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How About that Medicine -- Prohibition Style !
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How About that Medicine — Prohibition Style !

The United States Prohibition period lasted from 1920 to 1933, during which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned, as per […]

Dr. G. G. Wilkins, Pittsfield, NH  Counterstamp Coin Master
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Dr. G. G. Wilkins, Pittsfield, NH Counterstamp Coin Master

During the 19th century counterstamping of coinage was done as a means of advertising one’s business and also as a forerunner to the modern day shopping coupon.

Alaska Quarter Missing Initials
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Alaska Quarter Missing Initials

Some Alaskan State quarters are showing up with the designer’s initials missing. The designer, Charles Vickers, whose initials CLV are supposed to be showing in the right lower quadrant near the bear’s left paw. Others are showing “ghost images” of the initials and others exhibited just one or two initials.

Dropped Letter on State Quarter
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Dropped Letter on State Quarter

A 2005-P West Virginia state quarter has been found with a “dropped letter” showing as a letter “T” dropped out in the field. This is the result of the “T” of WEST being clogged with debris that was packed in so tight that when it eventually fell out of the die cavity of the “T”, like Jello from a mold, it was struck into the field of the coin leaving behind this very interesting incuse “T.”

Four New Lincoln Cent Reverses Due Out Starting 2009.
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Four New Lincoln Cent Reverses Due Out Starting 2009.

Four new reverses on the Lincoln cent (penny) are scheduled to appear in circulation starting February 2009 and will gradually make new appearances throughout the calendar year, in observance of the bicentenniel of Lincoln’s birth. Each design will emulate President Lincoln’s life from childhood up through his Presidency. The composition of these coins will be 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper.

The Birth of Educational Notes
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The Birth of Educational Notes

1896 Series Currency:

Wyoming Double Dies Found
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Wyoming Double Dies Found

A Pennsylvania coin fancier sent in three different hub doubled die varieties on the reverse of the 2007-P Wyoming state quarter. All three involve the […]

Errors Found in Search of Nickels
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Errors Found in Search of Nickels

Errors in some circulated nickels were found recently by a Florida coin collector. The message here is that when cherry-picking coins, not only should one look for the brilliant uncirculated but also for errors. These errors happen to be in Jefferson nickels, which are his pendchant, and fortunately for him. One good find was a 1996-P Jefferson nickel which was struck twice.

Braille on Coin a First for USA
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Braille on Coin a First for USA

Have you ever wondered how the blind population can tell what denomination of either paper money or coin they are using?

A prototype of the first U.S. coin with readable Braille characters was unveiled July 2 at the National Federation of the Blind’s annual convention in Dallas during the March for Independence.

Do You Remember Yuri Gagarin?
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Do You Remember Yuri Gagarin?

In 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first human to enter space and orbit the globe for 108 minutes aboard Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok I) and returned safely to earth. What a brave cosmonaut!!

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