Coins & Paper Money

The decision to start a coin collection is one that’s sure to be fulfilling, and may even be deeply personal to you. I know that the task can seem overwhelming at first – there’s

Some potato chips may have ridges, but so do many United States coins! You may have noticed that the quarters and dimes in your pocket or purse have a “reeded” edge, featuring vertical grooves

The 1940s was my parents’ decade, just like the ’70s was mine. When I see coins of the ’40s, they remind me of them. They lived in the same rural Vermont town where my

Struck for only eight years from 1971-1978, Eisenhower dollars were America’s last large-size circulating $1 coins. And though the series was brief, it has many interesting attributes to attract and hold the attention of