Author Archive : Helen P.
Where Have You Been with Your Showcase?
Going to any location where our money is made is a unique experience. As the pandemic lifts and many destinations re-evaluate their visitor protocols, we’re thinking about historic U.S. mints and coin collecting museums
How to Speak Antiquity
Circa A.D. 271 Ancient coins pose a unique challenge to collectors just starting out: How to pronounce them. To be sure, coins from the cradles of civilization hold a special allure. Some harken back
Re-introducing Mrs. Fraser
America’s first-ever woman coin designer, Laura Gardin Fraser, is getting the opportunity to make coinage history – again. Shunned the first time 90 years ago, the noted sculptor’s portrait of George Washington is finally
Civil Rights Innovation Dollar
Image courtesy of Highlander Research and Education Center via the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities “Out of adversity comes opportunity,” our beloved founding father, Benjamin Franklin, once observed. The ground-breaking achievement of