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- U.S. Mint Site Crashes Nov. 5 Mint Fails to Think of Customers First Several weeks ago, the U.S. Mint announced it would issue a special U.S. silver Eagle proof coin to commemorate the end of the Second World War. Because I am enrolled as a customer to receive all silver Eagle proof coins automatically, I thought there would be no problem. ...
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Spotlight Organizations, Collectors in Numismatic News
Spotlight Organizations, Great Collectors in NN As someone who only recently returned to numismatics after a 55-year hiatus, I have a lot of history to catch up on. Articles on dealers such as the re-published story on Michael O’Higgins [Page … Continue reading
Scout Program Debuts at Tidewater Show
The Tidewater Coin Club of Virginia Beach, Va., sponsored the Virginia Beach Coin Show Oct. 12-13. The show was attended by more than 720 visitors from the general public and another 80-plus dealers, their helpers, and club members. The bourse … Continue reading
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Increasing Coin Club Memberships
by Bruce Frohman A general consensus in the coin collecting community is that the hobby is in decline. Attendance is down at many clubs. The perception of hobby health may be inaccurate. If one looks at the robust sale of … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor (October 30, 2018)
Who decides how rare a new coin issue should be? The brilliant marketing bureaucrats at the U.S. Mint have now created their second rare palladium Eagle in 2018 with a 15,000 mintage limit, presumably as an early Christmas gift to … Continue reading
California club hosts youth auction
The Verdugo Hills Coin Club of California held its 13th youth coin auction outreach program during its annual show March 25. Continue reading
SCNA holds 39th show
The South Carolina Numismatic Association held its 39th annual convention and show Oct. 28-30 in Greenville, S.C. Greg Stowers, SCNA outgoing president, cut the ribbon at the Friday morning opening ceremony. Continue reading
600 attend PNNA-WCC
The Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association and the Willamette Coin Club jointly sponsored their annual coin show and convention in Portland, Ore., Oct. 21-23. The show was attended by more than 600 people. Continue reading
Alexander talks art medals
David Alexander, senior numismatist at Stacks Bowers, was the guest speaker at the Flushing Coin Club’s October meeting in Flushing, N.Y. Continue reading
Women In Numismaitcs to meet, host speakers at ANA
The Women in Numismatics group will hold two events in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association’s Chicago World’s Fair of Money. Because WIN celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, the club decided to honor its founding and charter members at the general meeting beginning at 7 a.m. on Aug. 19. The same day from 2 to 4 p.m., WIN will hold an “Infoposium” that will feature special speakers yet to be announced at press time. The public is invited to attend. Continue reading
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