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1. Shipwreck Coins and Artificacts There is something exciting about thinking of shipwrecks, buried and sunken treasures, and the fortune of finding such rare collectibles as shipwreck coins and shipwreck artifacts. People have been searching for the valuables lost in shipwrecks for y...
2. Lincoln Pennies--A Great Intro to Coin Collecting Reach into your pocket, scrounge around in your change purse, look between the cushions of your couch, rummage through the top drawer of your dresser or your nightstand, or perhaps look under the driver's seat of your car and you will almost undoubte...
3. Kennedy Half Dollar November 22, 1963, United States President John Fitgerald Kennedy was assassinated. The nation went into morning. All over the country people decided that they wanted to commemorate the slain leader. Roads, schools, even one of New York City's a...
4. Flying Eagle Cent - A High Point in Pennies? One of the more striking coins in US Mint History, the Flying Eagle Cent was also one of the shorter lived coins. The mint started making them in 1856, but the last Flying Eagle was struck just three years later, in 1858. With their brief period of mi...
5. Susan B Anthony Dollar The Susan B Anthony Dollar was minted from 1979 to 1981. It was resurrected again for a single year in 1999. The front (or obverse) of the coin depicts women's suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony. The back (or reverse) depicts an eagle flying a...
6. Franklin Half Dollars The Franklin Half Dollar was the fifty-cent coin minted in the United States from 1948 to 1963. The coin pictured a bust of Benjamin Franklin in profile on the obverse (heads) along with the word "Liberty," the inscription "In God We T...
7. Indian Head Penny The Indian Head Penny, or Indian Head Cent, has always been a favorite of collectors, especially among boys. Collecting Indian Head Cents is a wonderful way for anyone to enter the hobby of Coin Collecting (Numismatics). Not only is the design d...
8. Buffalo Nickel: A Truly American Coin The Buffalo Nickel is one of the most popular United States Coins to collect. The coin was minted from 1913 to 1938. It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser. The obverse (front or "heads" side) of the coin features a composite portrait of thre...
9. Half Dollars -- An Introduction Half Dollars minted in the United States are some of the most interesting coins in the world! Whether the image be a fallen President, Lady Liberty herself, or a renowned statesman/philosopher/scientist, the minted image is striking. Whether you are...
10. Peace Dollar Silver dollars minted in the United States between 1921 and 1935 bore the legend of Peace on the reverse side and became known as the Peace Dollar. Created following World War I, the War to End All Wars, it was a time when everyone simply wanted a ret...
11. Walking Liberty Half Dollar: American Gem Many people consider the Walking Liberty Half Dollar the most beautiful coin ever produced by the United States Mint. In my humble opinion, if it's not the prettiest, it surely is in the top five! If you show ten random US coins to a group of peo...
12. Mercury Dimes: I LOVE "Mercs" Designed by noted sculptor Adolph A. Weinman, many people believe that the Mercury Dime is one of the most beautiful U.S. coin designs ever produced. I happen to be among those people. Although I started my Mercury Dime collection later in life than...
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14. Barber Half Dollars With all of the controversy and struggle, it is amazing that the Barber Half Dollar was ever produced. James P. Kimball was the Director of the United States Mint in 1887. That year, in his annual report to Congress, Kimball requested a change in the...
15. Lincoln Silver Dollar February 12, 2009 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of <b>Abraham Lincoln</b>, sixteenth President of the United States. One of the mose beloved Chief Executives in the nation's history due to his character, his leadership, and h...
16. Ancient Coins With the release of 300, The Gladiator, Troy and the countless other “Ancient” based screenplays, a renewed interest in all things ancient has been kindled. Coins have almost always been a part of each culture. The Ancient Greeks with ...
17. New Lincoln Penny: Redesigning a Standard February 12 2009 is the 200th Anniversary of the birth of the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The year 2009 is also the 100th Anniversary of the release of the Lincoln Penny. To commemorate and celebrate the occasion, the C...
18. Silver Dollars When people think about coin collecting, they frequently think about silver. And when they think about silver, it is the dollar coin that most frequently comes to mind. So pervasive is the thought of this phrase that even though it has been close to...
19. Morgan Silver Dollars From 1878 to 1904, and then again for one year only in 1921, the US Mint made one of the most popular coins of all time, the Morgan Silver Dollar.
20. The Walking Liberty Half Dollar Many people consider the Walking Liberty Half Dollar the most beautiful coin every produced. In my humble opinion, if it's not the prettiest, it surely is in the top five! If you show a group of coins to a group of people who are not coin collectors,...