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About the Author: Ken Bressett
Kenneth Bressett has been a leading voice in numismatics for over 60 years. He has served as the editor of the authoritative Red Book since 1962. He received the ANA Medal of Merit, the Ferran Zerbe award, and was elected to the National Numismatic Hall of Fame. He has authored dozens of published works on ancient coins, paper money, English, and United States coins.
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Montana and Glacier National Park
The United States Mint has released a second coin in the 2011 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Series. This coin features featuring an image of one of Montana’s great natural beauty’s- Glacier National Park. The series of coins uses a 1932 portrait of George Washington by John Flanagan on the obverse. The [...]
Posted in January 2012 3 Comments
Liberty Head Nickels
What This Country Needs Is A Good 5-Cent Cigar. If that is so it will not be a Liberty Head nickel dated 1913. One of those sold at an auction in March,2001, for the new record shattering sum of 1.84 million dollars. The extraordinary coin was one of only five known specimens and is high [...]
Posted in December 2011 Leave a comment
Fascinating Coin Fact
The leaves and branches that have appeared on United States coins over the years all have special meaning. The three principal varieties are the olive, the laurel and the oak. The olive signifies peace, the oak leaves are a symbol for military power and might, while the laurel leaves indicate the civic duties of government.
Posted in January 2012 Leave a comment
2011 Burnished Silver Eagles
This is a little-known collector’s opportunity in the world of American Eagle one ounce silver coinage. For 3 years only – in 2006, 2007 and 2008 – a small percentage of Silver Eagles were minted from special “burnished” coin blanks at the West Point Mint. Now in 2011, the Mint is once again releasing these [...]
Posted in December 2011 Leave a comment
1878 Carson City Mint Morgan Silver Dollar