Mar 29, 2016 | Coin Collecting, Coins, Error, Mint, US Coins
The OED lists the definition or Error as (1) A mistake or (1.3 technical) A measure of the estimated difference between the observed or calculated value of a quantity and its true value. In the world of coins, the 1.3 definition is much more important than the 1...
Mar 16, 2016 | Coin Collecting, Coins
Origin Whitman Publishing was a children’s book publishing company that had many popular titles from the early part of the 20th Century right thru the 1970’s. Sci-Fi, westerns, adventure stories. They also made puzzles, which would play into the hands of their new...
Mar 8, 2016 | Coin Collecting, Coins, US Coins
Classifying coins or coin catalogs Ever wonder why when you see coin catalogs they are listed in a particular order? Well it is not just the OCD parts of us coming out, it is for ease and consistency. When numismatists (someone who studies coins) started getting...
Feb 17, 2016 | Barber, Coin Collecting, Coins, Morgan, Type Coins
Type coins, what they are, they and why they matter. Getting into Collecting So we have touched on all the types of coins there are out there, with a focus on the US coins. As you might imagine, if you get into world and ancients there is a mind numbing amount of...
Jan 19, 2016 | Coin Collecting, Coins, Silver Coins, US Coins
I got this post today from a friend. It is a great post about special coins. I liked that they talked about coin varieties that are unique and can fetch more then their face value. However I want to tell you that there are more then just these eight instances. There...
