Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Fantasy Coins: The Strange Business of The Moonlight Mint

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  Fantasy Coins: The Strange Business of The Moonlight Mint Let’s strike a new design and date on a perfectly good old coin Anthony Lawrence...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Those Cheating Coin Dealers Will Rip You Off!

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  Those Cheating Coin Dealers Will Rip You Off! Or maybe not Anthony Lawrence Numismatics Courtesy of   Heritage Auction Galleries , used by...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Moonlight Mint's 1916 Fantasy Barber Half

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This is truly a beautiful piece. See  “1916” Barber Half Dollar – Production Blog  for mintage figures.  This one is Die State ...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Interesting Infographic on coins and coin collecting

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Here is an interesting infographic from  http://www.preciousmetals.com/ blog/2015/01/coin-experts- survey/ I see that 13% of respondents t...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

When coins no longer matter at all

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We are nearing the point when coinage becomes irrelevant. Already many of us do most our daily business electronically and have little use f...
Friday, January 16, 2015

United States 3 Cent Coins

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The first time I saw a three cent piece was in a box of old coins I inherited from my grandfather. It was silver, quite worn and seemed so v...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

PhoneScope Clip On Microscope Review

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Although I have a USB microscope , I wanted something for my phone that I could use in the field. I bought the Lighthouse Phonescope (see A...