Showing a photograph of a presidential candidate on a button is a very common practice today. The buttons that we regard as “modern” were patented...
I have been collecting the political Hard Times tokens for many years. I once collected the merchant pieces but lost interest in them. According...
I have been gradually forming a year set of cents from 1793 to date. The "biggest bear of all" is the 1799 cent. This coin started to become...
I am working on a set of Indian Cents. I collected a set when I was in high school, so you might say that I am having a "second childhood" in my...
Emil Segal was a fairly prolific Civil War die and token issuer. Emil and his three brothers immigrated from Germany before the Civil War. His...
[ATTACH] I was a dealer for about 16 years. One of my "side specialties" was Civil War tokens. I always had about 500 of them in stock. I...
On Janury 20, 2025, we will inaugurate a new president. The numismatic part of the ceremoney will be an addition to a series of official...
I recently purchased this As of Nero, but I have been able to find it the Sear book or ever Wildwinds. Does anyone known anything about it?...
I purchased this piece at the Tampa Coin show which was held this week. The attendance had to be disappointing for the promoters, but it was a...
Recently I purchased and posted pictures of a 1925 official Calvin Coolidge inaugural medal. There are not a lot of these pieces around or offered...
I have been chipping away at a set of presidential inaugural medals for many years. I've gotten down to the really tough ones, and this is one of...
Over time I am gradually building a date set of cents from 1793 to 2024. I'll probably never finish it, but it's fun to add a piece now and then....
I collect British coins more for their history that anything else. I wrote this article, but when I finished it, I knew it was not suitable for a...
Monitor tokens have become very popular. Despite the fact that most of them are fairly common, demand as driven up prices to surprising levels, at...
@Publius2 was looking for a "Our little Monitor" Civil War token and was successful. I mentioned to him that there was an Indiana Primitive...
When I was high school, Indian Cents were my thing. I eventually completed the collection and then sold it in a down market in the early 1970s....
I have been collecting Confederate currency, mostly by the type or "T" numbers for a few years. I'm down the "Big 6" which are the rarest and most...
Here is an example HTT - 24, Low - 60 and DeWhitt CE 1838-18. It is slightly scarce. It's one of those pieces you will now and then but not a...
The denarius was the principle silver coin for the Roman Empire from 211 BC. It became a victim of inflation as the coin was debased over time,...
The Comitia Americana medals were a series of pieces which the Continental Congress awarded to American and French military leaders. All but one...
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