How to be the next author like Q. David Bowers? Among other things, start early, as he draws on over 50 years of archiving and friendly collaboration.

I was saddened in late January to that Margo Russell had passed away at the age of 95. Margo had been a close friend and adviser ever since the early 1960s.

Demand for Barber silver coins is still strong according to Q. David Bowers who is putting the finishing touches on his A Guide Book of Barber Silver Coins.

Author Q. David Bowers is completing A Guide Book of Barber Silver Coins for Whitman Publishing LLC. Publication will probably be summer 2015.

A long time ago, coin collecting was followed by a couple dozen people. Coins were interesting to the public, and occasionally mentioned in the popular press.

There are two main types of coin buyers — one is attracted by coins as an investment but soon fades away. The other sticks with the hobby forever.

Q. David Bowers offers two suggestions regarding collectors making 2015 New Year's resolutions.

Coins struck at the Carson City Mint in Nevada in the late 1800s are in demand today.

Carson City Mint coins today are wildly popular, including Morgan dollars, first struck in 1878.

There was not a great call for coins in the Carson City, NV area, as Virginia City was the only sizable settlement.