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Prologue In just a few minutes we’ll be officially on the road (again), heading down to the first ever Philadelphia Coin & Currency Expo (and the associated Bowers...

September 3rd:  Prologue This is when it is really fun for us. No, not the getting up early, packing our suitcases for the umpteenth time this year, saying...

Just 1:  Coin shows we attended. 44:  CRO checks written there. 4 Big Boxes:  Quantity of NEWPs sent out for photography from the show. 17:  The number of...

Prologue: I know what some of you are thinking.  You’re thinking, “Hey, the Stack’s and Heritage pre-ANA auctions started last week, and you guys didn’t post anything about...

More Numismatic Non-Fiction By Dave Wnuck Have you ever heard someone described as a ‘natural’ in numismatics?  I have – usually referring to a person who seems to...

Thursday: Aaaah the MidAmerica – notable for its fine location at the Renaissance Hotel here in scenic Schaumburg, Illinois, and also for the fact that at this show...

Prologue: Greetings fellow numismatist!  (Though I have recently learned that our readership includes non-numismatists as well – ranging from those who like travelogues to people who are simply...

Prologue: It is now 4:40 AM and I have been awake for about an hour and a half, first tripping over the luggage that I arranged carefully right...

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....

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...