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CIVIL WAR COINAGE
ByKen KCOINS of the CIVIL WAR Yet another one of the Allentown/Bethlehem Coin Club’s young numismatists expressed an interest in the coinage of the Civil War. So let’s start there: The American Civil War took place from April 12, 1861, to April 9, 1865. It began when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina,…
Interesting prices on some Lincoln Cents
This is a price list from the 1950’s. Check the price of 1909-S VDB. Simpler times. One Uncirculated classification.
MINT ERRORS
ByKen KMINT ERRORS When we speak of mint errors, some people will think of doubled dies (DDO’s & DDR’s), re-punched mint marks (RPM’s), and over mint marks (OMM’s). Doubled Dies are errors related to die creation whereas RPM’s and OMM’s are human errors cause by the manual process adding a mint mark to an existing die. …
The Curious Case of Morgan Dollars: Why 1878–1904 Issues Are Mostly High Grade
The Morgan Dollar, minted from 1878 to 1904 and again in 1921, holds a unique place in American numismatics. Struck in vast quantities to satisfy the demands of silver interests under laws like the Bland-Allison Act and later the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, the coin was never particularly popular in everyday commerce. It was large,…
Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.: King of Coins
In the world of numismatics, few names carry the prestige of Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Known as The King of Coins, Eliasberg achieved what no other collector has ever matched—assembling a complete collection of every U.S. coin ever minted for circulation, by date and mintmark. Born in 1896 in Selma, Alabama, Eliasberg was a successful…
In Defense of the “Cleaned” Coin: Why We Need to Stop Obsessing Over Microscopic Hairlines
It is time for us as a hobby to stop treating every “Details” coin like it has the plague. We need to distinguish between harshly cleaned coins and coins that have simply lived a life. Does this scenario sound familiar to you? You find a Bust Half Dollar or a Seated Liberty Quarter that looks…