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- Letters to the Editor: Aug. 11, 2020 Research Reveals Find Created by Chet Krause Check out this historic find! The steel penny isn’t part of it, it’s just something I picked up at the same time. I started researching and found that this publication’s founder made these. I thought it was a cool find considering I’m in Florida. Michael Blankenship Florida Panic Buying for Gold Yet ...
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2020 Native American $1 Coin Available to Alaska Financial Institutions
The 2020 Native American $1 coin features a design of Elizabeth Peratrovich, a member of the Tlingit nation, whose advocacy for Alaskan Natives and an impassioned speech in the Alaskan Senate was considered a deciding factor in the passage of … Continue reading
Coin Clinic: Mint Didn’t Learn High Relief Lesson
By Richard Giedroyc Since the U.S. Mint had so much trouble striking Ultra High Relief double eagles in 1907, why did they once again attempt to strike very high relief coins in 1921, these being the Peace dollars? Since when … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Coin Clinic, Features
Tagged dollar, Double eagle, gold, gold coin, grading services, high-relief, Jefferson nickel, nickel, peace dollar, saint-gardens, Ultra High Relief
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Why a U.S. Dollar and Not a U.S. Pound?
By Patrick Heller Most of the first colonists in what is now the United States came from England. They adopted many English customs and laws which have continued to the present day. But, have you ever wondered why the American … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, General News, News
Tagged American money system, British money system, dollar, monetary systems, pounds, Spanish Colonial 8 Reales, thaler
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Paper dollar gets a boost
For the fifth time in 22 years, the Government Accountability Office has weighed in on whether the dollar bill should replace the $1 coin. In this version, there is a bombshell statement that the government would lose money in the first six years if it began to replace $1 notes with $1 coins. Continue reading
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