coins

“Speak softly and carry a big stick. And make sure you have beautiful-looking coins in your pocket.”

Why did we once have a 20-cent piece? We can thank one U.S. Senator for that.

It’s hard to believe that only one Supreme Court justice (who wasn’t previously President) has ever been on a government-issued coin.

Don’t buy coins from China – because they’re probably fake.

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.

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?

Nixon in New York will be released on paperback in the fall. As such, here’s a post about my Richard Nixon coin.

As mentioned in Part I, Napoleon Bonaparte was on plenty of his empire’s official coinage. That was also true of unofficial ones.