The Vision Behind an American Icon Few coins in American numismatic history capture the spirit of the frontier as powerfully as the Buffalo Nickel, struck from 1913 through 1938. Officially known as the Indian Head Nickel, the series was the work of sculptor James Earle Fraser, who brought to the coin a deeply personal artistic […]
Why I Was Hooked by a Coin Dealer’s Journey at the FUN Show Recently, I stumbled upon an incredibly fascinating video that took me deep into the world of coin collecting—specifically, it chronicled the journey of a brand new dealer, Thomas Strunk, at the FUN Show. I’ll be honest, I had no idea what to […]
A Nation in Crisis Looks to Higher Ground The year was 1861, and the United States was tearing itself apart. As the Civil War dragged into its early months, a wave of religious sentiment swept across the Union — a deeply human response to an era of profound uncertainty and suffering. Letters poured into the […]
A Brief History of America’s Smallest Gold Coin The gold dollar occupies a singular place in American numismatic history. Authorized by the Coinage Act of 1849 — the same legislation that responded to the California Gold Rush by dramatically expanding the nation’s gold coinage — the series ran for four decades before Congress quietly discontinued […]
Unveiling the Treasures: My Journey Through the FUN Show 2025 Let me take you on a little journey, one that starts with me sitting on my couch, popcorn in hand, and a flickering screen showcasing one of my favorite pastimes—coin collecting. I stumbled upon a video titled “You Won’t BELIEVE What We Found at this […]
A Nation in Crisis, A Motto Takes Shape The Civil War did not merely redraw the political geography of the United States — it reshaped the nation’s sense of identity in ways that extended to the very coins circulating in American pockets. By 1861, the Union was fracturing under the weight of secession, battlefield catastrophe, […]
The Crisis That Created a Collecting Category By the spring of 1863, the United States was at war with itself, and its monetary system was quietly unraveling. Hoarding had stripped copper-nickel Flying Eagle and Indian Head cents from everyday commerce with remarkable speed. Silver coins had vanished years earlier, and even postage stamps — pressed […]
Why I Can’t Stop Thinking About the Insanely Rare Coins Video! Let me start by saying that I have an unusual fascination with coins. It’s not just about the money; it’s the stories they tell, the history they carry. So when I stumbled upon the video titled “Insanely Rare Coins from the Peh Family Collection […]
“`html A Goldsmith in the Age of a New Nation In the turbulent years following the American Revolution, the young United States had no federal mint, no standardized currency, and no reliable system for producing gold coinage. Into this vacuum stepped a handful of skilled craftsmen and entrepreneurs who took it upon themselves to fill […]
“`html A Currency Born of Necessity Long before the United States Mint struck its first coin, commerce in colonial America ran on foreign silver. British pounds were perpetually scarce, and the mother country had little interest in flooding its colonies with hard money. Into that vacuum stepped the Spanish milled dollar — the eight-reales coin […]
