Author Archive : LCC Writing Team

Loonies, Toonies & Maple Leafs… Why Canada’s coins captivate!
Spanning 3,987 miles (5,525 if you include Alaska) the U.S. – Canadian border is one of the longest in the world. In the early ’90s, I lived near it for a few years. My

Kennedy Half Dollars share top popularity in poll!
In a recent 2016 poll by Whitman Publishing asking which coins are most interesting to newer collectors, Kennedy half dollars tied classic Morgan silver dollars with 23% of the votes cast! Whitman, the publisher

Short-lived Carson City Mint
Visiting America’s short-lived frontier mint in Carson City, NV Taking a vacation trip through Nevada and California recently, I visited the historic former Carson City Mint in the capital city of Nevada. Though a

Good-bye Alexander… $10 bill next in line for a change!
If you could pick a woman to put on the $10 bill, who would it be? According to the latest poll by the U.S. Treasury, to which 1.5 million Americans responded, it would be

