Author Archive : Helen P.

How do you spend August? Looking for ways to beat the heat? Gathering with family and friends for one last barbecue? Shopping end-of-season sales? If you’re anything like my family of school teachers, summer’s

If there were a Hall of Fame for U.S. coins whose “heads” have been around a really long time, the Jefferson nickel and the Roosevelt dime would take two of the three top spots

As wind blew through early morning darkness 75 years ago on June 6, 1944, Operation Neptune was underway. It would be the largest seaborne landing in military history to date. Gusts up to 24

Image courtesy of The American Numismatic Association Thousands of coin and currency collectors are expected to converge at the World’s Fair of Money when it opens August 13 just outside Chicago. The American Numismatic