John F. Kennedy

UPDATE (07/30/2025): Of course, minutes after I posted this, Kamala Harris announced she would not run for governor in 2026. Oh well. The post is still worth a read, if I do say so myself.

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.

In honor of the premiere of Starz’s Watergate drama “Gaslit,” please enjoy an excerpt from Nixon in New York about John Mitchell.

Donald Kendall, who played a big role in bringing Richard Nixon to Wall Street, died over the weekend at the age of 99.

As the 1980s began, commemorative coins were deader than disco, Francisco Franco and The Eagles. But then George Washington’s 250th birthday changed everything.

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.

Like many collectors who came of age in the 80s and 90s, my introduction into coin collecting came with bicentennial coins.

Rudy Giuliani once seemed like the next President and even tried using the same blueprint that worked for Richard Nixon.