My Two Cents
My Two Cents’ Worth: The $10-Million Coin
Life imitated art in the coin market recently when a 1794 silver dollar—possibly the first silver dollar ever struck by the U.S. Mint—changed hands for just over $10 million in a New York City auction. (Articles on the sale and on the coin appear elsewhere in this issue.) Continue reading Senior Editor Ed Reiter’s column ...
My Two Cents’ Worth: Got Change for a Trillion?
Canada’s Loon dollar coin is affectionately known North of the Border as the “Loonie.” For a short time early this year, it seemed possible–though widely improbable–that Americans might get an even loonier coin, only this time its face value wouldn’t have been just $1 but a trillion dollars. Continue reading Ed Reiter’s column here.
My Two Cents’ Worth: Why Not a JFK Commemorative?
This year marks a major anniversary for one of the most shocking events in U.S. history. It was 50 years ago, on Nov. 22, 1963, that President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Continue reading Ed Reiter’s column here.
My Two Cents’ Worth: Has the Buck Really Stopped?
Reports of the demise of “mini-dollar” coins appear to have been premature. Fifty weeks after the Obama Administration administered last rites to the Presidential $1 Coin program, a hearing in the House of Representatives served notice that in supporters’ eyes, the series might yet be revived as circulating coinage. Continue reading here.
My Two Cents’ Worth: A Pocketful of Wry
When numismatists speak of “odd and curious” items, they’re referring to Yap stones, Swedish plate money and similarly strange objects that have seen use through the centuries as mediums of exchange. In this month’s column, the phrase “odd and curious” refers not to offbeat money, but rather to oddball news items dealing with coins or ...
My Two Cents’ Worth: Out to Launch
Kinderhook, New York … Moravia, New York … Greeneville, Tennessee … Fremont, Ohio. These are among the locations where the United States Mint has sought to “connect America through coins” in recent years. All have served as sites for official launch ceremonies at which the Mint has introduced new entries in its series of presidential ...
My Two Cents’ Worth: The High Seize
by Ed Reiter Something’s rotten in the Kingdom of Spain. Perhaps it’s the stench surrounding the 17 tons of gold and silver coins recently “repatriated” by Spain from the U.S. firm that recovered them from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. If so, the odor’s coming not from the coins themselves but from the Spanish ...
My Two Cents’ Worth: A Perfect Spring Day
A PERFECT SPRING DAY by Ed Reiter Big things are afoot in the world of coins. In response to complaints from disgruntled consumers, the United States Mint has announced that it is slashing issue prices for proof sets and other collector products as a token of appreciation for its loyal customers. Under the new price ...
My Two Cents’ Worth: Dollar Coins and Common Sense
DOLLAR COINS AND COMMON SENSE by Ed Reiter Looking for logic in Washington, D.C., is like looking for a needle in a haystack. More aptly, it’s like looking for a dollar— a metal one, that is—in pocket change. The Obama Administration recently pulled the plug on the base-metal presidential dollars, announcing that they will no ...
My Two Cents’ Worth: Lousing Up the First Spouse Series
LOUSING UP THE FIRST SPOUSE SERIES by Ed Reiter Chester Alan Arthur was one of this country’s most fascinating presidents. After a middling career as an utterly undistinguished political hack, he was nominated for the vice presidency following a backroom deal in 1880—in the confident expectation that this would consign him to permanent obscurity. Within ...
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- My Two Cents’ Worth: The $10-Million Coin
- Coinage Kids: May 2013
- In the May 2013 Issue …
- “Land of Water” from the Austrian Mint
- Next-Gen Numismatics
- My Two Cents’ Worth: Got Change for a Trillion?
- Coinage Kids: April 2013
- In the April 2013 Issue …
- The Cardinal’s Rules
- Davissons Ltd. to Run First Online Auction