Tags Silver Coins

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

For the first forty years, the US Mint was only located in Philadelphia. People were starting to move west toward the Mississippi River and the Louisiana Purchase was bought by the French in 1803 extending the United States as far west as the Rocky Mountains. Gold was also being discovered, […]

New Orleans to a Coin Collector

February 13, 2020 in Coin Sets / US Mints tagged Gold Coins / Morgan Dollars / Silver Coins / US Mint 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

I’ve spoken about Wartime Nickels in the past, but thought I would build a post just about them. After all, I did build a nice set of MS-67 certified silver nickels. One nice thing about these Jefferson Nickels is that you can find them occasionally in change and nickel rolls. […]

Jefferson Silver War Nickels

May 22, 2018 in Coin Sets / My Collection tagged Jefferson Nickels / Silver Coins by Kevin

When you think of coins from the early 20th century, you would probably mention Buffalo Nickels, Mercury Dimes and Walking Liberty Half Dollars. What about Standing Liberty Quarters? These quarters were first minted at a time when the design of US Coins was changing, but people weren’t fond of them […]

Collecting Standing Liberty Quarters

May 9, 2018 in Coin Sets tagged Silver Coins / Standing Liberty Quarters by Kevin

Hard to believe that there was a period that the circulating coins we used had silver and gold content. There was even a time when silver was included in various coins from the Three Cent Pieces to the Dollar. Today, we only find silver in special collector coins and Commemoratives. […]

Silver Content of US Coins

April 22, 2018 in Investing / Research tagged Silver Coins / Silver Dollars / Silver Half Dollars / Three Cent Silver by Kevin