80’s star Bryan Adams beat the odds and thrived in the 90s. Then came this album.
It’s hard to believe that only one Supreme Court justice (who wasn’t previously President) has ever been on a government-issued coin.
How do you replace the irreplaceable? You don’t — but INXS sure tried.
Who would have thought a concept album inspired by the Falkland Islands War would end the most successful incarnation of Pink Floyd?
This is the coin that made me want to become a numismatist. Thanks mom!
As the 1980s began, commemorative coins were deader than disco, Francisco Franco and The Eagles. But then George Washington’s 250th birthday changed everything.
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.
It’s been said that great art comes out of great suffering or adversity. That wasn’t the case for Metallica’s “St. Anger.”
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.
Sometimes, coins that were unpopular and widely denigrated in their day end up being vindicated by later generations.
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?
Don’t buy coins from China – because they’re probably fake.
Van Halen made a triumphant appearance with David Lee Roth at the 1996 MTV VMAs. So then they made an album with Gary Cherone?
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.
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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.