Coin Collecting (and other Numismatic Interests)

Godless Canadian Coins! . . . Who Knew?

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:43:00 +0000

There is nothing like some Godless coins to spark a heated debate. Remember a few years ago when we had the uproar about the Godless Presidential dollars? I got more emails and comments over that...

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The Coinage Act of 1890: 25 Year Rule for U.S. Coin Designs Often Misunderstood

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:07:00 +0000

Barber coinage debuted in 1892 When I talk to coin collectors today, I find that most are aware of the law requiring that all coin designs for U.S. coins must be used for a...

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Massachusetts Firm Fights to Keep Dollar Bill

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:40:00 +0000

Free Coin Price Guides For over 100 years, a family-owned Massachusetts company has repeatedly won the contract to produce the paper for this nation's currency. Crane & Company won their...

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Godless SBA Dollars?

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:07:00 +0000

While much has been made in the press and in blogs about "Godless" Presidential dollars, this isn't the first time that dollar coins have been caught up in a godless controversy. In 1979 Susan B....

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Kim Kardashian Gold Commemorative Coins . . . This is Not a Gold Bubble?

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:50:00 +0000

I'll never forget that day at work when my department secretary told me she wanted to buy a house simply to "flip it." She wanted to know what I thought and I told her I thought housing was in a...

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Trillion Dollar U.S. Platinum Coins

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:14:00 +0000

In a recent post I talked about how a bill had been submitted to Congress to cancel the Presidential dollar program and therefore lose the half billion in seigniorage from the coins currently piling...

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Senator to Throw Away Half a Billion Dollars in Taxpayer Money To Repeal Presidential Dollars

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:19:00 +0000

The idea seemed pretty good at the time. Produce a series of Presidential dollar coins at 32 cents apiece and sell them to the public for $1. It's called seigniorage and it is simply defined as...

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Chicago Civil War Token Maker's Royal Connection to Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:29:00 +0000

Every now and then while I am doing some numismatic research, I'll come across a little known fact that has nothing to do with numismatics but that I find interesting none-the-less. This time it...

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Zero Currency Notes Fight Corruption Worldwide

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:06:00 +0000

When we think about corruption here in the United States, we often associate it with our politicians. I don't think there's a day that goes by where there isn't some news about a politician gone...

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A Brief History of Silver

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:36:00 +0000

Here's a brief history of silver: April 25, 2011: Spot silver rose to $48.84 an ounce and U.S. silver futures to $49.82, highest since 1980. 2010: Spot silver rose to successive 30-year highs,...

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Royal Wedding Boosts Coin and Stamp Collecting

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:36:00 +0000

It appears the upcoming Royal Wedding between Kate Middleton and Prince William is providing a boost, even if only short term, to both the world of numismatics and philately. It seems my...

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2011 Sacagawea Dollar Coins Are Now Available

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:53:00 +0000

The new 2011 Sacagawea dollar with a reverse celebrating the Wampanoag Treaty of 1621 is now available from the U.S. Mint's Direct Ship Program. I ordered a box of the new dollar rolls this...

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Gold Was Not Always So Golden, Have We Really Forgotten?

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:32:00 +0000

Each time I turn on CNBC, it doesn't take long before I hear some market expert telling me to "buy gold now," or "it's not too late to start buying gold." They talk about how gold is a...

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U.S. Mint Website Suffers Apparent Glitch

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:55:00 +0000

This is an update to my earlier post about the Mint's website no longer having any coins available in the Direct Ship program. It appeared that this problem was not limited to the Direct Ship program...

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Original Sacagawea Dollar Coin Ranks at the Top

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:04:00 +0000

Sacagawea Dollar Coin Recently, I received my 2011 Silver Proof Set in the mail from the U.S. Mint and while looking over all the coins, I realized how much I liked the Sacagawea...

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Dollar Coins Now Available from U.S. Mint's Direct Ship Program

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:08:00 +0000

Tomorrow it will be 2 years since I first posted an article about my initial experience with the U.S. Mint's Direct Ship Program for Sacagawea and Presidential dollars. I have written on occasion...

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Defacing Our Nation's Currency: Title 18, Section 333 of the United States Code

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:45:00 +0000

"Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national...

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National Collector's Mint Starts Taking Heat ... Again

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:04:00 +0000

"Any review, either favorable or negative, generates sales for us and the negative reviews actually work the best." This was the quote a few years ago at the ANA's National Money Show in...

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What is the Gold and Silver in My Coin Worth?

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:42:00 +0000

Free Coin Price Guides This is probably the most frequently asked question I get from people. A few years ago I wrote an article showing people how they could answer their own question....

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Downloading Free Books to the Kindle

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:32:00 +0000

This article is a follow-up to a previous article that talked about free numismatic publications and Amazon.com’s Kindle. There are literally millions of books in the public domain that are...

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Free Coin Collecting Books for the Kindle

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:36:00 +0000

A couple of months ago I finally pulled the trigger and bought a Kindle. I wanted to take advantage of all the books now in the public domain and free to anyone with internet access. It never...

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A Happy New Year!

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:36:00 +0000

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Civil War Gold: Surging interest in the 1861-P $20 Gold Double Eagle

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:52:00 +0000

Will surging gold prices and the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War in 2011 bring higher values to the 1861 Philadelphia $20 gold double eagle? Recently, there seems to be a large increase in...

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Numismatic Holiday Gifts: Coin Collecting for Kids

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:48:00 +0000

Coin Collecting for Kids is hands-down the best coin collecting album out there for kids. I bought my first copy of this album for my son when he was 4. I was so impressed with it that I bought a...

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Numismatic Holiday Gifts: Coin Photography

noreply@blogger.com (A.C. Dwyer) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:06:00 +0000

Numismatic Photography is one of the most important numismatic books many coin collectors still don't have on their bookshelf. Over the past decade, the internet and 3rd party grading...

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