Detecting Counterfeits: Measurements
This is part 3 of a 6 part series Detecting Counterfeits Introduction Visual Inspection Measurements ← you are here Specific Gravity Currency Final Word Check the Coin’s Weight Like your visual...
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This is part 4 of a 6 part series Detecting Counterfeits Introduction Visual Inspection Measurements Specific Gravity ← you are here Currency Final Word Specific gravity is a way to determine the...
View ArticleDetecting Counterfeits: Currency
This is part 5 of a 6 part series Detecting Counterfeits Introduction Visual Inspection Measurements Specific Gravity Currency ← you are here Final Word As opposed to the effort to detect counterfeit...
View ArticleDetecting Counterfeits: Final Word
This is final part of a 6 part series Detecting Counterfeits Introduction Visual Inspection Measurements Specific Gravity Currency Final Word ← you are here If you are uncomfortable trying to detect...
View ArticleMaking new green with old green
What happens when the Federal Reserve shreds old money? We have seen the many packages of shredded currency. From the little packages with $5.00 of shredded currency to 5 pound bags filled with...
View ArticleBNote sings new praises for Baltimore
Last April, the Baltimore Green Currency Association, sponsor of the BNote, initiated an Indiegogo campaign to fund their next issue that would feature significant women in Baltimore history. Although...
View ArticleIs numismatics really dying as a hobby?
Although I owe you my impressions of the U.S. Mint’s Numismatic Forum, giving it the proper treatment I think it deserves has taken longer than expected. Rather, let me jump ahead to a recurring theme...
View ArticleHow money was made in Ottawa in 1920
I am a firm believer that in order to understand how things evolved to the way they are today, we have to study the past. History teaches us lessons that we should learn from in order to not make the...
View ArticleIt’s lucky
When Patrick was 16, he was captured by Irish pirates and was taken to Ireland as a slave to look after the animals. After six years, he escaped his enslavement to return to his family in Great...
View ArticleForeign coins at the U.S. Mint
During this past week, I have been working on two projects to satisfy my curiosity. One of those projects was to find and document all of the coins the U.S. Mint has produced for foreign governments....
View ArticleHow many foreign coins at the U.S. Mint
Continuing my self-education into the subject of foreign coin production at the U.S. Mint, the data was normalized to the point where it can be determined the number of coins that were struck for...
View ArticleUsing coins to spread protest messages
As I am working on a manuscript about counterfeiting coins and currency, I started to search the internet for the location of some information when I stumbled on The British Museum’s website. Rather...
View ArticleErrors versus Varieties: About Errors
This is first article of a 2 part series: Errors versus Varieties: About Errors ← you are here Errors verus Varieties: Varieties are spice Over the years, I have been asked what are the differences...
View ArticleErrors verus Varieties: Varieties are spice
This is second article of a 2 part series: Errors versus Varieties: About Errors Errors verus Varieties: Varieties are spice ← you are here A variety is a coin that differs from its basic design type...
View ArticleAdding Collecting Guides
Over the last few weeks, I have been working on a few writing projects that include primers about collecting numismatics. While some of these articles have allowed me to repurpose blog posts, I have...
View ArticleYou know there are more ways to bid than eBay
There are many ways to collect numismatics and there are many places that a collector can find items to add to a collection. Collecting can be an expensive hobby regardless of what is collected....
View ArticleA growing problem in the collecting industry
It is difficult to turn on the television, read the news, or visit social media without the tragedies of the day smacking us in the face. Although crime statistics are the lowest it has been in...
View ArticleInsight into Online Research Sources
I am often asked what resources I used for online research when writing articles for the Coin Collectors Blog. For more than 12 years of writing this blog, I have found hundreds of websites that I have...
View ArticleOnline Research Resources UPDATE: Currency
Last week, I posted an article about online resources that I use when I want to begin research on a numismatic topic. The list provided a number of resources but a reader wrote to me and noted that I...
View ArticlePhishing is back: When in doubt just delete it!
The American Numismatic Association and Numismatic Guarantee Corporation recently issued press releases notifying the public that there have been attempted phishing scams by trying to impersonate a...
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