Table of Contents August 2010
New Slabs on the Block
Coin dealers and collectors still haven’t reached a consensus about the new premium-quality designation
by Dom Yanchunas
The Coinage of Massachusetts
All of the known dies have been carefully cataloged, but it is still possible to make an interesting new discovery in the series
by R.W. Julian
Coin Capsule: 1773
The original Tea Party took place in Boston, and colonists didn’t hesitate to use the George III Virginia halfpence
by John Iddings
Lovett & Sons
Robert Lovett Sr. and his sons made up a dynasty of engravers and die sinkers whose work spanned the 19th century
by David T. Alexander
“Slabs” Then and Now
Once simple coin holders in the 1960s, slabs today are a sort of security device, but they’re still not completely problem-free
by Tom DeLorey
Presidential Dollars: James Buchanan
Hoping that the Dred Scott decision would settle the slavery issue, the always formal Buchanan never confronted secession
by Ron Meyer
Money of British Monarchs: The Coinage of Edward VIII
The saga of Edward and Wallis Simpson makes his surviving coins that much more interesting and desirable
by R.W. Julian
Proper Bostonians
Boston has been a center of intellectual activity throughout American history and the foundation of many important numismatic advances
by David T. Alexander
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