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FAVORITE COINS I have given several presentations over the past few years on a variety of subjects.  But what I’ve never spoken about is what my favorite coin is and why; and I’m doing this for a reason.  I currently possess several high grade and expensive coins, and I have proudly displayed them during our…

The United States has minted a cent for the past 232 years and announced in 2025 it would be the last year for business strikes of the cent. Here’s an interesting history of the cent: The End of the Cent: A Study in Historical Recurrence, Part 5

In coin collecting, a key date refers to a date (date and/ or mint mark combination) of a given coin series or set that is harder to obtain than other dates in the series. The next level of difficulty to obtain coins in a series are often known as semi-key dates or semi-keys. Here is a…

Before I begin, this is a numismatic history article, nothing more. What follows is not a political statement, a commentary on foreign policy, or a reflection on America’s character as a nation. The 2026 dime design was approved by a citizens advisory committee in July 2024, well before the current political cycle, and its symbolism…

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…

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…