Sheltowee is the name Daniel Boone was given by Chief Black Fish leader of the Chillicothe, a Tribal member of the Shawnee Nation, when Boone was...
In 2002, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was honored for its 200th anniversary, and a bicentennial commemorative silver dollar was issued...
"Welcome to the penal colony at Devil's Island, whose prisoners you are, and from which there is no escape." So went the announcement to the...
India developed some of the world's earliest coins circa 600BC. The coins were made by taking a flat, though often irregularly shaped, piece of...
Wow! Ask 50 people, "What is a Novodel?" and you get 50 different answers. Here's a few definitions from various sources: eBay Guides: (The...
This is a Trivia post on the "W" Mint Mark and not all of West Point's mintages. The First Coin to bear the "W" mint mark of West Point is the...
Lately a TV commercial has been running about an 89 cents burrito. This ad ends in an attempt to create levity by having the main male actor...
"Thars Gold in Them Thar Hills" was a cry about a "road-to-riches" chance because of newly found gold deposits. Not in Central America, not in...
Do you want to know more about our first Cent; the USA 1793 Large Cent Coins? The first 1793 Large Cent coins were struck bearing Henry Voight's...
I'm not a collector of Austrian Coins in spite of all those Austrian coins I've previously written about (Castles and Landmarks), but I do want...
CHALLENGE COINS Every once in a while a concept catches the hearts and minds of people so much it ushers in a new era. The concept of Challenge...
The Netherlands Antilles used to be comprised of two group of Islands situated in the West Indies which included Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao and their...
Here's the latest from the United States Mint :secret:: "Because of unprecedented demand for American Eagle Gold and Silver Bullion Coins, the...
Joel Anderson, owner of Joel's Coins (www.joelscoins.com) has an interesting article which he has reprinted on his sight by permission of The...
glory (numismatics) 1.A heraldic term for a luminous effect as if from sun rays, starlight, moon glow, a torch, or an aura representing a...
Come on in. I want to thank you for coming to the grand opening of my new Numismatic Art Gallery. I hope your visit is pleasant. Follow me to the...
Welcome to Clinker's Numismatic Tour Guide Service. Thought you might like to see some Austrian castles and the coins that bear the designer's...
This is about United States of America money bearing a true Native American on one of its sides, The very first U.S.A. coin to bear a Native...
allegory al-le-go-ry 1 : the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence;...
As you know, most beginning coinage bear denominations in relationship to the authorizing country's weight units, i.e., Cash, Dinar, Franc, Pound,...
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