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Ah yes, there is nothing like traveling all over this great land to attend coin shows. But as much as we really enjoy them, there are occasional instances...

The following article by our own John Agre appeared in the Colonial Coin Collector’s Club (C4) Newsletter, but since not all of our website visitors are C4 members, we thought...

Prologue Just when we finally have (almost) all of those post Central States show loose ends tied up, it’s time to hit the road again, this time for...

Prologue We are delighted to be back in Chicago, and when we say Chicago, we of course mean Rosemont, Illinois, famous for a small cluster of hotels, a large,...

Prologue Today will be what numismatists refer to as a “very long day”, as we wake up shockingly early, head to Baltimore, view coins at Stack’s-Bowers for hours...

Prologue Good morning everyone: I am pleased to say that I am all packed, completely ready and just about to zoom to the airport for an entire frickin’...

I am in shock. My longtime friend, token and medal dealer extraordinaire Steve Tanenbaum, is no longer with us. That fact is simply unbelievable to me.  He was...

The other day a collector remarked about how we regularly mention Stack’s, Heritage or other major auctions here on the site, but never say “boo” (his word, not...

February 2nd:  Day 1 Truth to be told, I’m just happy I was able to make it here at all to write this exciting edition of the RR,...

January 26th:  Day 1 Good morning everyone. Today we’ll be discussing our trip to Stack’s annual Americana Auction, in which a slew of early American coins, medals, exonumia...