Posts Tagged ‘coin album’
Coin Collecting and the Web
Coin collecting can sometimes seem like a solitary pursuit and in general that is what is meant to be. You find coins you like and file them away in this or that coin album. You research privately what different coins mean or what they are worth. You admire your coin collection in displays or just [...]
Presidential Spouse Coins
I can’t believe I have only just now uncovered the amazing Presidential Spouse One Dollar Gold Coin Series. These things are great. The whole idea came from Rep. Michael Castle a Delaware Congressman who also came up with the idea for the fifty state quarters. (Is this guy the premiere politician for nascent coin collectors [...]
Coin Collecting Has Stories
Your favorite coins are old. Even when they are in bad condition you like holding their rugged edges and wondering about how many people have held them before you. There are stories involved in coin collecting. You bought an 1894 Indian Head Cent in almost uncirculated condition. Perhaps it was preserved in an old woman’s [...]
Choose an Andrew Johnson for Coin Collecting
Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the U.S. from 1865-69, finally gets to stand in the limelight with a new addition to the Presidential coin collection. And learning about these presidents is part of the fun of coin collecting. Succeeding arguably the greatest president is no easy challenge, and Johnson, a Southern Republican from Tennessee did [...]
Reagan Coin Supplies
Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the U.S., is dearly beloved. So much so that after J.F.K. I’d say he’s probably the most popular president of the second half of the 20th century (it’s still too soon for Clinton’s sex scandal to be forgotten and for him to occupy that spot. Maybe when he dies). [...]
The Mint Is Running Out of Coin Supplies!
Do you remember your first Silver Eagle? I remember mine. It was a proof 1993. Gorgeous. That baby sparkled and shimmered and I felt like a young prince when I held it in my child-hand. Now I have many Silver Eagles, but that first one is still my favorite. These days, though, Silver Eagles are [...]
Silver and Your Coin Collection
If your coin collection has stagnated recently, it may be time to get some new coins. Think about selling some of your old ones! If you’ve been coin collecting for a while, you may know that coins made before 1965 are higher in silver than new ones. And since silver is close to an all [...]
Coin Collections for Kids
You may pride yourself on your coin collection and the thousands it may be worth, but it’s not something you would let your kids play around with. Consider getting them started on their own coin collections so they can learn both patience and how to appreciate the small things. An easy way to get started is by having them collect coins [...]
My Old Coin Collection
In the coin collections of my youth, initially, I thought that only the shiniest, newest coins would be the best to collect. Boy, was I wrong. When I found out it was just the opposite, that instead, older dirtier coins are worth much more, I sifted through my great grandmother’s change box, looking for dark [...]
Why Do We Love Our Coin Collections?
What is it about your coin collection that you really cherish? Is it that feeling you get when you need one last coin to complete a set and you finally find it in the back of a dusty old coin shop?. How about when you check the sales prices for a certain proof set in [...]
