Greetings fellow shut-ins! My wife is really depressed. Easter is usually the time when the family got together. Not this year. My father in law...
Leave it to a collector to be spending money during a financial crisis! Here is my latest purchase, a 1902 Edward VII coronation short set. This...
Greetings fellow inmates! “The Warden” says that we shall go grocery shopping early tomorrow, but that will be our last venture out for the week...
Greetings, "fellow prisoners!" Today I had one of my two days “out of captivity,” to go food shopping. I wore a mask as the president has asked...
Greetings fellow inmates. I't about 80 degrees here in Florida, and I spent the afternoon by my pool in the backyard, well away from other humans,...
Greetings fellow inmates! I just learned to day the governor is going to make our house arrest offcial. I hope that I will be able to go out for...
Since our "prison sentence" just got extened for another month, it's time to dust another old article. I hope you like it. In 1933...
There is a current thread called “Coins Without Denominations” currently close to the top of the list here. I thought that it might be interesting...
It's time for another article from the archives. I hope that you enjoy it. This one needs lots of pictures, so it will take me a two or three...
Many people think that the Panama - Pacific sets were only issued in the copper frame. Thanks to Heritage for letting me borrow this picture....
Greetings, fellow shut-ins! I decided that is time to dust off another old article to help pass the time. I hope that you enjoy it. In...
Since many of us are house-bound or at least semi-house-bound, I have decided to dust off some my old articles that I write for my local club and...
The question of whether or a coin will get a straight grade from a third party grader is sometimes a subject for conjecture. It is a well-known...
I usually stick to just the kings and queens when I add coins to my British collection. In this case I made an exception because this historical...
Here is Part 2 of the Tudor Dynasty Edward VI was groomed to be king from the time he was born. He was blessed with superior intellect and was...
Here is an essay I wrote a couple years ago for my local club. Perhaps you will enjoy it. Henry VII, 1485 - 1509 The Tudor Dynasty began in...
Earlier in the week I said that I had ordered an AS of Caligula, which was last Caesar I needed to have one coin from each of the first 12...
In 1784, after the Americans and the British signed the Treaty of Paris, which won our independence, Augustin Dupré designed and executed a medal...
I have been moving away from U.S. coins over past couple of years. The grading issues have ruined the market for me, and I would prefer to collect...
The protective tariff was a political staple during most all 19th century American politics. The earliest advocate was Alexander Hamilton who...
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