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01 Nov 2024

Collecting Friends: Authentication

Authentication

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31 Oct 2024

Collecting Friends: Coin Revivals

Coin Revivals

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22 Oct 2024

Where to Sell Coins

Whether selling a few pieces that you’ve since upgraded, or changing your focus to a new set and selling off an entire collection, most collectors eventually find themselves wanting to sell some of their coins. There are plenty of different options, but not all of them are a perfect fit for every collection. Some of the key points you’ll want to.

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30 Sep 2024

Collecting Friends: Is the Half Dollar the “Coin of the People”?

Is the Half Dollar the “Coin of the People”?

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16 Sep 2024

Collecting Friends: What’s the Renaissance to You?

What's the Renaissance to You?

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20 Aug 2024

Collecting Friends: Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party

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06 Aug 2024

Collecting Friends: World Coins in Change

Dennis: In the American South, a “Yankee” is a Northerner who comes down to visit—and a “Damn Yankee” is one who doesn’t go back home. I’ve been the latter for a long time. I grew up in Central New York (that’s the Syracuse area, for anyone who thinks Buffalo is right next to the Bronx), and I moved to Atlanta about twenty years ago.

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03 Jul 2024

Collecting Friends: Odd Words

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07 Jun 2024

Collecting Friends: Collecting Coins with Cub Scouts

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02 May 2024

Collecting Friends: Naming Names in Numismatics

Listen to Audio Version Image: The ill-conceived “Liberty Barking” silver dollar, Judd-1544-1/2. (Actually a mockup of Dennis’s beagle Hyacinth, by retired Whitman art director Bob Cashatt.) Dennis: A coin collector asked me about the name of the 1916–1947 half dollar: Is it “Liberty Walking” or “Walking Liberty”? Growing up as a coin collector, I.

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