Table of Contents June 2010
“Reality Checks” on the Rise
At the request of hobbyists, certification services are returning to their roots: acknowledgment of authenticity
by Dom Yanchunas
Pro and COIN: It’s a Great, New—Online—Marketplace
With some common sense, the Internet is a good place to buy and sell coins
by Rita Laws, Ph.D.
Pro and COIN: Computer-Age Villains in a Vast and Lawless Landscape
Knowing how to navigate cyberspace does not make it a safe place to buy and sell coins
by Scott A. Travers
Profiles in Coinage: The Standing Liberty Quarter
An invitation-only competition produced a design that is still endeared by collectors after nearly a century
by Ed Reiter
Counterfeiting Through the Ages
The world’s second-oldest profession has been around almost since the dawn of coinage
by R.W. Julian
Old-Time Fakery
The need for an authentication-only service was recognized long before the recent wave of counterfeits hit
by Tom DeLorey
Coin Capsule: 1916
Europe was ravaged by war, but a coinage renaissance was taking place in the United States
by Ron Meyer
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