Author Archive : Helen P.

First Do No Harm
The idea for this Heads & Tails article came up in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. As employee-owners of Littleton Coin, we started early exploring ways to stay safe and healthy so

Celebrating Fannie Kasper Sundman, co-founder of Littleton Coin Company
Ever since Littleton Coin started its helpful online Heads & Tails blog about collecting coins and paper currency, we’ve explored many exciting ways to put together a collection. As we get ready to celebrate

From Crusader to Coin: A Catalyst of Change
What a year for history. If you can indulge us a tiny numismatic pun, 2020 is a “dual-date” year! It’s the 100th anniversary of passage of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right

Collecting Foreign Restrikes
Remember when we took a deep dive into restrikes? We traveled the colorful trail of Confederate dies that went underground in Philadelphia at the start of the Civil War. When they surfaced decades later,

