I am not selling anything!

I have had three different people mention the "coins you are selling on the Internet".
Let's make this clear: I am NOT selling anything!

I suppose this assumption comes because most of the numismatic posting you might see on the Internet do involve selling, but that's not my purpose.

What I am doing is writing about coins and coin collecting. Nothing is for sale. It's just informational. I enjoy collecting coins, I enjoy writing about the things I collect and that's all there is to it. Once in a great while I might sell something if I have duplicates, but I'd do that on eBay, not here. I am not selling anything here!

Nor am I the only one. A recent thread at the Coin Talk forum asked people to list their favorite coin related blogs.  Some do have commercial intent, but many do not. Incredibly, not everyone writing on the Internet is after your money!

Summer Hours

It's June and good weather is rolling in.  We'll be switching to a reduced publishing schedule now, posting on Monday, Wednesday and Friday only.

We'll resume our normal schedule in October.  

Clue for the second 2014 Silver Eagle Giveaway: "It's Greek to me!"

Note: All my coins are in a safe deposit box. I keep nothing in my home.

Contests and giveaways: http://coins.aplawrence.com/2014/05/contests-and-giveaways.html

Numismatic Art by Charles Daughtrey

Chuck Daughtrey has produced a series of numismatically related drawings.  These are available at very reasonable prices from http://www.cdaughtrey.com/.

Each is limited to 250 hand signed, numbered 11" x 14" prints.  Here's Victor D. Brenner:

Copyright Charles Daughtrey, used by permission

I bought Morgan and McNeil. These two are the designers of two of my favorite coins, the Morgan Dollar and the Standing Liberty Quarter. I do admire St. Gaudens Double Eagle also, but I had to limit myself two. If I had the space to display them and a larger budget, I'd buy them all.

Copyright Charles Daughtrey, used by permission

Copyright Charles Daughtrey, used by permission

If you buy any of these, remember that you can't leave them wrapped up in the shipping tube. Prints will develop a permanent curl and even creases.  Don't put off framing.  

Note: All my coins are in a safe deposit box. I keep nothing in my home.

Contests and giveaways: http://coins.aplawrence.com/2014/05/contests-and-giveaways.html