Peace Dollar
1921-1928 & 1934-1935
The Silver Peace Dollar was originally proposed to be a commemorative coin issued to memorialize with the ending of World War I; however the final decision was made to issue the Silver Peace Dollar as a circulating coin.
The coin, which got its name from having the word “peace” imprinted at the bottom of the coin’s reverse, was designed by Anthony de Francisi.
The replacement to the Morgan Silver Dollar, the Silver Peace Dollar was struck from 1921 until 1928, then after a pause of six years it was minted again in 1934 and 1935. Read more about this coin …
Morgan Dollar
1878-1904 & 1921
The Morgan Silver Dollar, which was named after its designer, George T. Morgan, was minted from 1878-
1904 and then again for one year in 1921. Each Morgan Dollar has a finesse of .900 which gives it 0.77344 troy ounces, or 24.057 grams of silver.
The coin was commissioned after the Bland-Allison Act was passed; which called for the US Treasury Department to buy large amounts of silver, and strike it into coins. This was at a time when the cost of silver was very low due to the Comstock Lode silver strike in Nevada; which to this day is the largest silver strike in history. Read more about this coin …
How To Grade And Protect Your Coins
Depending how long, and for what reasons you are collecting coins, you may or may not have heard of coin grading, nor understand how to really protect your coins. With that said, if you are happy just having some neat old or foreign coins to look at once in awhile you will probably be fine doing just what you currently are, if you are deeply interested in the hobby then you might want to continue reading this informative little article on grading and protecting your coins.
When it comes to coin grading things can sometimes be pretty unclear. In the beginning there were simply two grades for coins; new and used. As the hobby evolved a letter scale for grading was adopted by collectors. Read more about this coin …
Collecting US Coins
Every one of us at some point or another has collected coins. Most people love coming home from a foreign country with some coins to show or give to family members or friends. But there are die hard coin 
collectors who collect United States coins, but not just any United States coins; they collect old United States coins.
While some people may not see the merit in a hobby like collecting old US coins, there is surprisingly a massive amount of the population that spends its time, and money, on old US coins. Most of these people started off by saving old pennies, nickels, and dimes they received in their change as children and have now grown into adults that have a great passion for their hobby of choice. Read more about this coin …
Early & Modern British Coin Collecting Guide
Are you a believer that there is money in old coins? Or do you have a keen interest to learn more about British coins? It is certainly more than possible to pick up bronze Roman coins for about $2 and the 
average Roman or Celtic coin might set you back around $60.
On the other hand, a 1933 penny would be worth a cool $50,000 simply based on their extreme rarity value. Of course there were enough pennies in circulation pertaining to that specific year but the Mint struck first just seven sample pennies first, to test the dies. A total of three of these went into the cornerstones of buildings and another three currently reside in museums which leaves just one out there somewhere, remaining. If you were fortunate enough to come across this specific one penny, count yourself rich, for it would be worth a great deal of money! Read more about this coin …