He failed after he left the presidency too. He got involved in a Wall Street investment firm with a “Bernie Madoff” type character who ripped off...
This is one of two U.S. Grant tokens that were known to have been issued during the Civil War. Although Grant is known to history as the premier...
[ATTACH] It took me about a year to find one of these medals that I liked. Finding one is not that hard, if you know the token and medal dealers,...
The Philadelphia Mint issued this small medal (31 mm) during the Civil War to celebrate the fact that the mint personnel had taken an oath of...
I don't collect any of the medals "that almost were." I have stuck to the official pieces in bronze, except for the silver Kennedy piece, which is...
The second very tough inaugural medal is the 1925 Calvin Coolidge medal. I downloaded these pictures from Heritiage Auctions. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Let's cover the two rare medals that are missing from most collections, including mine. These photos are from the Smithsonian: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Designer Joseph K. Davison’s and Sons Company “in house” project Diameter 51 mm Mintages 3 in gold, 3,000 in bronze Notes:...
Since this subject seems to have run its course, I'll post the other Theodore Roosevelt medal and leave it at that. If any of you would like some...
The right click on the mouse worked the first time. Let’s see if it continues.
I ignore Mr. Baseball, so I have no idea what they are fighting over.
That and the fact that they only issued 125 of these medals make this an expensive rascal. Here is the text. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Designer...
William McKinley 1901 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Designer “U.S. Mint” Charles Barber probably had considerable influence. Diameter 44 mm Mintages 2...
I can already tell that the print in these pictures is too small. Over time I will post the text an pictures with messages. This could take a...
You keep hoping against hope that this crap will end. That's why they waited until 6 weeks before the event to pull the plug.
One January 20, 2021 a President of the United States will be inaugurated. We don't know who yet, but I thought that it might be interesting to...
I am not talking about viewing pictures that are part of a post. I am talking about selecting the photos that are connected with the post. How do...
For the next few months, that's true. For the long term, things can't continue like this. The economy will shrink and modern life as we know it...
Usually when I post pictures, the upload responds with only the word names for the photo files. Now and then I get thumbnail photos which are so...
My wife thought that it would be 50 -50 as to whether the show would be held. Now it's official. It's been canceled. I never thought that I would...
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