A Crisis of Commerce: Gold Everywhere, Coin Nowhere When James Marshall spotted flecks of gold in the tailrace of Sutter’s Mill in January 1848, he set in motion an economic upheaval that the United States Mint was wholly unprepared to address. Within months, tens of thousands of fortune-seekers flooded California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, and a […]
“`html A Series Born from Artistic Vision and Monetary Reform Few American coin series capture the elegance of the mid-nineteenth century quite like the Liberty Seated dime. Designed by Christian Gobrecht and first struck in 1837, these small silver coins carried the same seated Liberty motif that would come to define an entire era of […]
Why I Can’t Stop Thinking About the World Fair of Money 2025 Video Have you ever stumbled upon a video that just completely shifts your perspective? Well, I just watched one about the World Fair of Money 2025, and let me tell you, it was a treasure trove of insights that I couldn’t resist diving […]
