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Have you ever noticed a name on a slabbed coin label? Have you ever read a description of a coin on a site like Heritage Auctions and noticed something that says “Ex. Eliasberg” in the description of the coin? If so, then you are looking at a pedigree coin. A pedigree coin is a…
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,…
General Motors Prototype Coins
Yes, you read that right: General Motors, the American car and industrial giant, made prototype coins. Well, technically they weren’t coins since they weren’t produced by the mint, but GM made prototypes for the United States mint to test out a new roller press for coin production. In the 1960’s, the United States was experiencing…
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,…
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. …
Whitman Moves the Baltimore shows for 2027
The entire 2027 Whitman Expo circuit has broken its traditional three-show residency at the Baltimore Convention Center. The primary reasons and the setup for 2027 include: