Further details for the ceremonial release of the 2010 Grand Canyon National Park Quarter has been provided by the United States Mint. The U.S. Mint in late June provided the ceremony dates for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] […]

A better-than-expected U.S. unemployment report Friday was credited for lifting stocks but pressuring gold. However, gold steadied later after data showed growth in service industries weakened in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] […]

"The Nazi Scourge: Postal Evidence of the Holocaust and the Devastation of Europe," an award-winning exhibit of over 300 World War II era documents related to the Nazis attempted... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] […]

Rider pride was in full swing as the Royal Canadian Mint launched a new commemorative one-dollar circulation coin honouring the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 100th birthday. The Mint delighted... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] […]

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If you're going to blow your budget, you'll feel as guilty for blowing it big as you will for blowing it small. So I ended up spending double what I'd planned to today, but I don't care, I'm happy with all my new shinies. Anyway. The Jefferson Collection was seen to, of course. Details on that thread. MANY additions to the birth […]

Hello, all! About two years ago Steve Moulding gave a link to his excellent article about the rarity of Catherine II 5 Kopeks: (here is the topic: http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?/topic/19081-1767-5-kopeks-cpm-overstruck/) Unfortunately, the article isn't available at the moment. I live in Russia and it's quite difficult for me to purchase i […]

The dime is a truly American coin. For instance, although other nations such as Canada and Singapore have "dollars" only America has the dime. Futhermore, our other coins carry their denominations -- "Quarter Dollar" and "One Cent" and so on -- but what is a "dime"? The name is unique to our nation. (Facts here o […]

Looks like these two will be heading my way soon: (from here: Auction 69, Höhn / Leipzig) For some reason, it seems very hard to find these earlier years in decent condition (let alone uncirculated). The few times I had a chance to bid on better ones of these years, I was always overbid. So I am happy that I was able to win these (for an affordable pri […]

If you have been around the hobby for a while, you come across fakes. According to PCGS – probably with some humor, but not far from the mark, there are twice as many fake 1916-D Mercury Dimes as real ones. Fakes have always been with us. Fakery has always been a problem in every area of commerce. The blind horse that knew its way around its farm, and so […]