Jul 8, 2016 | ANA, Coin Collecting, Coins, US Coins
Early American Coppers (EAC), or copper coins, was another transition. More common than some of the pre-colonial, but ohh how hard they are to identify. With so many from ground finds, and being made of copper = challenge! We covered large cents and 1/2¢. Those half’s...
Jun 26, 2016 | ANA, Coin Collecting, Coins
Greetings From ANA So I have been remiss in posting, but I have a super good excuse. I am out in Colorado Springs at the ANA Summer Session (summer seminar) (both weeks), so the numismatist out there knows what I am talking about. For those of you that are thinking,...
Jun 14, 2016 | Coin Collecting, Coins, US Coins
Come On! For anyone that has ever worked retail, you know that there are two kinds of coin rolls. The ones that you can pry open, and the ones you crack on the corner of the drawer and hope that the drawer does not break off! For those of you that have not, let me...
May 3, 2016 | Coins, Type Coins
The Old Standby Ever think that US money is kind of boring? Go on, admit it, you know it is. It is almost like there is a formula for our coins today. Old dead white dude on the obverse, American iconic image on the reverse. For the coins in our pocket, it is almost...
Apr 5, 2016 | Coins, Error, US Coins
OK so let’s dive in a bit more from our last post on error coins, specifically on planchet errors. Three of the nine listed varieties have to deal with planchet. So definition time. A planchet is a round metal disk that is all set up and good to go to be struck as a...
