How do you replace the irreplaceable? You don’t — but INXS sure tried.
Don’t buy coins from China – because they’re probably fake.
Who would have thought a concept album inspired by the Falkland Islands War would end the most successful incarnation of Pink Floyd?
Van Halen made a triumphant appearance with David Lee Roth at the 1996 MTV VMAs. So then they made an album with Gary Cherone?
As the 1980s began, commemorative coins were deader than disco, Francisco Franco and The Eagles. But then George Washington’s 250th birthday changed everything.
One thing I’ve learned is that federal politicians have a lot of power when it comes to coinage. Case in point: Sen. Jim McClure.
It’s been said that great art comes out of great suffering or adversity. That wasn’t the case for Metallica’s “St. Anger.”
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Career Killers: “The Spaghetti Incident?” and “Sympathy for the Devil” by Guns N’ Roses
A covers album and a single from Guns N’ Roses certainly sounded like a great idea at the time.
Sometimes, coins that were unpopular and widely denigrated in their day end up being vindicated by later generations.
When New Kids on the Block (sorry, NKOTB) tried to re-invent their sound, let’s just say it was not successful.
The ANA World’s Fair of Money was intense. And lots of fun!
This is the coin that made me want to become a numismatist. Thanks mom!
Lots of bands can’t follow up a career-defining album. “The Long Run” not only fell short of “Hotel California,” but it ended The Eagles.
Henry Clay may have failed to win the Presidency on five different occasions, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t on a lot of tokens.
I’ve talked about the coins I didn’t buy at the ANA World’s Fair of Money. So what about the ones I did buy?