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US Coins Oct 7, 2021, 1 PM
Joel J. Orosz receives top literary award
Joel J. Orosz receives the 2021 Burnett Anderson Memorial Award for Excellence in Numismatic Writing, only the latest honor in this writer, researcher and philanthropist's more than 40-year career. -
US Coins Jun 28, 2019, 9 AM
Inside Coin World: Three 1909 Barber quarters
In content exclusive to the July 15 issue of “Coin World,“ columns examine three 1909 quarter dollars, a horrible catalog for a great collection, and heavy die clashing. -
US Coins Dec 30, 2016, 6 AM
Book on first century of U.S. Mint medals a classic
R.W. Julian’s “Medals of the Unites States Mint: The First Century, 1792-1892” provides a modern example of the evergreen numismatic reference -
US Coins Dec 2, 2016, 6 AM
When a mob showed up at the Philadelphia Mint in 1857
The story of “the mob at the Mint” was told in the May 25, 1857, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. What caused the event? -
US Coins Sep 30, 2016, 4 AM
The prophet whose coin investing advice was not great
Many of the author's 1964 predictions for 1971 were laughably lousy, like his belief that a 1942-S Lincoln cent roll would be worth $2,315. (Real answer: $125.) -
US Coins Sep 3, 2016, 5 AM
Bilinski wrote the book for coin investors
The book is stuffed with fascinating data about the numismatic scene at the outset of President Eisenhower’s second term. -
US Coins Jul 1, 2016, 4 AM
'Plain Talk' almost became the ANA's journal
ANA founder George Heath suggested that since his candidate for secretary was Plain Talk’s coin columnist, that paper should be the ANA’s “official organ.” -
US Coins Nov 2, 2015, 4 AM
First U.S. coins price guide published in 1860 by George Jones
The Coin Collector’s Manual was published in a small edition. Humble though it was, opened the door to literally millions of guide books to follow. -
US Coins Oct 2, 2015, 5 AM
Auction catalogs offering 1804 dollars: Numismatic Bookie
Back in May, I bought an 1804 silver dollar for $15. OK, it was really my wife who made the purchase, and the 1804 dollar was actually in an auction catalog. -
US Coins Jul 2, 2015, 6 AM
Expanded research awaits in Mega-Red reference
Just how “deluxe” have editors Ken Bressett, Q. David Bowers, and Jeff Garrett made A Guide Book of United States Coins: Deluxe Edition, the beloved “Red Book”?