By Harvey Stack – Co-Founder, Stack’s Bowers Galleries …… Inflation & Numismatics During the 1970-71 period, as inflation increased to over 4% per year, people started to invest more in precious metals than they had previously. Silver (especially from finding and selling coinage struck prior to 1964) and gold were being looked at as ways […]
The post Growing up in a Numismatic Family: The Early Days of Stack’s – 1970-71 appeared first on CoinWeek.
On April 5, the United States Mint announced activities on its website in support of National Coin Week April 17-23, 2016. The free, downloadable content is available to educators and youth organizations interested in learning about U.S. coins. Free lesson plans are offered for grades K-12 and cover subjects such as social studies, art, science, […]
The post United States Mint to Celebrate National Coin Week appeared first on CoinWeek.
By Stefan Gleason – Money Metals Exchange…. “The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.” —Alan Blinder, former Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman The Federal Reserve Board finds itself back in a quandary of its own making. When Fed chair Janet Yellen pushed through an interest rate hike this […]
The post Guest Commentary – Why the Federal Reserve Always “Happens” to Be Wrong appeared first on CoinWeek.
By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for CoinWeek…. Growing up, I didn’t spend much time looking for 50 States Quarters–they didn’t exist yet. It was the early 1990s, and I was just foraying into the world of coin collecting. As those who were involved in the coin industry will remember, the early ‘90s was a pretty staid time […]
The post 40 Years Since U.S. Bicentennial Coins First Hit Pocket Change appeared first on CoinWeek.