Answers to June Quiz
The following are the answers to June's COINage Kids Quiz on bourse etiquette.
True or False:
1. It is OK to handle raw coins like they’re...
Answers to May Quiz
Following are the answers to May's Coinage Kids Quiz, "Mom's the Word."
1. For how many years did Queen Victoria reign?
63 (63 years, 7 months)
2....
New Facebook Poll
COINage has received several recent press releases regarding the national parks quarters, the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program, as it's officially called.
The fact that...
Feeding the Coin-Collecting Beast
Why don’t more kids collect coins?
I’m asked that question at least twice a day. And at least twice a day, I’m able to give...
My Two Cents’ Worth: A Clash of Symbols
A CLASH OF SYMBOLS
by Ed Reiter
Symbolism.
To critics of the U.S. Mint’s uninspired coin designs, it’s an element sorely missing from the nation’s new coinage...
What’s It Worth?
COINage has received several letters lately regarding coin values. How is value determined? Who determines it? Inquiring readers want to know.
So I did a...
New Times, New Money
The magazine is called COINage, which seems to say that we don't follow currency at all. We do.
But somehow, the Dollar ReDe$ign Project, an...
My Two Cents’ Worth: The Weight-ing Game
THE WEIGHT-ING GAME
by Ed Reiter
It’s official: The Realm of Coins has a new heavyweight champion—with a seven-figure price tag to back its claim to...
WORLD COINS: The Crested Ibis Flies Again
The fifth coin in Japan’s Prefecture Series features the Japanese crested ibis flying over Sado Island in the Prefecture of Niigata.
The revered bird...
My 2 Cents: The Missing “Lincs”
Where have all the flowers gone? Better yet, where have all the 2009 Lincoln cents gone?
Halfway through the year, the U.S. Mint had produced...
