entity on whose behalf you are submitting the information, and a telephone number where you can be contacted during business hours (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, just in case we need additional information or we need to clarify information you have provided.

News releases, announcements, club news and general information should be sent to cweditor@coinworld.com.

Letters to the Editor and Guest Commentary

For more than 50 years, Coin World's Letters to the Editor and Guest Commentary have been regarded as a barometer of collector opinions, observations, opinions and perspectives. Letters to the Editor is not only the most popular participation forum, but also the most widely read.

Publication of a given letter does not indicate Coin World's acceptance of the statements in the letter. But, a philosophy deeply held within Coin World is that those who may espouse an unpopular opinion should be given no less consideration than those who agree with the majority.

Coin World does not publish anonymous Letters to the Editor and Guest Commentaries. It is Coin World's policy to publish the name, city and state of the writer. Upon the writer's request, the city and state may be withheld but no letters are published with the writer's name withheld. Address information and a daytime telephone number must be disclosed to Coin World for verification.

The suggested maximum length for a Letter to the Editor is 200 words. If the topic demands greater length, the letter is given consideration for publication as a Guest Commentary on the Editorial-Opinion page. The suggested maximum length for a Guest Commentary is 600 to 750 words. When submitting a Guest Commentary, please submit a biography of approximately 25 words that can be used in preparing a short author ID.

Coin World offers a responsible public forum for all who will stand up and be counted. We invite your participation at the address and e-mail below.

Please send Letters to the Editor or Guest Commentary to:

P.O. Box 150
Sidney, OH 45365-0150
cweditor@coinworld.com