I’ve enjoyed collecting Hard Times Tokens for many years now. These are some of the more notable ones in my collection.
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If you’re head of state, you’ll be on coins– even if you last about as long as “The Chevy Chase Show.”
Woohoo! Happy to report that Nixon in New York has hit 500 libraries
In honor of the premiere of Starz’s Watergate drama “Gaslit,” please enjoy an excerpt from “Nixon in New York” about John Mitchell.
America’s 250th birthday is coming up. What kinds of coins will we see to commemorate the occasion?
Spoiler alert: Coins from Taiwan often have either Chiang Kai-shek’s or Sun Yat-sen’s faces on them.
The Olympic Games bring a lot of things. Debt for the host city. Debauchery in the Village. And tons of coins!
A look at the much-maligned Barber Coins. Were they really so bad?
Joseph Wharton strikes again! This time, he gives us the Liberty Head Nickel!
This two-headed silver round really captures the craziness and uncertainty in the weeks following the 2000 Presidential Election.
If I had a time machine, I’d go back and buy a bunch of gold coins before they spiked in value in the 2000s.
I love early commemorative U.S. coins. These are some of my favorites and the stories behind them.
Why doesn’t Martin Luther King, Jr., have a U.S. Mint-issued coin honoring his life and commemorating his legacy?
Error coins can be very valuable — kind of like error baseball cards.
I’ve recently gotten into collecting George Washington colonial coins. Here are some of the ones in my collection.