Recent increases in postage rates remind me of a time in the 19th century when the government decreased the postage rate and issued a new coin to...
This essay is bit long, but I decided to post it any way. These medals have been an interest of mine for a while, but it was hard to find out what...
[ATTACH] Everett is most often remembered as the guy who spoke before Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery on...
[ATTACH] In 1896, and to a lesser extent 1900, coins played a major role in the presidential election campaigns. The major issue was...
We were up a 60:30 to this morning to get to the "senior hour" at the food store at 7 am. Friday is steak night for us, and two pounds of...
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Benjamin Franklin made this candid observation to John Hancock on July 4,...
We have finally hit the last day of April, and it's pouring rain rain here in Florida. This has been the longest month of my life. I'm sure that I...
Every United States commemorative coin has a story to tell, but the history surrounding the 1925 Stone Mountain half dollar is one of the most...
Greetings fellow shut-ins. Tomorrow is a red letter day. At 7 AM sharp I get to go the food store for the official "senior hour." After that I...
I didn’t write an article about this one, so I will just pose a picture. James Earl Frazer, of Buffalo Nickel fame, designed this handsome piece....
Greetings, fellow prisoners! Today is April 104th. In normal terms that would be April 26, but since this month is 120 days long, adjustments are...
[ATTACH] The recent discussion about the 1858 half dime with a counterstamp has inspired me to write about one of the few counterstamped...
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Harden County, Kentucky. Lincoln once said that his childhood could be condensed into one...
Greetings fellow shut-ins! Today is Wednesday, April 87th. Since there are 120 days in April, that means we have only 33 days left of this month....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I have been looking for an example of this piece for a number years. This piece was issued during the Columbian Exposition...
One of our members, @Ike Skywalker, asked if I might write a piece about the Eisenhower Dollar. I have never been a big Ike Dollar collector. I...
Today collectors admire the $2.50 and $5 Indian gold coins. Although they failed in their mission to provide a blueprint for a more durable design...
Greetings, fellow inmates! My next adventure into the world is scheduled for next Wednesday. It's funny what we used to take for granted. "A long...
A couple of days ago, someone asked me to show an example of "white gold." Here is the best I could do using photographs as opposed to showing you...
In the mid 1830s mint director Robert Maskell Patterson decided that the time had come to replace the Capped Bust design, which had appeared on...
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