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KELLOGG $50 GOLD PIECE: A NUMISMATIC CLASSIC
In 1855, a few splendid $50 gold coins were minted by Kellogg & Co. using [...]
IT’S SLABBED, SO IT’S OK . . . RIGHT?
No…Absolutely NOT! With the market Red-Hot, we are getting way too many phone calls from [...]
SSCA GOLD EUREKA BAR SETS $8 MILLION RECORD
The largest known transaction for a numismatic item recently shattered the previous $4.1 million record [...]
FAMOUS COINS EID MAR COMMEMORATIVE COIN
Historical coins are by far the most popular among collectors, especially ones which are tired [...]
CIVIL WAR OSTEND MANIFESTO
Written in 1854 as a secret document, the Ostend Manifesto, written in Ostend, Beligum, was [...]
CROWN GOLD
There are many different types of gold and the quality of gold can greatly affect [...]
S.S. BROTHER JONATHAN
The S.S. Brother Jonathan was constructed in 1851 for the trader Edward Mills. Mills was [...]
STECHOVICE TREASURE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
The story behind the Stechovice Treasure in the Czech Republic is that in 1945 German [...]
JAMES POLK U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY
Polk was an excellent student in College, and graduated with honors in 1818 from the [...]
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Silver is considered to be a precious metal and was one of the earliest metals [...]