Philatelists have very advanced methods of determining when an overprint was added before or after a stamp was cancelled. The same with...
Politics drifted into currency production. The 1954 law that required the motto "In God We Trust" be printed on all currency was a legacy of a law...
Hmm. I'll accept that the BEP was never in violation of the law. But I find it difficult to think public pressure would make a difference in the...
I don't like how the site owner hasn't made it easy to use with simple menus and lots of illustrations. It's like he's doing it for free just...
The BEP was required by 1950's era legislation to add the motto "In God We Trust" to all currency. It was a result of the anti-communist fervor of...
We should probably accept that the people who decide such things don't care what we think about their decisions. Instead, we should concentrate on...
1950 series notes were printed in sheets of eighteen, with expensive, proprietary, well-built presses, using cutting edge wet sheet intaglio...
Collectors collect. What a collector collects is his choice. If your want list includes those notes, then the next one you should buy is the one...
I paid a guy $80 for an ounce of pot, and it turned out to be oregano.
I once bought a 1869 $1 USN "rainbow note" for next to nothing, because it had been "damaged" by the careful application of an Oglesby, Illinois...
Hmm. I live in a rather unremarkable small city. I can think of a half-dozen dealers within its boundaries who will buy ASE's for cash. They know...
When the US stopped issuing bearer's bonds, and prohibited other entities from doing so, the concept of investing changed. It's now a spectator...
If I have to pay the electric bill today and have some ASE's, I can take a dozen of them down to (one of many) dealers who'll pay me for them in...
The Pittman Act's intent was to give the Treasury the authority to melt silver dollars and ship the bullion to the Raj, where, as in China, the...
You'll find images of Jefferson and Jackson on CSA stamps.
CGA is a disreputable grading service. http://www.ebay.com/gds/CGA-Grading-No-Returns-photos-Ebays-inexperience-/10000000021419835/g.html...
Recognizing that the voyages of Columbus began a series of events that for many pre-Columbian Americans was a catastrophe is an appropriate topic...
He was still a racist, bigoted slave trader. The fact he plied his trade on Hispaniola rather than the mainland is irrelevant.
Quelling an illegal insurrection is not engaging in an offensive war.
I used to put fliers on bank employee's car windows, saying I wanted to buy any "odd" notes they came across. Didn't amount to much. Unless you...
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