Coins & Paper Money
Special wartime money helped win WWII 70 years ago
During this year’s 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, I’m reminded of the emergency wartime money that contributed to the great Allied victory. Steel pennies saved copper for the war effort, silver 5¢
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