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.
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?
The ANA World’s Fair of Money was intense. And lots of fun!
Nixon in New York will be released on paperback in the fall. As such, here’s a post about my Richard Nixon coin.
My latest feature. In a lot of ways, this is the story I was born to write.
Napoleon Bonaparte sure is on a lot of coins and tokens. That’s what happens when you conquer or subjugate most of Europe.
- Manchester UnitedSportsThe Coin Blog
A Treble of Coins Commemorating Manchester United’s Greatest Accomplishment
You’d forgive Manchester United fans like yours truly for living in the past. Especially in the magical year of 1999.
Unloved by many (including Charles De Gaulle), this subway token-esque coin nevertheless proved to be very influential.
Let’s get Guns N’ Roses to record a song for a 90s movie starring a Hollywood A-Lister! It
worked before!
When New Kids on the Block (sorry, NKOTB) tried to re-invent their sound, let’s just say it was not successful.
As mentioned in Part I, Napoleon Bonaparte was on plenty of his empire’s official coinage. That was also true of unofficial ones.
The things we do for a free vacation.