Articles about old American coins (0-50 of 125)

  • The Latest Insanity And Antics From The American Political Class
    By: Bruno Korschek | - The antics, insanity, and waste that continues to emanate from the American political class seems to keep coming to us on an almost daily basis. You eventually start to wonder how any level of government can function in this country, given how poorly it is run by our politicians. It also makes you wonder how much our taxes could be lowered, our lives made better, and our future improved if only we could only get people into office who had just a little bit of common sense.

    Let's sta ...

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  • Gold Is Your Ticket To A Bright And Shiny Future
    By: Art Gib | - The past few years the citizens of America, and for that matter citizens of most of the world, have felt like they've been riding around in little cars on a rickety old economical roller coaster. Many of us have felt the insecurity of wondering when the frame of that roller coaster track is going to collapse taking us for a fall that we might never recover from.

    Knowing that we're in this kind of situation, it's important for us to weigh out our options of how to ensure that we a ...

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  • Increase The Worth Of Your Portfolio By Investing In Gold Saint Gaudens Coins
    By: Carol_moore | - If you are a coin collector, then gold Saint Gaudens coins might well be a precious inclusion in your investment portfolio. Gold Saint Gaudens coin has its own story. Gold Saint Gaudens coins were produced by United States of America to beautify American coinage. These coins were minted primarily for the purpose of international trade and served as money at that time. At the end of WWII, lot of U.S old gold coins moved to Europe through the conversion of dollars to gold. The production of these ...
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  • Investing In Precious Metal - Silver Coins And Bars
    By: mhoman | - If your like me, you can not afford to buy gold, nor 100 troy ounce bars. You may not have much money to invest in anything for that matter. That is why I thought I would write about the poorer persons precious metal, silver.

    Silver is a precious metal, but does not cost any where near what gold does. Silver is used for plating, and used for jewelry, among other things. Silver has been used for thousands of years by many civilizations as a form of trade, and wealth. So you could say ...

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  • Secrets To Buying Silver And Buying Gold
    By: Lee Coates | - Ok so you are convinced that you should be buying silver and buying gold. You've done some research and you have discovered that the safest precious metals investment is to hold the actual physical metal or have it stored at Brinks. But what do you actually buy; there are a lot of choices.

    The first question you need to figure out is just how big your purchase is going to be. If eventually you gold and silver holdings are going to be more than a million dollars, you ...

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  • Personalized Chocolate Favors - Make People Feel Special
    By: Orson Dixon | - The feeling of chocolate melting in your mouth is simply awesome, right? Who does not love chocolate, especially after watching the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? A recent report states that an average American consumes about 10-12 pounds of chocolate in a year, while the Swiss eat about 21 pounds. No wonder that chocolate sales will shoot up to 18 billion dollars in 2011!

    If you have a party or christening coming up, how about presenting your guests with some personal ...

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  • Morgan Dollar""how To Keep It Shiny And Clean
    By: Wilfred Ishida | - Morgan Dollarhow to keep it shiny and clean

    If youre a collector of the Morgan Dollar, then one of the most valuable lessons to learn is how to clean it so it keeps its appeal and worth.

    How do you take care of your investment in the Morgan Dollar you ask? How do you clean a Morgan Dollar? Ill tell you that and more.

    The Morgan Dollar is mainly composed of silver, and like silver jewelry or other silver coins (especially coin jewelry) there can ...

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  • What Is Legal Price Of An Ounce Of Gold?
    By: Stephen Long | - The big question for all gold owners is "How much will they pay me for an ounce of gold if they confiscate it?" There are three potential answers to that question. The old saying goes, past performance is never a guarantee of future results, but a darn good indicator. If we look at the facts that have occurred in the past we could somehow analyze what could happen in the future.

    Firstly, when the original gold confiscation happened in 1933, the real price for an ounce of gold was $3 ...

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  • Find Exquisite Old Pawn Jewelry At Turquoisedirect.com
    By: Josh Chaney | - Turquoise jewelry has long been treasured by both Native Americans and collectors worldwide. Turquoise is associated with healing and protection and, as found in ancient inlay shell jewelry or strung into necklaces, was often seen as a kind of currency between Native American tribes or as a way of showing wealth and status. When the Spanish introduced silver into the Southwest, self-taught Native American artists pounded the coins or other silver items into bracelets, necklaces, horse bridles an ...
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  • E Gold Investment - Real Value
    By: Clair Bennet | - Now more than ever we are becoming aware of the limitations of a currency system that is not based on any real asset. Using a credit card to make a purchase is just a 'paper' transaction. It isn't backed up by tangible goods. If the person who initiated the purchase doesn't pay, the vendor is out of luck in most cases. Using e gold investment is different since all transactions are backed by the equivalent value in gold.

    Think of it like this, when you make a purchase with a credit ...

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  • Collecting American Cents Coins
    By: Man Rohde | - Collecting American Cents Coins

    Right now, many coin collectors are beginning to understand the difficulty of collecting antiquated coins that belong to the early Roman or Greek eras. That gets them to narrow decrease their target of coin collections.

    Nowadays, coin collectors are fairly much encouraged about acquiring American cents, coins along with other forms of antiques from the 19th century or beyond.

    Take the instance of the oldest American cents. Co ...

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  • 2009 Anacs Ms70 Silver Eagle Dollar; The Genuine
    By: Chris Jhonstone | - The American Silver Eagle dollar coin is one of the most sought after series of coins by coin aficionados. First minted in 1986, it was made from 99.9 percent silver having a nominal face value of one dollar. In the later years two versions were created intentionally for the collectors and at the same time for the government to raise fund for Individual Retirement Account Investment; the proof version and the uncirculated version. Silver Eagle Dollar coin is valued not just because of its purity ...
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  • Have Fun And Make Money By Amassing Coins
    By: Ann Margaret McPherson | - Coin collecting can be a wonderful hobby to carry out within your spare time but many people are in fact now commencing a coin business if they have uncommon coins . Anytime you commence collecting coins it's just enjoyable but before you realize it you may well possess a useful collection of some value.

    Now before you get carried away you have to recognize that even hundreds of years ago when new coins had been issued there was still millions created so many aged coins are not of gre ...

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  • Great Dane Dog Breed Description, History, Grooming, Health Issues And Living Conditions
    By: Scott Lipe | - Description: The Great Dane is a huge dog; it has a square body and a long neck, although females may be slightly longer than they are tall. They are a powerful dog but look elegant and noble; they have a short and shiny coat that can appear in a verity of colors including black, blue, harlequin, fawn, merle and stripped brindle. Despite their large size they are a graceful dog. They stand between 30 and 34 inches, though can be taller, and weigh between 100 and 200 lbs. They have a narrow head ...
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  • Is It Better To Invest In Gold Or Silver In This Economy?
    By: Tom Bukacek | - Is It Better to Invest in Gold or Silver in this Economy?

    What is the better investment in today's economy, gold or silver?

    Most people would probably answer gold, but the precious metal with the greatest upside may be silver. Silver is more volatile than gold is, and with expected inflation and increase in demand, Silver has a potential to increase in value more than Gold.

    Now the purpose of this article isn't to talk you out of investing in gold as it is ...

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  • Why Collect Silver And Gold Numismatic Coins?
    By: Craig Williams | - Collecting is a very enjoyable hobby. Every once in a while collecting can be very profitable say in the case of a rare stamp collection, paintings, baseball cards. Collecting numismatic gold and silver coins is more than just a hobby!

    Numismatics is defined as the study or collecting of coins, medals, and paper money. Numis network coins are gold and silver coins of the highest graded silver and gold numismatic coins available. Each coin is delivered inspected, graded, certified an ...

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  • Got Numismatic Silver? What You Should Know About Silver Coin Collecting That They Don"t Tell You
    By: Craig Williams | - Silver and Gold Collectable Coins is more than just a hobby. Numismatic Collectible coins are coins you keep and pass down for generations. One of the worlds most collected coins is the American Silver Eagle ms70 The Numis flagship product. Numismatics is the study of money. It is important to have money on your mind and your money on your mind!

    Numismatic coins are valued with 4 factors in mind. 1) precious metal content 2) rarity 3) collector demand 4) actual condition. Coin ...

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  • Collect Gold And Silver Graded Coins
    By: Gary Price | - Gold and Silver has always been a focal point for security and wealth. In fact, the search to obtain and collect these precious metals seems to be encoded into our DNA. It is also human nature to collect things. After all, if you are going to collect something, why not money! By buying and collecting graded, silver and gold numismatic coins, you too can create wealth, collect wealth, and preserve wealth.

    When we talk about numismatics we are discussing the study and collecting of mone ...

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  • American Silver Dollars Still Shine Brightly As The Best Old Silver Dollars
    By: Oscar Planc | - Since the first days of America, the silver coin of choice has been the dollar. They have symbolized the lasting strength of the United States for over 200 years. American silver dollars are still sought by new and veteran coin collectors of all ages. They are not only beautiful works of art, they have a rich history being struck in silver dollar mints across the country.

    Being able to be transported has led silver to be the preferred metal for coinage. Gold is too valuable to be in l ...

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  • Types Of Rare Coins
    By: Ethan Luke | - People have collected coins for their value for as long as coins have been minted. Coins of interest to collectors include those that have circulated for a very brief period of time, coins with mint errors, and exotic or historically significant pieces. For various reasons, certain coins are perceived as rare or valuable and have become desired by collectors everywhere. Most people assume that if a coin is over 100 years old, it must be rare. Age alone, however, has nothing to do with rarity. Ra ...
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  • The Art Of Silver
    By: Elijah Muskett | - The art of silver smithing has been a form of expression of Native American Indian tribes of the southwest. The art can be traced back to the late 1800s. What is the art of silver smithing? The art of silver smithing is taking silver metal pieces and working those pieces into a buckle, button, earrings, and other various goods. Native American Indians became more familiar with silver they start making bolder variations of art where they affixed semi-precious stones such as turquoise. The ...
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  • Selling Your Own Coin Or Money Collections
    By: Roy J Walker | - There are so many people who peruse the hobby of collecting currency coins & money. They do is out of different reasons. Some just do it for fun; some do it very seriously, as they expect to make money out of it. When people are very clear about why they are collecting money or coins the things are relatively simpler.

    May be one is just born in an environment where information regarding the sales and purchase of the coin & money collection is available. On the contrary there are ...

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  • Making Of Native Indian Jewelry
    By: Double Dee Deals | - Native Indian jewelry, especially the Navajo and Zuni variety, generated a growing interest for its magnificent design and manufacturing. It is based on a tradition that is not long, dating back to the mid-19th century. The emphasis here is on the silverware that is used in the manufacture of jewelry. It is a story that is worth seeking. It is an American legacy of the native Indians, from the time of the Spanish conquest. So in that sense it is a tradition that dates back to the time the founde ...
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  • How To Use Antler Lamps For Unique Country Interior Design
    By: Nelson Montana | - Antler lamps are wonderful for enhancing western home decor. Much more than a way to light your home, antler lamps bring character to your room. If you own a rustic cabin or southwestern home, the rustic charm of antlers with their unusual shapes and variety of natural color will give your area the distinctive old west feel you are hoping to create.

    Rustic style home owners as well as those constructing modern log homes have used antler lamps for many years as the must have rus ...

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  • Coin Collecting Starter Guide
    By: neil parnham | - Are you wanting to start collecting coins, you could gain a great financial benefit as well as a personal satisfaction for doing so.

    There are those who enjoy collecting everyday common coins, gaining pleasure from inspecting mint marks and dates on their everyday change. Others have a collection of coins coming from different countries. Some coin collectors spend thousands on rare gold and silver coins from the period of the 1800's until the early 1900's.

    The ho ...

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  • How Is A 1963 Half Dollar Coin Valued
    By: Douglas Taylor | - Between 1948 and 1963 the silver half dollar was known as the Franklin Half Dollar and on one side could be seen a picture of Benjamin Franklin and on the reverse side was the Liberty Bell with a small eagle. At the time of it first being minted this coin was required to have a small eagle to the right of the Liberty Bell by law. But what is ironic is that Benjamin Franklin actually opposed the use of the eagle as the USA's national symbol and would have preferred that they turkey (a more nobl ...
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  • Steps To Help Keep Your Coin Collection Value High
    By: Douglas Taylor | - When you get bit by the coin collecting bug you may find yourself spending many of your waking hours on your coin collection. You have a lot of time and money invested in this hobby of yours so you need to be as careful as you can with your collection. You need to make sure you do not hurt the value of your coins by mishandling them in any way. Make sure you do not expose your coins to the elements or store them improperly. Be careful when handling your coin collection and only clean your coins ...
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  • How To Go About Finding The Right Kind Of Storage For Your Coin Collection
    By: Douglas Taylor | - Often trying to find the proper type of coin collecting storage can be one of the most important tasks to be faced by the everyday coin collector around the world. They need to find storage that will ensure the value and quality of their coins as well as keeping them maintained. So in order to do this they should be stored in both a secure and safe place.

    Today you will find that are various kinds of storage facilities available that will not only let you store but also display ...

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  • Coin Collection Folders Help Protect Your Valuable Coin Collection
    By: Douglas Taylor | - Many people start collecting coins because they really enjoy hunting down old coins and because of the satisfaction the hobby brings when you find that rare old coin. Once you have located that great find most people will want to do everything they can to protect the coin from harm. This is so important to the serious coin collector they will probably want to store their old money in one of the many coin collection folders.

    Coin collection folders are not hard to locate and in mos ...

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  • What Needs To Be Considered When Providing An Estimate Of Value On A Rare Coin
    By: Douglas Taylor | - When dealers are looking at a rare coin value estimate there are a number of things that they will need to take into account. In this article we will look at the things that such dealers will consider when estimating the value of a rare coin.

    Age
    Although generally speaking the older a coin is then the more it is worth. However, but this may not be the case.

    Condition
    Unfortunately a coin which is badly corroded and you are unable to tell what it is ...

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  • What Might Actually Determine The Value Of Your Coin Collection
    By: Douglas Taylor | - There are many factors that will need to be taken into consideration in order to determine the value of your coin collection. It is often determined by four factors: -

    1. How many of the coins are around?
    2. How many collectors are looking for that particular coin?
    3. What condition the coins are in? This is most important where many coins are concerned.
    4. The bullion or exchange value of the coin in question? Either a gold or silver coin will not norm ...

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  • How To Value Coins Using A Coin Value Guide
    By: Douglas Taylor | - One of the most important pieces of information that a coin collector will want to know is how much a coin is worth. By knowing what a coin is worth will affect what they are willing to pay or sell it for. Plus it will help you to look and appreciate your coins much more. There are plenty of US coin value guides available both off and online. But some are certainly more accurate than others. However, what should be remembered is no one guide is foolproof. All the guides available will only ...
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  • Finding Rare And Collectible Coins
    By: Alfred James | - Coins can also be strikingly beautiful in their own right, with the top designers of a nation striving to have their motif chosen for immortality on the face of a coin.

    The history of gold coins dates as far back as 2,700 years ago. The first gold coins in the world were issued in Lydia around 640 B.C. certain internet websites will provide you with a lot of information about the history of gold coins.

    Many countries produce gold coins for collectors or for commem ...

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  • Tips In Buying Bullion Coins
    By: Alfred James | - With so much information and beauty contained in so small a package, it is no surprise that coin collecting has been a hobby nearly as long as the concept of coins themselves.

    The history of gold coins dates as far back as 2,700 years ago. The first gold coins in the world were issued in Lydia around 640 B.C. certain internet websites will provide you with a lot of information about the history of gold coins.

    Australia reveres its national animal with the Gold Kan ...

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  • Types Of Coins Do Collectors Love
    By: Alfred James | - Coins can also be strikingly beautiful in their own right, with the top designers of a nation striving to have their motif chosen for immortality on the face of a coin.

    The history of gold coins dates as far back as 2,700 years ago. The first gold coins in the world were issued in Lydia around 640 B.C. certain internet websites will provide you with a lot of information about the history of gold coins.




    The value of gold coins is usually higher than ...

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  • Wanna Start On Collecting Coins?
    By: Alfred James | - With so much information and beauty contained in so small a package, it is no surprise that coin collecting has been a hobby nearly as long as the concept of coins themselves.

    The history of gold coins dates as far back as 2,700 years ago. The first gold coins in the world were issued in Lydia around 640 B.C. certain internet websites will provide you with a lot of information about the history of gold coins.

    Many countries produce gold coins for collectors or for ...

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  • How To Grade Your Coins
    By: Alfred James | - Coins can also be strikingly beautiful in their own right, with the top designers of a nation striving to have their motif chosen for immortality on the face of a coin.

    The history of gold coins dates as far back as 2,700 years ago. The first gold coins in the world were issued in Lydia around 640 B.C. certain internet websites will provide you with a lot of information about the history of gold coins.

    The value of gold coins is usually higher than the value of th ...

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  • What Are Factors That Affect The Value Of Coins?
    By: Alfred James | - The Origin of Coins and Coin Collecting The hobby of coin collecting began nearly as soon as the first coins were minted in Asia Minor, around 650 B.C.

    The history of gold coins dates as far back as 2,700 years ago. The first gold coins in the world were issued in Lydia around 640 B.C. certain internet websites will provide you with a lot of information about the history of gold coins.

    The value of gold coins is usually higher than the value of their weight in gol ...

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  • Canadian Coin Collecting
    By: Alfred James | - With so much information and beauty contained in so small a package, it is no surprise that coin collecting has been a hobby nearly as long as the concept of coins themselves.

    The history of gold coins dates as far back as 2,700 years ago. The first gold coins in the world were issued in Lydia around 640 B.C. certain internet websites will provide you with a lot of information about the history of gold coins.

    Australia reveres its national animal with the Gold Kan ...

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  • A Coin Is Worth More Than A Coin
    By: Alfred James | - Coins can also be strikingly beautiful in their own right, with the top designers of a nation striving to have their motif chosen for immortality on the face of a coin.

    The history of gold coins dates as far back as 2,700 years ago. The first gold coins in the world were issued in Lydia around 640 B.C. certain internet websites will provide you with a lot of information about the history of gold coins.

    Many countries produce gold coins for collectors or for commem ...

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  • Joining A Coin Club!
    By: Alfred James | - With so much information and beauty contained in so small a package, it is no surprise that coin collecting has been a hobby nearly as long as the concept of coins themselves. The history of gold coins dates as far back as 2,700 years ago. The first gold coins in the world were issued in Lydia around 640 B.C. certain internet websites will provide you with a lot of information about the history of gold coins.

    Gold coins are a favorite of coin collectors with an eye toward investm ...

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  • Commemorative Coins
    By: Alfred James | - Coins hold a wealth of information on their small faces, from the year of their birth to the language spoken at the time, from the metals a country holds valuable to the cultural influences and historical figures that its people hold valuable. The history of gold coins dates as far back as 2,700 years ago. The first gold coins in the world were issued in Lydia around 640 B.C. certain internet websites will provide you with a lot of information about the history of gold coins.

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  • Coin Collecting Values! What Is Your Coin Collection Worth?
    By: Douglas Taylor | - There are so many things that can affect the value of your coin collection. A lot of these are obvious like the condition your coin is in or how old it is. How many coins were produced is another item that will affect your coin collecting values. Other things to keep in mind are factors that are beyond your control such as how much desire there is for the coin you own.

    While you do not have any control over all the things that affect your coin collecting values like the state of o ...

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  • Finding Old American Coins In Ordinary Places
    By: Douglas Taylor | - With the new age of the Internet you can now find most anything you could possibly want online. While there are certainly many places to find old coins on the net, in some ways this hobby can be as traditional as it was back before the Internet. People starting out in their coin-collecting journey are often delighted to discover how many old American coins are still in everyday use.

    You can often find collectable coins in everyday places. With the use of the modern day coin counti ...

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  • Gold, A Hedge Against The Perils Of Interesting Times"'
    By: John Christensen | - While paper-based investments and real estate are vulnerable to effects of changing times, gold soars. A precious metals investment may save a portfolio when all else fails.

    The old Chinese curse, may you live in interesting times, has particular relevance to the current epoch of U.S. history. There's a lot going on right now, much of it scary. Major investors around the world are responding to the events of our perilous age by sinking their dollars, deutschmarks and yen into g ...

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  • Revival Fires In America - Where Will They Light
    By: Rev Michael Bresciani | - It is said that an expert is only a man from out of town with a brief case. Can the church live in this cycle of inactivity followed by forced fire. The answer is an unequivocal no, but even more so as we approach the coming calamities of the Last Days.

    The movie Jesus Camp was produced largely by democratic and liberal film makers. It was used in part to show how kids are indoctrinated into what is called a subculture offshoot from the conservative movement. The film betrayed ...

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  • Collecting Coins Is Fun!
    By: Francis Prind | - One hobby that has sustained the test of time is that of coin collection. Coins have been minted as far back as the Roman Empire and maybe even before that. People have been collecting coins from time immemorial, collecting, sorting, organizing and auditing coins all over the world.

    Collecting coins is a lot of fun and is very easy to begin doing on your own. You can even start with the change you have in your pocket (and indeed, this is an excellent way to being this fascinating ...

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  • Having Fun With Coins
    By: Francis Prind | - One hobby that has sustained the test of time is that of coin collection. Coins have been minted as far back as the Roman Empire and maybe even before that. People have been collecting coins from time immemorial, collecting, sorting, organizing and auditing coins all over the world.

    Coin collection is a lifelong educational hobby which requires patience, diligence and discipline. It is relatively easy to start off with; you can even begin with the change in your pocket.
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  • History Of The Mercury Dime
    By: Keith Scott | - History of the Mercury Dime
    The year was 1915 and there was a movement afoot to change the remainder of American coinage. With the changes to the $10 eagle, $20 double eagle, the cent and nickel, it was now time for changes to the dime, quarter and half dollar. Under 1890 law, changes could not be made to a coin design without approval from congress more frequently than every 25 years. The Barber coinage (dime, quarter and half dollar) was to reach that mark in 1916 and the mint wasted no ...

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