Author Archive : Kierstin S.

Pioneer 10 at Jupiter In the late 1960s into the 1970s, the world was abuzz with excitement over the resounding success of the famed Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Behind the scenes, though,

On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a monumental piece of legislation into law. Public support – encouraged by the beautiful works of artists such as Thomas Moran and William H. Jackson

Valentine’s Day has questionable origins that date back to ancient Rome. However, its first known reference as a holiday of romance was in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. First published sometime around 1380, Chaucer’s poem,

Have you heard of Challenge Coins recently? If the answer is yes, allow me to say… I’m not surprised! They’re a fast-growing area of the numismatic hobby, and have risen up as a very