The Panic of 1837 got the Hard Times token series started. This HTT, which Lyman Low called #21. This thought to be one of the earliest Hard Times...
I bought this 1799 dollar from a veteran collector in the mid 1980s. At the time he sold it to me, he indicated that he had paid $15 for it in the...
Cincinnati die maker Benjamin True is best known for the Wealth of the South token. This piece expressed the South's defiance toward the North...
Today our national political conventions are really dull affairs unless you are a complete political junkie. The presidential nominee is selected...
[ATTACH] This Civil War token, which is listed as Fuld variety WI 410-1a, appeared on the cover of the dustjacket of the Fuld store card book....
The 1848 presidential election was one of two races the Whig Party won during their 20 years of existence. As had been the case for their first...
[ATTACH] After purchasing the Roxbury and Maverick coach tokens, which were used in the Boston area in the 1830s, I have been looking for an...
I have been studying the coinage during the reign of King George III. During that time there was a severe coin shortage because the Town of London...
I have to confess that I mostly collect British and Roman imperial coins for the history. Yesterday I was looking at the legends that appear on...
I just received five British coins from a recent auction. The first one is this George I six pence. [ATTACH] George I was German. He became...
I have always liked gold dollars. That makes me different from most collectors because the vast majority of collectors think "Bigger is better."...
A couple of days ago, I posted a story about a satirical medalet that was issued against Charles Dana who was the editor of The New York Sun...
I am currently working on a notebook for my collection of 19th century presidential campaign tokens, medalets and medals. I had thought about...
Ulysses S. Grant was president for two terms, from 1869 to 1877. After leaving office, Grant and his wife, Julia, traveled to Europe where they...
Most historians agree that slavery was the root cause of the Civil War. Yet, the subject appears on only a few Civil War tokens. There are also...
When a historical figure is totally wrong about a major issue, like slavery, some people try to use the catch phrase, “he’s stupid.” Doing that,...
@Mountain Man sent me a PDS set of 1943 steel cents that had been reprocessed. Since I have seen some collectors who are confused by these pieces,...
Okay, it's not April 1, but here is what it sort of would have looked like had the mint issued any Standing Liberty Quarters in Brilliant Proof....
In 1892, Grover Cleveland became the first and only U.S. president who was elected to two, non consecutive terms. Cleveland lost the 1888 election...
William Henry Harrison is best remembered as the president who lived for only month. Ironically his 1840 election campaign produced more political...
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