Today political commentators talk about candidates and those in office who are constantly saying and doing things that “appeal to their base.” It...
Last week one of our members was pleased to announce that he had just joined that select group of collectors who have a Julius Caesar portrait...
These three coins are among the three most difficult to find U.S. type coins. The mintages were very low, and many coins were melted because they...
When James Ruddy was selecting the coins for his Photograde book of United States coins, he stated that the hardest coins for him to find were the...
I have admired the Draped Bust design for almost as long as I have been a collector. One of my first big coin buys after I got my first job out of...
I have had this one for a number of years. It seems to me that grading standards have changed. What do you think NGC called this one. [ATTACH]...
I have been using the "Wild Winds" site with great success to attribute my Roman imperial coins. I was surprised to read this about the emperor...
Hardicanute (ruled 1040 to 1042) was the last Viking king to rule England. As you wiil see from my "bullet book" notes, he was not morned when he...
[ATTACH] I was born and raised in Delaware, and for part of my collecting life I have tried to find tokens, medals and paper money that have a...
[ATTACH] This piece is listed in the Fuld Civil War Token book as a Chicago, Illinois item with the variety number IL 150-AS-1a. The obverse...
Abraham Lincoln was the central figure in the Civil War. There were more token varieties and probably more tokens produced with his image on them,...
I have been trying to read my Roman coins, which always a challenge for me since I have no talent for foreign languages whatsoever. I took one...
I have been an admirer of King George VI, who is Queen Elizabeth II's father, since I started to collect British coins and saw the film "The...
Here I am again ... "locked down" (Not officially, but actual none the less) in Florida. It's going on five months now, and there is no end in...
As some of you know, I am a “light weight” ancient imperial Roman coin collector. My current goal is to get one coin for each emperor up a date...
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...
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