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Lost Treasure
WHAT IS IT ABOUT A LOST TREASURE STORY?

The Ultimate Lost Treasure Story -- The 1715 Fleet

Hollandia – an increasingly famous shipwreck

tVliegent Hart – Secret Treasure

The War of Jenkins Ear, the Acapulco Galleon, and the Lima Coins of George II

SS Central America Gold -- Valor and Value on the High Seas

Pirate Treasure
PIRATE TREASURE WAS ACQUIRED IN HIGH RISK, ECONOMIC WARFARE.

Metal Detecting
METAL DETECTING - A HIGH BENEFIT, LOW COST WAY TO COLLECT COINS.

Metal Detector Technology – Three Ways to Go

Getting Started in Metal Detecting

Early America
EARLY AMERICAN COIN SHORTAGE... GOT CHANGE FOR AN OX?

Hogge Money – The value of… a feral hog!

Strike a little colonial coin – and risk going to jail!

Values?
COULD THE VALUE OF RARE COINS BE MORE THAN DOLLARS?

Collectible Paper Currency – FACE VALUE INVESTMENT POTENTIAL...

The value of a Penny Depends on How You Calculate It.

Certified Coins?
US CERTIFIED RARE COINS BRING ORDER AND CONFIDENCE TO THE MARKETPLACE.

1st US Mint
THE FIRST FEDERAL MINT - MAKING MONEY THE OLD FASHIONED WAY…

The first American silver dollar was not made by the US Mint…

The 1793 large cent – what they had there… was a failure to communicate.

Half Dime – first US coin – facts and rumors

Coats of Arms
WHY WOULD A COAT-OF-ARMS SYMBOL APPEAR ON A COIN?

The Fleur-De-Lis Story – How it played in France, England, and Spain

The British Lion - who, incidentally, first roared in French!

Paper Money
OLD PAPER MONEY - FRAGILE SURVIVORS WITH STRONG STORIES

Civil War paper money – mementos of conflict

Chopped Coins?
WORLD SILVER COIN = PIECE OF EIGHT + CHINESE CHOPS

Penny History
THE HISTORY OF THE PENNY – FROM SIX COINS AND TWO MILLENNIA

Roman Denarius - The Penny's Oldest Ancestor

Medieval Silver Pennies - Small, Thin, and Hammered!

Boulton and Watt's Thoroughly Steamed Pennies

Large Cents – When Pennies Were REALLY BIG.

The 1856 Flying Eagle Cent - Beautiful, and Illegal.

Whoa! Is that an Indian Head Penny?

Driving the Indian Head penny value higher…

The 1909 VDB penny – at three for a nickel!

Here’s the thing about rare Wheat pennies…

A Denver cent with a Philly kind of look.../a>

The 1931-S story - and my special adventure!

The 1943 penny – lead, silver, steel, or copper?

US Mints
HOW MANY US MINTS – FROM CHAIN CENTS TO STATE QUARTERS?

Philadelphia Mints - all four of them.

Charlotte Mint - first operating US branch mint.

Dahlonega Mint - Saga of Southern Gold

New Orleans Mint - Civil War Survivor

San Francisco Mint - Boomtown Born and Bred

Carson City Mint - With Abe Curry's Compliments

Denver Mint - Approved! And No Coins for 43 Years...

West Point Mint -- Making History... Collectible

Nickels
THE FIRST US NICKEL COINS WEREN'T WORTH A NICKEL!

The Flying Eagle Cent – a flawed beauty

The Three Cent Nickel – a gift to all Americans – monopolist or otherwise!

Shield Nickels – “the ugliest of all known coins?”

Liberty V Nickel – An Invitation to Crime

Buffalo Nickels – Fine Art for Five Cents

The Jefferson Nickel was designed to a tight government spec – and looks it…

Peace Medal Nickel resurrects good intentions

The Keelboat Nickel – upstream with Lewis and Clark

Return of the Buffalo—the American Bison Nickel

Ocean In View Nickel – only slightly off course

Return To Monticello Nickel – new all over again

Silver Dollars
US SILVER DOLLARS - QUINTESSENTIAL COLLECTIBLE COINS

Pictures of Early US Silver Dollars – A Satisfying Wallow in Spectacular Coinage

Christian Gobrecht's Seated Liberty Dollars

The US Trade Dollar - Beautiful, Historic, But Not for Domestic Use

Morgan Silver Dollars – Favored by Dollar Collectors – But Why?

State Quarters
US STATE QUARTERS – COIN COLLECTING EXCITEMENT AT FACE VALUE

Delaware

Pennsylvania

New Jersey

Georgia

Connecticut

Massachusetts

Maryland

South Carolina

New Hampshire

Virginia

New York

North Carolina

Rhode Island

Vermont

Kentucky

Tennessee

Ohio

Louisiana

Indiana

Mississippi

Presidential Dollars
PRESIDENTIAL DOLLAR COINS COILD WIN BIG FOR THE US MINT IN TWO IMPORTANT WAYS...

Washington Dollar - The UnPaper One

John Adams Dollar - A Tribute to Presidential Vigor and Intellect.

The Jefferson Dollar Honors a Polymath

The James Madison Dollar celebrates Constitutional architect.

Monroe Doctrine and fifth US President remembered.

US Gold Coins
US GOLD COIN STORIES, HISTORY, PHOTOS, AND MORE

How the eagle design uncovered one of many early coin mistakes…

The significance of miniscule die changes made to the Capped Head Half Eagle…

Half Eagles -- Gallery One

Half Eagles -- Gallery Two

Half Eagles -- Gallery Three

One Dollar Gold Coin Gallery

Coin Making
COIN MAKING – 2500 YEARS OF ART, TECHNOLOGY, AND ECONOMIC INDESPENSIBILITY

The Hammered Coin – An Object of Art and Strength

Cob Coins - Are these really coins??

The Screw Press - High Quality and High Anxiety

Coin Grading
COIN GRADING - MEANING AND IMPORTANCE

Coin Auction Pages
COINS OFFERED ON EBAY

Early Cents, 1773-1796

Draped Bust Cents, 1796-1807

Classic Head Cents, 1808-1814

Coronet Head Cents, 1816-1839

Braided Hair Cents, 1840-1857

Flying Eagle Small Cents, 1857-1858

Counterfeit Coins
Counterfeit Coin Threat Pales with Knowledge - Start Here!

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