Ding Dong, Your Money’s Gone; Hyperinflation in Vietnam
Settlement of what’s known today as northern Vietnam began over 2.000 years ago. From 111 BC to 939 AD, the area was part of the Chinese Han dynasty. Independence from China came for the local peop...
Decrypting Cryptocurrency – A Primer on Bitcoin and Its Imitators
There’s been a lot of buzz about bitcoin and other cybercurrencies lately, but just what are they? Are they money? Are they real? How do you spend them? And are they worth getting into? From where ...
Collecting Quarters The Capped Bust Quarter: 1815-1838
The quarter dollar is one of the coins authorized by the original Coinage Act of 1792. Actual production of coins didn’t begin until 1793 when the new US Mint was opened in Philadelphia, the nation...
Collecting Quarters: Liberty Seated Quarters: 1838-1891
By 1837 the Capped Bust design on US quarters and other denominations was looking dated. Mint engraver Christian Gobrecht was commissioned to produce a new design, consistent with the Liberty theme...
Collecting Presidential Inauguration Medals
Many coin collectors are also history buffs. Besides the coins themselves, the stories behind them offer a window on the past, both recent and historic, often from a unique perspective.For students...
Got the coin bug but don’t where to start? Try collecting by coin type. It’s an easy way to start and doesn’t take a ton of money. In fact, ever since coin albums became popular in the 1930s, it’s ...
Mint Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing
The U.S. Mint is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing mission by issuing a series of commemorative coins in silver, gold, and silver clad. The Apollo 11 50thAnniv...
Make this Father’s Day memorable with gifts of coins and currency that make new memories and bring back thoughts of times past. Historic Coins and Currency Available from private dealers, coins an...
Keep Halloween Werewolves Away with Replica Silver Bullets
Ghosts and goblins are everywhere come Halloween night. But you won’t have to worry about werewolves if you have a silver bullet handy. Long favored by Hollywood lycanthrophobes and Lone Rangers, a...
Japan to Issue World’s First 3D Hologram Currency
This May Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso announced that the portraits on ¥10,000, ¥5,000 and ¥1,000 bank notes are being redesigned with 3D holograms. This will be a world first and make the bil...
Is Yule Time Buying Time for Gold and Silver?
A funny thing happens to gold and silver most Decembers. Prices tend to go down and this December may be the best time buy gold and silver since last summer. Prices for both metals have been on a s...
Is Silver Getting Its Shine Back?
We’ll probably never live to see silver reach the peak it climbed during the boom years of the 80s when speculation ran rampant and the shiny metal shot to a record price of nearly $120 an ounce. T...
In 1951, notorious bank robber Willie Sutton (may have) told a reporter that he robbed banks “because that’s where the money is.” Whether he said it or not (Sutton denied it), he had a point. Thos...
In God We Trust: Why is it on our money?
The motto “In God We Trust” has been on US money for so long that most people don’t even notice it. But why is it there at all? Doesn’t it violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to...
Inaugural Medals Featured at Auction
As rare coin prices escalate, many collectors are turning to items like commemorative coins, medals, and tokens to add to their holdings. Since history plays such a large role in coin collecting, o...
Hey Pal, Can You Spare a Trillion Dollars? By 2009 inflation in Zimbabwe, the former British colony of Rhodesia, had reached nearly 500 billion percent. Its national currency (called the Zimbabwe...