Where were you when COINage first came out? Unless you’re now 50 or older, it’s likely that you weren’t even born yet— for this magazine hit the stands for the very first time not quite half a century ago, with an issue dated Winter 1964. Read the rest of Senior Editor Ed Reiter’s column here.

Find and identify the words about the Winter Olympics in the grid. Then mail your completed quiz to January Quiz, COINage magazine, P.O. Box 7030, Ventura, CA 93006-9899.

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 […]

Table of Contents, January 2013