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As most of you remember from your history lessons, there was a time when people actually thought that the world was flat. When Europeans went to India and the Orient, they would take ships around Africa and sail on the Indian Ocean or take the Silk Road across Asia. Either way […]

Happy Columbus Day

October 10, 2016 in Research tagged Half Dollars / US Commemoratives by Kevin

2014 marked the 75th anniversary of the opening of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The US Mint would release Commemoratives for the anniversary. However, this commemorative would be done differently from its predecessors. To give it the look of a baseball, they designed the coins with a […]

First Curved Coin in the US

September 4, 2016 in My Collection tagged Gold Coins / Half Dollars / Silver Dollars / US Commemoratives by Kevin

Considered one of the most beautiful US circulating coins, the Walking Liberty Half Dollar has been popular for the collector and the investor. Now, the popular Brief History. Brief History 1916 was the 25th year of the Barber Dime, Quarter and Half Dollar, though the last Barber Half Dollars were minted […]

Collect Walking Liberty Half Dollars

July 27, 2016 in Coin Sets / Investing tagged Half Dollars / Short Set / Walking Liberty Half Dollars by Kevin

By 1947, the only US coin depicting Liberty on the obverse was the Walking Liberty Half Dollar. The penny had Lincoln. The nickel had Jefferson. The quarter had Washington. As of 1946, the dime had Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Half Dollars are a short set with 35 coins between 1948 and 1963. […]

Collecting Franklin Half Dollars

July 13, 2016 in Coin Sets / Investing tagged Franklin Half Dollars / Half Dollars by Kevin

If you talk to some coin collectors, they’ll tell you they like Morgan Dollars or Seated Liberty Coins or just about any coin that isn’t out currently. I do like Morgan Dollars but I don’t collect them, at least not as I write this. When asked what my favorite coin […]

My Favorite Coin to Collect: Kennedy Half Dollar

May 26, 2016 in Coin Sets tagged Half Dollars / Kennedy Half Dollars by Kevin