I have been gradually working on a set of large cents by die variety. I'll probably never finish it because the a decent 1799 is out of range, but...
This was my biggest purchase at FUN. There are quite a few of these coins in the Heritage auction, but I liked this one better than all of those...
Here is the 2009 "Ultra High Relief" $20 gold coin. When I heard about this piece, I thought thought that it would be a reproduction of the...
I am scheduled to give a counterfeit detection seminar at the 2024 FUN show. It will be at 11:45 AM on Thursday, January 4.The emphasis will be on...
If you are looking to collect at least one coin from each king or queen's reign, there are a few pieces that are really impossible. One of them is...
British King James II became king upon the death of his brother, Charles II. Charles had fathered many children. The trouble was none of them were...
[ATTACH] Everett is most often remembered as the guy who spoke before Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery on...
Here is one of the primary reasons why I bid on the Heritage lot of six Lincoln tokens, the piece with the Union ironclad Monitor on the reverse....
I recently bought one of the Heritage multitoken lots. There were six pieces in it, all designed an issued by the Key family of die sinkers from...
[ATTACH] Here is an unusual political piece in tin. It is a shell piece which was made from two parts that are joined together, unlike a coin or...
I have been working on an exhibit of the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark commemorative gold dollars. The inspiration for the Jefferson gold...
[ATTACH] I was reading the new book, Killing the Witches, but Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard when I ran into some interesting information about...
People don't think of bearer notes paying interest, but historically they have existed from time to time. Three Confederate notes which paid to...
I just added this 1813 Military Guinea to my collection. It is in an NGC AU-58 holder. I have had a hard time getting a good picture of the...
This week’s Coin World had a very interesting article by David T. Alexander. It concerned an 1877 political medalet that was issued against former...
I went to the small paper money show that was held at the Florida Fairgrounds yesterday. Pierre Frike was that with his usual large stock of...
Heritage had some presidential medals for sale in one of their auctions. I got out my pieces and had a good look them. I got blown out of the...
The British coinage system was badly in need of an overhaul before Napoleon started terrorizing Europe. The Tower of London Mint was badly...
Recently this piece popped up on a dealer's fix price list, and I purchased it. It is a DeWitt AL 1864-33 in copper. It is rated as an R-8,...
Some people might have the idea that the 1860 Republican Party was "the little party that succeeded." Actually the Republicans had more campaign...
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