Love that design!!
I see the rising prices of gold and silver not as a change in the value of these metals but rather a decline in the value of the dollar as a currency.
That sounds like what we used to call "Hockey Pucks". These were mostly produced by China, Australia, and the Pobjoy mint among others. These were...
After reading Tubman's life history I can't think of any reason why she should not be honored on some coin or banknote. I hate to see Jackson go...
Purely beautiful art work!
Both are NCLT coins (non-circulating legal tender) which are usually hard to sell on the secondary market therefore buy the one with the most...
I hope Silver Towne knows about this because it is their reputation that is being destroyed here.
I wonder if a list names of the recipients of this medal exists? Such lists do exist for other Federal medals.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] When I started my current project of preparing a huge not geld collection for sale I figured that there would be some...
The US 20 cent coin was an experimental attempt to see if we could mesh our coins with the standards of the "Latin Monetary Union". The LMU was...
That might be an interesting thread here; My oldest coin book. I'd start it here and now but for the fact that my books are still in storage from...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The history of modern American Numismatic starts with Crosby’s book on United States Coins in the 1870‘s....
You still have savings? Great! Think in terms of long term. Don't use money that you will need to live on within a year or less. You never want...
Are any of the medals named?
Staples are dangerous in many ways. Most of my coins are in stapled 2x2's. For safety I flatten the staples with a pair of pliers and then put...
Follow your heart. Look at everything. Go through coin books, auction catalogs and web sites. Check out some history books and start going to...
Nice starter group for a beginner.
I am still buying gold and silver medals etc for my collections, but not as bullion.
The Germans were very frugal when it came to using up their dies. Besides the die cracks like the ones described above there are lots of over...
Nice job, with just the distilled water? In time it will tone down and not look so cleaned.
Separate names with a comma.
