This is a 2-part Trivia: Part One: The Farthing. The word and denomination "Farthing" is derived from a practice that developed shortly after...
I'm sure you know there were seven commemorative coins produced during 1935 (my birthyear) by the United States Mint at Philadelphia and the...
Do you know about the banking irony that occurred between Great Britain and Ireland of the middle1600s? The Bank Of England was founded by the...
Grade school English class taught you that superlatives end in "est." You, also, learned that adding the suffix "est" to an inconclusive word...
The Bryan Dollars produced duing 1896, 1900 and 1910 are not Dollars, not tokens, but are medals hiding under the numismatic subset guise...
Florence, Italy (1189 - 1532) was the first city to mint its own gold coins which they named Fiorinos. Want to see a photo of a Fiorino?...
Looking for the perfect numismatic gift for for your Wedding Anniversary? I reccommend the Cameroon 7500 Franc coin dated 2006. A pair of...
As you know, because of the United States of America's commitment to World War II, two coins' composition were changed resulting in the production...
Do you know why Constance Ortmayer is famous and how her fame is connected to American numismatics? Perhaps a bigraphical history lesson will...
Congress authorized a new denominational coin with the Act of May 16, 1866 setting the value at Five Cents. The composition was mandated to the...
With the California Gold Rush underway in 1849, the United States Mint was overwhelmed with the task of turning all that gold into coins. Also,...
You know all about the reduction of the amount of silver in USA coins beginning in 1853 and the inclusion of "arrows at date" to signify the new...
Since Texas became an individual republic in 1836, I wondered if and what coins and paper money they produced during those 10 years as The...
To help us understand the numismatic phrase "Hard Times Token" let us look up the definition of the term in an on-line dictionary. Here's the...
If you are thinking that the 1892 Columbian Exposition silver Half Dollar rates the ranking. You are wrong. The commemorative coin that rates...
During the Civil War years, gold was discovered in eastern Oregon and parts nearby. The gold ore was shipped overland to Portland and then by sea...
From Thief to King - His Coins. Habibullah Ghazi (Habibullah Kalakani) was born in the 1890’s in Afghanistan. After being unsuccessful at...
When looking at the modern US commemorative coins in The Official Red Book, the North American Coins and Prices and/or Krause's Standard Catalog...
Do you know what the Oregon Trail Memorial Memorial Half Dollar (1926 - 1939) has in common with the 1936 norfolk Virginia Bicentennial? You...
Do you know what two numismatic achievements T. James Ferrel and Dean McMullen have in common? One thing in common: Both designed a USA...
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