Viewpoint: Collections are about personal values

Posted on May 6, 2013 by NMN

What makes a collection valuable and how does that shape the way in which we collect? To answer this question, likely one on the minds of many numismatists at one time or another, we have to consider what the word “value” really means. Continue reading →

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Not cheap, but 1846 looks like a deal

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Paul M. Green

It is actually fairly easy to overlook half dimes. The half dime has not been in production since 1873 and no one alive today has ever seen one in regular use. Continue reading →

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Can proposal start national debate?

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Dave Harper

The idea of making U.S. coinage out of steel has surfaced again in the form of legislation introduced April 24 in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Steve Stivers of the 15th district of Ohio. Continue reading →

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Mint Stats: Gold and golden dollars finish April

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Dave Harper

Wasn’t April something? Buyers took up 43 percent of all one-ounce gold American Eagle bullion coins sold in 2013 just in that single month. Continue reading →

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Fineness not strictly matter of law

Posted on May 1, 2013 by NMN

Is there a legal definition of the fineness of bullion? Continue reading →

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Viewpoint: West Point silver Eagle a beauty

Posted on April 26, 2013 by NMN

By William H. Brownstein Let’s go back to the question on the special treatment to the 75th anniversary of the West Point Mint silver Eagles and my thoughts on the set issue. Having just seen the U.S. Mint website and … Continue reading →

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Texas coin turned into ongoing series

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Paul M. Green

It’s interesting that the Texas Independence Centennial half dollar was approved just prior to the real flood of commemoratives. In 1934 having a Texas half dollar probably seemed like a modest proposal not unlike a number of other states that … Continue reading →

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Childhood lesson applies to hobby

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Dave Harper

When I was a very young child, I apparently was very willful. If I was in a game with a ball, I would suddenly run off with it if I didn’t like what was going on. I guess it was … Continue reading →

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Mint Stats: April top month for 2013 gold sales

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Dave Harper

The quantity of gold American Eagle bullion coins sold in April by the U.S. Mint more than doubled in the past week to April 23. Frantic buyers have been beating the doors down at the shops of American coin dealers … Continue reading →

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What did those gold coins do to me?

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Dave Harper

Are you supposed to be a gold coin collector? From all of the precious metal headlines, you would think that nearly all of us would be, but in fact the opposite is the case. Most of us are not cut out for it. Continue reading →

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