By Leroy Van Allen, Special for CoinWeek ….. In November, Charles Morgan, Editor of CoinWeek, sent me an e-mail with three overall photographs of the two Morgan dollar hubs dated 1964 recently found by numismatists at the Philadelphia Mint. He wanted to know if I had any information on these hubs. This was the […]
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On October 4 the Royal Canadian Mint launched the final coin in the popular series entitled “Tall Ships Legacy,” which has focused on a variety of ships that are associated with Canada’s own maritime history or that have contributed to Canadian exploration. The last ship to be highlighted in this gold-coin series is the HMS Discovery, an especially important ship to Canada, the West Coast of North America, and the United States in general due to the valuable information gathered during her exploration of the region
By Jewish-American Hall of Fame …… The newest medal in the Jewish-American Hall of Fame series honors two heroic Astronauts–Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman and Dr. Judith Resnik–its 2016 inductees. Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman is depicted on one side repairing the Hubble telescope; the remote-control mechanical arm that Dr. Judith Resnik specialized in can be seen to his […]
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