Coins & Paper Money
It’s good to be… Queen!
Long live the Queen – and oh, has she ever! Elizabeth II will soon celebrate her 90th birthday (she became Britain’s oldest monarch in 2007). And although she’s formally saluted around the globe, her
Doorstop sets off America’s first Gold Rush!
Last year around this time, I wrote about a hunk of metal used as a doorstop that turned out to be a rare Carson City die…. but what about a 17-lb rock that ignited
How to have fun collecting coins with special dates!
One of the things I like best about coins as collectibles is that they display the year they were minted. So you don’t have to be an expert to know how old a coin
National Presidential Joke Day!
Did you hear the one about… Even Ronald Reagan – the “Great Communicator” – had his days. This former-actor-turned-president was known for making the occasional quip… And then there was the day he nearly