Congress chartered the Second Bank of the United States in 1816 for a twenty year term. The bank became the object of President Andrew Jackson’s...
These two pieces were on the PCGS site this morning. I am posting them here to warn collectors NOT to depend on the holders for detecting...
This Corona Virus lock-down, which seems to be and in fact might be endless is getting to me and my wife. Her patience is at an end, especially...
In 1807 John Reich was hired at the mint as an assistant engraver. Reich was charged with redesigning every U.S. coin that was in circulation, and...
United States large cents have been prime collectors’ items for more than 150 years. Ironically the coins were not popular when they were issued...
I'm usually not into starting "guess the grade" strings, but I'm stuck at home in another wave of pandemic sickness so, what the heck? I am a fan...
I know that this coin falls on the borderline as to weather it should be posted here or in the ancient section, but I decided to start here. I...
By 1872 some of the scandals that would plague the Grant presidency were coming to light. Chief among them was the Credit Mobilier scandal which...
This 1798 large cent is an NC-1, a rare coin with a fairly small number of known examples. This piece piece cropped up on a Boston bid wall in a...
During times of stress, and sometimes during of poor management, nations have resorted to issuing fiat paper money to pay their bills. Modern...
Back in 1995, the mint issued some of the Civil War commemorative coin sets in a modern version of the "Union case." The top and bottom of the box...
From the time of its birth in Montgomery, Alabama until its death at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, The Confederate States of America ran on...
At the end of the Civil War Ulysses S. Grant was one of the North's leading heroes second only to Abraham Lincoln. Grant had emerged from...
Recently @Eduard posted pictures of a very nice group of early U.S. dimes. I mentioned that the 1797, 16 star dime had hash marks under the stars....
As the Major League Baseball owners and players debate whether or not there will be a season, I thought it would be appropriate to look and one of...
[ATTACH] 1957 – 1,247,952 sets issued In prior years the number of Proof sets that the mint sold had been limited “to capacity.” This led...
The Proof sets from 1950 to 1964 represent the last of a by-gone era in the collector – mint relationship. During those years the mint supplied...
Whenever amateur and professional historians think of the really bad Roman emperors, Caligula and Nero immediately come to mind with a possible...
Earlier in the week, I mentioned that I had a British gold coin coming to me in the mail. Here it is, a James I Half-Laurel. This coin had a...
One of the interesting parts of the Tower of London for me was the old mint building. I pretty much had the run of the place because I seemed to...
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