Last evening I viewed the movie musical "The Greatest Showman" on my DVD system. The plot took a lot of license with the truth, but it was a high...
Many numismatic writers have labeled the Charlotte and Dahlonega Mints as "twins" because the facilities had so much in common. For example, both...
One of the great disappointments for the citizens of Dahlonega was that none of the local people were ever able to land one of the high paying...
I write these articles for my local club. Once they are done, there not much to do with them other than sit on my computer. Maybe you will enjoy...
I am a type collector, and one of the "sleepers" in the U.S. gold type set is the Type II Liberty double eagle (1866 - 75). This coin has the...
I have been reading the book The Plantagenets by Dan Jones. In one of the chapters about King John, who ruled from 1199 to 1216, he wrote about...
Here is one of the chapters in what I call my British kings “bullet book.” It contains historical facts about all of the British kings from Alfred...
I purchased this set at my local club's show yesterday. It is a set of six gold half sovereign coins containing a 1980 and the 1982 through 1986...
I was at my local club show today. One of the dealers had a couple of fake Chinese pieces that he had unfortunately purchased over the counter at...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is my avatar, an 1805 dime. I took this photo before I had the coin certified. I bought this coin circa 1975 from the...
Here is one of the few counterstampled coins in my collection. It is a "Vote the Land Free" large cent that is part of my political collection....
I bought this 1798 cent a couple of years ago when I had visions putting together a date set of large cents. It is an S-179, fairly common, and...
In a few posts that I can’t find, a couple people made the comment that they think that the Morgan Dollar is unattractive. I’ll grant you that...
Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901 following the assassination of William McKinley. Roosevelt was an activist president who put his stamp...
The "Happy Victory Day" post reminded me a group of medals that I have that were given to service men and women who participated in World War II....
Although these coins are not the same type, these 1798 dollars provide an example of the difference between VF-35 and EF-40, at least going by the...
Here is an 1868 U.S. Grant presidential campaign token that was in the Eric P. Newman collection. This piece is not listed in DeWitt catalog of...
Most U.S. coin collectors are aware that there is a Delaware commemorative half dollar in the U.S. series. In addition to that piece, there were a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Most numismatists believe that the 1907 High Relief $20 gold piece is the most beautiful U.S. coin. This piece was the “pet...
I collect 19th century presidential campaign tokens. The candidates and their supporters issued these pieces before the Celluoid button was...
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