History of Coin Collecting
This special contributor copy is by Joe O’Donnell, digital content producer of CoinWorld. See full bio below. Digging deep, literally, to explore coin collecting before the United States ever struck its own coins, it’s...
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Top 7 Gifts for Coin Collectors
All for under $60! Before I was old enough to have a bank account, in the late ’50s and early ’60s I had holiday-themed dime cards. I worked all summer and fall, using my...
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Why U.S. Proof Sets are made for the holidays!
From the time I was old enough to walk, I received U.S. Proof Sets and Mint Sets in my holiday stocking. Christmas morning, I’d reach my arm elbow-deep in my hand knit stocking, stretch...
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Where Did Modern Coin Folders and Albums Come From?
The Evolution of Organization I can still remember my first coin folder – I was about 7 years old when Dad gave me a blue book that I could keep my Jefferson nickels in....
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