I have a Cannon Rebel T3i. This image uses a lens extension tube to get a close-up shot. You can see how the lighting affects the overall...
Modern coins have a stated value as part its design. Coins are used for commerce. Modern medals do not have a stated value in their design....
Your medal is part of a collaboration between the Wittnauer Mint and the American Bank Note company to manufacture a series of sterling silver...
[MEDIA] Counter stamped as First day of Issue at time 00:59
Top of (graded) Population (Top Pop). The population is based on a specific TPG census (i.e. NGC only, PCGS only, etc...) for the series, date,...
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Suggested Assigned homework for next research project: Show your love of statistics with the multitude of data sets published in the Annual...
A recent trophy. You have to consider the first date of issue (March 24, 1964) of the 1964 Kennedy half-dollar. You have to consider the...
http://www.airman.af.mil/Portals/17/002%20All%20Products/006%20Trifolds/The_Challenge_Coin_(20Jul15).pdf?ver=2015-08-28-153013-650
https://nationalpsychologist.com/2007/01/the-psychology-of-collecting/10904.html Dated article "The psychology of collecting"
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Highly unlikely they were struck by the U.S. Mint. Here is 1 of 20 types struck by the Bureau of the Mint for President Dwight. D. Eisenhower....
Some background information on alipi'i collecting (Native Hawaiian word alipi'i means "step")....
Today is the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. [ATTACH]
Some interesting research that I performed ... The 1975 and 1992 issues are by the Royal Hawaiian Mint. Bernard von NotHaus is the creator of the...
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In researching Bureau of the Mint operations from 1958 through 1962 (I limited this period specifically for an ongoing writing project), it can...
The link to the U.S. Mint annual report was to dampen the notion that the U.S. Government will stop making coins and medals one day in the future....
Demise? I think not ! I'm speaking from a U.S. numismatics point-of-view. Read the 2016 U.S. Mint Annual report....
First, hone your skill set in grading and become a series expert. With this skill set you can cherry pick raw coins. In-turn, slab these cherries...
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