One game that professional and amateur historians like to play is rate the presidents. Abraham Lincoln gets the top spot in many polls, but the...
Here is a story that is well known to collectors. In 1883 the mint replaced the Shield Nickel with the Liberty Nickel. The trouble was the first...
Here are two more coins that go together, the Louisiana Purchase commemorative gold dollars. These pieces were sold during the Louisiana Purchase...
All of the English coins that were issued prior to the reign of Queen Elizabeth were hammer struck. During Elizabeth's reign Frenchman, Eloye...
In the earlier years of our nation, cents and nickels were much more important than they are today. The main reason for that was that they...
When Henry I died, he had only one surviving child, the Empress Matilda. Matilda had been married to the Holly Roman Emperor. That accounted for...
Henry I, who ruled from 1100 to 1135 is generally regarded as a good king. He was nicknamed “Beauclerc” (the good scholar) for his studies in...
Before William the Conqueror died, he picked a younger son, William II (a.k.a. “Rufus”) to succeed him. Rufus was a good warrior, but another...
PCGS and NGC are the leading grading services. All the rest fall into lower categories. I could discuss why that is, but that’s not what I want to...
Many people talk about collections that consist of “a box of 20.” It stems from the fact that the standard NGC and PCGS boxes have room for 20...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This Lincoln medalet is listed with the 1860 campaign pieces, but it was really issued after the election and his inauguration...
Most people are familiar with political campaign buttons although hardly anyone wears them these days. The most common customers for these pieces...
Here is a chain of events that changed English history. During his reign, Edward the Confessor (ruled 1042 - 1066) told the future William the...
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