Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the Philadelphia mint. For a numismatist this is a very exciting thing. For a non-numismatist (aka family), this is not as exciting. I found lunch at Reading Terminal for them made up nicely for the time spent at the mint. There is a free tour that begins and […]

There is a special coin collector in your life. You want to get them something they would really enjoy, but what? For the non-collecting world this can be quite a difficult problem. What to get someone who enjoys looking at pennies under a microscope or what to get a young one who thinks it would […]

The United States Mint has produced some real winners so far this year. The 2015 Coin and Chronicles sets are red-hot, leaving those lucky enough to get them elated and those that did not grumbling all the way to the secondary market. The Harry S. Truman set was issued first and with a limit of […]

At this time of year, as numismatists we have much to be thankful for. For starters, thanks for all of the wonderful family as many of us got started in this fantastic hobby as a result of some family member handing down or purchasing a coin that kindled the fire we know as coin collecting. Thanks […]

          In the recent CoinWeek article “Coin Collecting: Do We Still Have a $20 Hobby ?” the case is made that with Gold nearing $1680 per ounce and silver at $32 the hobby may be impacted with an unwanted price increase for the collector. With that said is there still bargain’s […]