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May 21, 2009: Review of the Whitman Encyclopedia, Part II

In our last Coin Commentary (gee, time sure does fly around here) we reprinted a review of the new Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins by Wayne Homren....

May 13-16, 2009: The Whitman Atlanta Expo

Day 1: For those of you who complain that we always say that every show is a “blockbuster”, today is your lucky day:  On Thursday we sold absolutely...

April 28-May 2, 2009: The Central States Numismatic Society Convention in Cincinnati, OH

Prologue: If this is Tuesday, we must be off to Ohio for the surprisingly long CSNS show. Amazingly, we’ll have PNG dealer set-up late this afternoon, PNG day...

April 16-17, 2009: The EAC Convention in Fort Mitchell, KY

Prologue: We’re off this morning for what figures to be a fun, though brief, copper-centric show in a place we certainly don’t get to very often, but which...

March 25, 2009: Review of the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins

Recently Wayne Homren, Editor of the fantastic and highly recommended E-sylum (which, in their own words, is described as “a weekly electronic newsletter published by the Numismatic Bibliomania...

March 23-29, 2009: The Whitman Baltimore Expo

Prologue: It is 3:41 AM, and I have now been up for an hour and 20 minutes, just enough time to pack, eat breakfast, tool around on the...

March 19-21, 2009: The Bay State Show & C4 Convention in Boston, MA

Day 1: It was a full day on Thursday, which included an event at my daughter’s school early in the AM, followed by an extremely painful dentist appointment,...

March 12-15, 2009: The ANA National Money Show in Portland, OR

Day 1: It’s a landmark day for the RR, as we are, for the first time, writing this in the great (and surprisingly cold) state of Oregon. For...

March 5, 2009: So you’re going to a coin show, eh?

Some time ago a client of ours recommended that we write a Coin Commentary for collectors attending a first show.  So we did (though we’ve tried to make...

February 18, 2009: Notable Numismatic Quotables, Part I

Over the years we’ve heard and read a number of interesting and thought provoking numismatic quotes from a variety of sources (actually, we’ve come up with a few...