Collector Stories

Guest Writer Mark Archambault talks about his collecting passion and meeting David Sundman
Mark Archambault has been a coin collector for over 40 years. He is a long-standing member of the Coin Collectors of America (C4OA), and a numismatic writer. Recently, he and his brother came to

Working with coins can “change” your perspective!
It’s funny to look back and notice how one decision changed your world. A big one for me was my choice to build a career around writing about coins. I used to spend money

Secrets of an Old Coin Bank
How a family heirloom helped shape a career… Nearly fifteen years ago, my grandmother Florence gave me a simple hand-stitched suede pouch with a drawstring. What was inside would connect me to my past,

Why I love the coins of the ’40s
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