The Sacagawea Dollar had a lot going for it: great look, expensive ad campaign. So why did it fail?
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Following JFK’s assassination, U.S. Mint and Treasury officials, as well as the Senate, House and President, worked swiftly to memorialize him on a coin.
Just hook it to my veins…
The Eisenhower dollar was the culmination of a long-running battle over the use of silver in coins.
The Senator Robert Menendez case won’t be the first time in recent memory where numismatics or bullion played an important role.
Numismatics have long been an important trope in pop culture. Here are some of the more notable examples.
* Yinz – A western-Pennsylvania bastardization of the phrase “you ones”, which addresses more than one person.
I’ve enjoyed collecting Hard Times Tokens for many years now. These are some of the more notable ones in my collection.
If you’re head of state, you’ll be on coins– even if you last about as long as “The Chevy Chase Show.”
America’s 250th birthday is coming up. What kinds of coins will we see to commemorate the occasion?
Why doesn’t Martin Luther King, Jr., have a U.S. Mint-issued coin honoring his life and commemorating his legacy?
Somewhere in the multiverse, we got these proposed coins instead of the ones that were actually issued.
The introduction of the U.S. Trade Dollar was probably the least objectionable thing about the Coinage Act of 1873.
In honor of the upcoming World Cup, here are some of my coins from previous tournaments.
I love early commemorative U.S. coins. These are some of my favorites and the stories behind them.