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.
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Just hook it to my veins…
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Somewhere in the multiverse, we got these proposed coins instead of the ones that were actually issued.
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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.”
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America’s 250th birthday is coming up. What kinds of coins will we see to commemorate the occasion?
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A look at the much-maligned Barber Coins. Were they really so bad?
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There are no shortage of myths when it comes to the Confederate States of America. It’s the same when it comes to Confederate coinage.
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Why did we once have a 20-cent piece? We can thank one U.S. Senator for that.
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It’s hard to believe that only one Supreme Court justice (who wasn’t previously President) has ever been on a government-issued coin.
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This is the coin that made me want to become a numismatist. Thanks mom!
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The 1982 George Washington Half Dollar: Commemorative Coins Make a Comeback
As the 1980s began, commemorative coins were deader than disco, Francisco Franco and The Eagles. But then George Washington’s 250th birthday changed everything.
The introduction of the U.S. Trade Dollar was probably the least objectionable thing about the Coinage Act of 1873.
Why doesn’t Martin Luther King, Jr., have a U.S. Mint-issued coin honoring his life and commemorating his legacy?
We have one man to thank for the creation of the nickel.
Don’t buy coins from China – because they’re probably fake.
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