Aug 9, 2016 | Coin Collecting, Coins, Gold Coins, Type Coins
Branch Mints Gold coins have been produced at many mints in the US (Carson City, Charlotte, Dahlonega, Denver, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Francisco), however, in the world of coin collection, the sites that have minted coins from local ore are just a few. Most...
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...
Jan 12, 2016 | Coin Collecting, Coins, Mint, US Coins
So this story has been blowing up the internet. I am sure you have seen it. I have had about 10 people post it to me. If you have not, here is the gist. A coin collector bought a dime (yea a 10 cent piece) for $1,997,500 in Tampa on January 7, 2016. Is it awesome,...
Dec 29, 2015 | Coin Collecting, Coins, Gold Coins, Mint, Silver Coins, US Coins
Bank rolls & bank bags, and the US Mint This is a little off topic from my list of blogs that I am working on, but it came up at work the other day and I just had to share. So the US Mint does not sell coins or ship them individually, duh I know, but had to say...