How would you like an opportunity to spend less than $100, and get a collection of coins worth $250,000? The following coins are for sale—prices firm, cash on the barrel head: 1880 Shield nickel, Unc — $8.00 1921-S Liberty Walking half dollar, Unc — $18.00 1926 Sesquicentennial commemorative half dollar, Unc — $2.50 1875-CC gold … Read more
Join host David Crenshaw and presenter John Phipps for the club’s inaugural educational webinar series. The webinars are in lieu of the club’s canceled meetings during these unprecedented times of the coronavirus pandemic and will be live the first and third Saturday each month at 7:00 p.m. ET if there are presenters. Saturday, May 2, … Read more
Nothing. That’s what a one-year American Numismatic Association “Gold” membership will cost you when you take advantage of this special offer during National Coin Week — April 19-25.
New Mexico artist Glenna Goodacre—well known to coin collectors as the designer of the Sacagawea dollar—has died of natural causes at the age of 80. She passed away at her home in Santa Fe the evening of Monday, April 13, 2020. Goodacre was an artist of monumental sculptures including the Vietnam Women’s Memorial (part of … Read more
The American Numismatic Association (ANA) announced that the 2020 Summer Seminar, scheduled for June 27-July 9 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19) safety concerns. “While it seemed inevitable with each passing week, we were officially notified by Colorado College today that they are suspending all summer programs and camps in … Read more
An article today reminds us lack of widespread disease is the exception in human history. Thankfully, current conditions are tame compared to hardships our Ancestors endured. “How one federal agency took care of its workers during the yellow fever pandemic in the 1790s” describes how the U.S. Mint coped. … yellow fever became epidemic in … Read more