In case you didn’t know it, there is no silver in the general circulation Eisenhower dollar coins of 1971-78, nor the new Presidential $1 coins, or their small sized predecessors, the 2000-to-date Sacagawea ‘golden dollars,’ or the 1979-81 Susan B. Anthony dollar coins, which were resumed for a single year in 1999. I hasten to ...
Almost everyone that picks up a silver dollar just instinctively holds it, turns it over, pinches in two fingers and studies it. Those simple actions alone can devalue a coin immediately, due to the fact that the oil in the skin of your hand will etch a fingerprint in that coin…some will be visibile immediately, ...
Remember the fun of going ice skating during the winter after the nearby pond or river froze solid enough to hold the weight of happy people spinning on the ice? That is one type of winter skating sport found in Reno and Carson City. The best part is the room for a good time for ...
The Morgan Dollar. Truly one of the prettiest coins to be collected. Minted from 1878 to 1921, this dollar, amazingly, was largely ignored upon it’s entry into circulation. In 1873, the current dollar of the time, The Liberty Seated Dollar, was legislated out of existence. The Morgan Dollar came to be due to the largest ...