When I was getting started with my imperial Roman coin collection, I bought a few pieces that had less than stellar eye appeal. Over time, I have...
This year the mint has issued one limited mintage coin after another. They sell out in as little as ten minutes. Then the flippers make their...
Over on the PCGS blog, there is a collector who submitted a 1932-P quarter in a PCGS MS-64 holder to CAC for their approval. CAC refused to...
This coin cropped up on the PCGS blog. This almost a really nice 1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. The trouble is the "X". CAC put a green sticker on...
[ATTACH] Revenues from the sales of the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commemorative Half Dollar were used to sponsor a celebration that marked the 300th...
I collect Confederate paper money now and then. I'd like to get all 70 of the genuine varieties from 1861 to 1864, but that's never going to...
I have been kicking around the idea of completing the Proof sets from 1936 to 1942. I have the 1936 and '42, but few sets in the middle. The...
I got back from the Summer FUN show yesterday. It was a great show for me with probably more dealers there than ever before. One of the coins...
I found this piece yesterday at the Lakeland Collectorama. It is an 1864 Lincoln stick pin that features a ferrotype photo of the candidate. A...
Our coinage was center stage during the 1896 presidential campaign and to a lesser extent in 1900. William Jennings Bryan was running on the...
Unless you grew up or have lived in Michigan, you probably have not heard of Lewis Cass (1782 – 1866). He was an important figure in the early...
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