By Victor Bozarth for PCGS …… While some recognize the 1848 CAL Quarter Eagle struck from California gold as the first United States commemorative coin, it wasn’t until 1892 that the United States Mint began producing coins broadly classified as commemorative coins. The first of these were produced and sold in 1892 in conjunction with […]
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By Victor Bozarth for PCGS …… While some recognize the 1848 CAL Quarter Eagle struck from California gold as the first United States commemorative coin, it wasn’t until 1892 that the United States Mint began producing coins broadly classified as commemorative coins. The first of these were produced and sold in 1892 in conjunction […]
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Souvenir So-Called Dollars by Jay Turner for PCGS …… It had been four years since the Exposition Universelle in Paris, France, where the world had been introduced to the centerpiece of the fair – a tower built by Gustave Eiffel. This tower, the tallest structure on the globe at the time, had instantaneously become […]
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A look at this often-underrated yet highly interesting series By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) …… For anyone looking for value when trying to decide what to collect, United States commemorative coinage is a great place to start. The series has been one of the biggest laggards over the last decades […]
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By David Provost for CoinWeek ….. Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins series derived from my original research in the records of Congress and/or the reports and correspondence of the individual coin sponsors. The information presented will not simply be a […]
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By David Provost for CoinWeek ….. Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins series derived from my original research in the records of Congress and/or the reports and correspondence of the individual coin sponsors. The information presented will not simply be a […]
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By Q. David Bowers
After sailing over the ocean blue, Christopher Columbus and his crew discovered America on October 12, 1492
By Q. David Bowers
After sailing over the ocean blue, Christopher Columbus and his crew discovered America on October 12, 1492
After sailing over the ocean blue, Christopher Columbus and his crew discovered America on October 12, 1492. It is not that America had been lost in the first place, as it was well populated by native tribes in the north and south
By Q. David Bowers
Welcome to the latest installment in my series on the subject
By David Thomason Alexander for CoinWeek ….. In Part One, I discussed the beginnings of popular coin collecting in America in the late 1850s. I also discussed the birth of the coin dealing market and the origins of several coin clubs and organizations in the latter half of the 19th century. And of course, I […]
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By CoinWeek…. Harlan J. Berk founded the company that bears his name in 1964, but like so many other numismatists, he actually got his start as a kid when someone (in Berk’s case, his mother) gave him those first fascinating coins. And now, after 52 years plus as a professional and a coin dealer–specializing in […]
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By David Provost for CoinWeek….. Author’s note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser known information about the US commemorative coins series derived from my original research in the records of Congress and/or the reports and correspondence of the individual coin sponsors. The information presented will not simply be a reworking […]
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