Looks like we’re Morgan and Peace Dollars are making a comeback.
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Donald Kendall, who played a big role in bringing Richard Nixon to Wall Street, died over the weekend at the age of 99.
We have one man to thank for the creation of the nickel.
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.
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.
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.
Nixon in New York will be released on paperback in the fall. As such, here’s a post about my Richard Nixon coin.
The things we do for a free vacation.
People lost their ever loving minds when Victor David Brenner put his initials on the 1909 Lincoln cent.
- PoliticsThe Coin Blog
“Am I Not a Woman & A Sister”: A Hard Times Token That Foreshadowed Even Harder Times Ahead. (UPDATED)
A look at one of the most famous, and consequential, Hard Times Tokens.
Why did we once have a 20-cent piece? We can thank one U.S. Senator for that.
As the 1980s began, commemorative coins were deader than disco, Francisco Franco and The Eagles. But then George Washington’s 250th birthday changed everything.
Sometimes, coins that were unpopular and widely denigrated in their day end up being vindicated by later generations.
Truly popular designs never really go away – politicians and Treasury officials will always figure out ways to recycle them.