The Barber Quarter – 1892-1916
By the late 1880s calls to replace the Seated Liberty coin design, in production for sixty years, prompted Mint Director Edward O. Leech to open a competition for a new design in 1891. But with a c...
The 50 State Quarters Program was enacted December 1, 1997 to encourage a new generation of coin collectors. It’s estimated that nearly half the US population collected the coins, making it the mos...
The 50 State Quarters Program was enacted December 1, 1997 to encourage a new generation of coin collectors. It’s estimated that nearly half the US population collected the coins, making it the mos...
Territorial Gold Coin Auction Brings Record Prices
Heritage Auctions held an auction of US Territorial Gold and early colonial coins in Chicago on October 11-14. It included a Kellogg & Co. $50 California gold coin considered the “king” of terr...
The annual summer Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Summer FUN Signature Auction held July 11-14 at the Orlando Convention Center brought in $5.8 million for sellers, less a 20% buyer’s premium. Th...
Summer FUN at the Florida Coin Auction
The 13th annual Florida United Numismatists summer convention kicks off in July. Dealers from around the country will convene at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando on July 11-13 to buy,...
Strong Economy Keeps Gold Down
As the US economy roars along gold prices fall. It’s a simple matter of allocation of capital. Investors see more upside in places like the stock market and real estate than in precious metals, so ...
Special Coin Set Remembers JFK and the Space Program
The US Mint is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing by issuing a special two-coin half dollar proof set that commemorates both the space program and President Joh...
Whitman Pocket Guides for Collectors
Wonder if that quarter in your change is worth something? Or if the old penny your uncle says is worth a fortune really is? Sure, the answer is probably somewhere on the inter-webs, but connections...
Variety is the Spice of Collecting
Why is one coin, say a 1916 dime, relatively common and inexpensive while another of the same series is worth tens of thousands of dollars? It’s because within a given coin’s issue there can be var...
Give Special Meaning on Valentine’s Day
Dinner is dandy, but like diamonds, silver and gold are forever. And like diamonds, silver, gold and other coins can be set into pendants, bracelets, necklaces and rings for gifts that your special...
US Territorial Coins - Hawaiian Coins
Well before Hawaii became a US territory in 1898, it had been settled by native South Pacific islanders as long ago as 300 AD. Spanish sailors in route to the Philippines may have come across the i...
Unraveling the Historical Journey of the Iraqi Dinar: From Past Glory to Present Challenges
Unraveling the Historical Journey of the Iraqi Dinar: From Past Glory to Present Challenges Money plays a vital role in the stability and development of a nation, and throughout history, currencie...
Tommyknockers and Haunted Mines
The Irish have their leprechauns and the Scots their brownies, mischievous little pranksters who often guarded great treasures. But the Cornish miners had an imp of their own, two-foot-tall creatur...
Things More Expensive Than Gold
Gold prices have been climbing lately, threatening to top $1500 an ounce), but even at that lofty level, the yellow metal is far from the top of the heap when it comes to cost per ounce. Here’s a l...
We couldn’t let Halloween go by without sharing an article we recently read on a British website, Leftover Currency. They compiled a list of banknotes from around the world with artwork ranging fro...