If you collect coins with owls on them, I thought you might like to know many Greek and other ancient coins bore likenesses and caricarures of...
There seems to be some confusion about silver Mexican Onzas.. Which ones are Onzas and which ones are Libertads? Let me see if I can clear that up...
In all probability you know the origin of the Phyrgian (Liberty) Cap, found on our early coins, hails from the French. You, also, probably know...
Something happened in 1912 that was responsible for two major changes in the United States of America. Both were political changes, but one...
Among all the important data about 2 1/2 Dollar (quarter-eagles) gold coins, four stand out: I. Two are of the Turban Head type: A. 1802...
Just when you think you've seen or heard about all the new Washington Dollar mint errors that got by the mint inspectors, another one pops up...
Seignorage is the net revenue derived issuing coins or paper money. It arises from the difference between the face value of a coin or bank note...
You know there are error coins and some paper money have printing errors, but have you ever visited an honest to goodness Coin and Paper Money...
:hammer: JB got it right! Charles Barber, who designed the Barber dime, quarter and half, designed the 1883 Hawaiian Akahi or Dala. Good for...
I believe you know the 1883 Hawaiian Dollar was struck in Philadelphia and: 1. is 90% silver and 10% copper 2. has a diameter of 38.1...
Well, today I'm going to tell you some things you may not know about the Liberty Bell that adorns the reverse of the Franklin Half Dollar: 1....
Well, fellow Numismatists, it happened. The United Staes Mint sold two of it's 400 ton triple-striking HME Model K-360 proof coin presses to the...
The United States Nickel (five cents) coin is our longest running coin whose composition today is the same as when the coin was first minted in...
You can vision the term "gold ingot". It's a rectangular-shaped bar of gold produced by first melting gold ore, nuggets, or dust and secondly...
English coinage owes several precedents (firsts) to a special gold coin called guinea: During the reign of King Charles II, a need arose for a...
Did you know there were two types of Liberty Head Quarter Eagle gold pieces struck by the Philadelphia Mint? On January 24, 1848, James Wilson...
Well, I guess you know all about the United States of America Indian Head Cents and, if you collect them, you have all three varieties of the...
This is an apology to everyone who read my trivia, and to all those who made comments, on the 1908 Double Eagle Gold Pieces, especially you who...
What's new w/2007 English Gold Sovereigns? The first page of the certificate accompanying the New 2007 Sovereigns talks about the neo-classical...
In all likelyhood, you know there were two different 1908 St. Gaudens Double Eagles struck by the United States mints. You surely know that one...
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