Monthly Archives: August 2016

Yes, today is Victory Day and the only place that celebrates it is the smallest state in the US, Rhode Island. There are no parades, no celebrations and some people will have the day off. It was a federal holiday until 1975 and was originally celebrated on September 2nd when […]

Happy Victory Day!

August 9, 2016 in Coin Sets / My Collection tagged Jefferson Nickels / Lincoln Cents / US Commemoratives by Kevin

I did a Google search this morning on “coin news” and came across this article from yesterday’s Bloomberg news: “There Is a $4 U.S. Coin, and It’s Now Worth $60,000“. It is about an 1879 $4 Gold Piece going to auction in Bonham, LA on September 6, 2016. Now $60,000 […]

Stella!!!

August 6, 2016 in Coin Sets tagged Gold Coins / Stella by Kevin

The US Congress has passed a number of acts of legislation since 1792 changing the coinage of the United States. I thought it would be interesting to show some of laws that would introduce and eliminate coins throughout the years. Here is a list of some of the bigger acts: […]

Acts of Congress

August 6, 2016 in Research tagged Gold Coins / Silver Dollars by Kevin

A few weeks ago I spoke about Jefferson Nickels an how simple it was to build a set of them. Today I want to speak about another simple set to put together, Roosevelt Dimes. There is one added incentive to collecting Roosevelt Dimes, silver. For almost 20 years, these dimes […]

Collect Roosevelt Dimes

August 4, 2016 in Coin Sets tagged Dimes / Roosevelt Dimes by Kevin

When I started collecting coins back in the 1970’s, you had to do your own grading. Sometimes, when you tried to sell a coin, the person you sell it too might think the condition may be lower than you think. Sometimes, going down one grade could be a significant difference […]

Certified Coins

August 3, 2016 in Research tagged Grading by Kevin

I get asked this question a lot. Though I do both, I think I’m more of a collector. Don’t get me wrong, I’d like to make some money for my collection, but I have more fun collecting coins. Here are a couple of examples of my collector side: Washington State Quarters When […]

Am I a Collector or an Investor?

August 2, 2016 in My Collection tagged collecting / National Park Quarters / State Quarters by Kevin