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If you’re like me, you were disappointed with the fiasco of the pre-sale of the first two Morgan Dollars on May 24, 2021. With the small supply of each dollar (175,000 minted) and huge demand, the US Mint was going crazy with orders. I’m wondering why the small mintage and […]

Could Silver Reach $100 an Ounce?

June 12, 2021 in Investing / Research tagged Silver Coins / Silver Dollars / Silver Half Dollars by Kevin

On April 10, 2021, my friend and I did the unthinkable. We drove two and a half hours to Manchester, NH to attend a Coin Show. It had been two years since we went to one, and we had planned on going to this one in April 2020. Of course, […]

Return to the Coin Show

May 8, 2021 in My Collection / Research tagged Coin Shows / Lincoln Cents / Walking Liberty Half Dollars by Kevin

As 2020 comes to a close, one historical event still remains, the arrival of the Pilgrims to America in 1620. In November 1620, they landed in what is now known as Provincetown, MA at the northern tip of Cape Cod. It wouldn’t be until December that Plymouth would be founded. […]

Thanksgiving Day Coins

November 17, 2020 in New Coins / Research tagged Silver Half Dollars / Thanksgiving / US Commemoratives by Kevin

Denver is one of four US Mint branches currently minting coins, along with Philadelphia, San Francisco and West Point. I always thought the Philadelphia Mint was the highest producer of coins in the world, but it is actually the Denver Mint that produces more. If you look at circulating coins […]

Denver to a Coin Collector

September 15, 2019 in Research / US Mints tagged Denver / US Mints by Kevin

Seeing that there have been West Point Lincoln Cents and Washington Quarters released in 2019, I thought it would be interesting to talk about that Mint Branch. Back in 2017, I visited the Philadelphia Mint Building and got to see the history of US coins, but there is a mint […]

The West Point Mint

June 6, 2019 in Research / US Mints tagged Lincoln Cents / US Mint / Washington Quarters / West Point by Kevin

For my latest birthday, my best friend and coin collecting partner gave me this poster designed by PCGS. If you look at it, it does looks like a periodic chart. This chart shows the 121 circulating coins of the United States from when the US Mint first opened in 1793 […]

The Periodic Table of US Coins

October 7, 2018 in Coin Sets / Research / US Mints tagged Gold Coins / Silver Coins by Kevin