If you’re head of state, you’ll be on coins– even if you last about as long as The Chevy Chase Show.
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Woohoo! Happy to report that Nixon in New York has hit 500 libraries
I love early commemorative U.S. coins. These are some of my favorites and the stories behind them.
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?
The Olympic Games bring a lot of things. Debt for the host city. Debauchery in the Village. And tons of coins!
Error coins can be very valuable — kind of like error baseball cards.
Joseph Wharton strikes again! This time, he gives us the Liberty Head Nickel!
I’ve recently gotten into collecting George Washington colonial coins. Here are some of the ones in my collection.
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.
Looks like we’re Morgan and Peace Dollars are making a comeback.
In honor of the premiere of Starz’s Watergate drama “Gaslit,” please enjoy an excerpt from Nixon in New York about John Mitchell.
Spoiler alert: Coins from Taiwan often have either Chiang Kai-shek’s or Sun Yat-sen’s faces on them.
A look at the much-maligned Barber Coins. Were they really so bad?
This two-headed silver round really captures the craziness and uncertainty in the weeks following the 2000 Presidential Election.