Posts Tagged ‘coin collections’
Casinos and Coins
Gamblers have been cashing in “chips” for ages. Now coin collectors can help their coin collections grow at those same casinos. The Golden Nugget Casino in New Jersey is beginning a run of gold ATMs at their establishments. Instead of gambling on what might come out in the slot of this machine, people can actually [...]
Coin Collections On TV
The value of a coin collection is hard for the every-man to simply quantify without at least a little help from some sort of professional appraisal service. Of course, we all know that the historic and craft implications of coin collecting can often lead to some really neat but also quite valuable finds that may hold some [...]
Coin Storage for Roosevelt Dimes
With so many protests around the world, it’s interesting to put our moment in perspective. Beginning of the 21st century, fairly interesting time. We are now three generations removed from the greatest war the world has ever known. Three presidents from that era are commonly acknowledged as some of the best. But its unanimous that [...]
Coins Celebrating Our Cultural Heritage
Recently it was stated that the United States Post Office would allow for living people to be commemorated on stamps in the upcoming year. This was a huge departure for an organization that has for many years been evolving its process of choosing stamp subjects. From the time they commemorated Elvis until recent year’s inclusion [...]
Why Andrew Jackson is in Bill and Coin Collections
Would you rather be on a bill or in a coin collection? Personally, I’d rather be part of someone’s coin collection. Andrew Jackson was honored with the $20 bill in 1929, almost a hundred years after he was first elected as president. He was of Scotch-Irish descent and lived on the frontier in Western Tennessee. [...]
Will Truman Ever Be Seen In Coin Collections?
It is no surprise that during the twentieth century the only presidents to be in coin collections served during the period from WWII to the beginning of the Civil Rights movement, the beginning of the American Golden Age. For the past few weeks, we’ve discussed these presidents, who are usually considered to be some of [...]
Eisenhower in Your Coin Collection
Last week we wrote about the Kennedy half-dollar, this week we’re going to write about the Eisenhower Dollar and its place in your coin collection. Dwight D. Eisenhower was a five star general in the U.S. army during WWII. He went to West Point and stayed in the army throughout both World Wars, training tank [...]
JFK and Coin Supplies
John F. Kennedy was the second youngest president elected to office, after Teddy Roosevelt. He was the first president to be born in the 20th century and during WWII served as commander of Motor Torpedo boats in the South Pacific. He was assassinated in 1963 after serving less than three years in office. Soon after [...]
Why They Should Depart From the MLK Memorial Should They Decide to Put Him in Your Coin Collection
Okay I know that MLK isn’t on any coins or in any coin collections — yet. But he’s now the first non-president to have a memorial in Washington D.C., which means he could likely get his face in coin collecting pretty soon. Unfortunately his memorial is quite hideous. First of all, the stone is Chinese [...]
Time Passes in Coin Collecting
It’s weird to see old coins in your coin collection and remember when they were new, or ever weirder, to see coins from your birth year and think how long ago it was that they were minted. This is especially common with pennies, which become gummy with finger grease and blacken over time as a [...]
