It took a while, but I finally received the lots I won in a recent StacksBowers auction. Three of lots where cents, which furthered my "one cent...
250 years ago today, the battles of Lexington and Concord were fought which began the shooting part of the American Revolutionary War. A coin was...
Tomorrow is Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Good Friday and Easter Sunday. In England, the monarch gives money, in the form of silver coins...
The year 1796 was unique one for the first Philadelphia Mint. It is the only year in which you can collect a set of all 10 denominations that were...
My wife and I went to sell some items from my mother's estate yesterday. We learned that this little item, made of sterling silver, could fit on...
Edward I was a remarkable king. After almost losing his crown to Simon de Montford, Edward escaped his captors, built an army and defeated...
I purchased this piece at a political items show a little over a week ago. The design of this medal was refreshingly interesting compared to most...
In 1840, William Henry Harrison ran on the "log cabin and cider" image. In most instances that was depicted on a large number of his tokens, like...
I have collected 19th century presidential campaign tokens for many years. Over that time, most all of the pieces that I have collected look like...
The 25th Amendment to the constitution was passed in 1967. It fixed a hole in the constitution which allowed the vice presidency to become vacant...
Here are two piece for my "one cent per date set." The 1804 is a classic rarity. It's more common than the 1799, but as a date it's the second...
1796 is one of the very cool dates among early U.S. coins. It was the only year in which it is possible to collect a year set of coins in all 10...
In 1797 and again in 1804, the British issued an emergincy issue of silver coins that converted from another country to English with a...
It seems that Trump does not have officicial inaugural medal. In the past the medals have been used as fund raisers for the inaugural events, but...
P.T. Barnum made a forture with "humbugs." He was the most flamboyant American showman of the 19th century. He became famous for Barnium's museum...
I purchased this note at the FUN show. It has a denomination of 12 1/2 cents or a "bit." That might seem like odd amount today, but in 19th...
This year cents were the main items on my shopping list. I am trying to build a date set of cents from 1793 to 2025. The year 1856 is covered in...
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Showing a photograph of a presidential candidate on a button is a very common practice today. The buttons that we regard as “modern” were patented...
I have been collecting the political Hard Times tokens for many years. I once collected the merchant pieces but lost interest in them. According...
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