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May 8-9, 2008: The Early American Coppers Convention in Irving, TX

Day 1: I’ll have to type this quietly, as I am currently sitting in the “Colonial Coin Happening” (one of several on various copper topics going on concurrently)...

April 15-19, 2008: The Central States Numismatic Society Convention in Rosemont, IL

Preview: Well, I’m off on another adventure today, jetting off to scenic Rosemont, Illinois for a fun filled week of coin dealering. And lord knows we’re due –...

March 31, 2008: An Ode to . . . John Agre(?) by Dave Wnuck

This Coin Commentary may sound nakedly self-promotional, but I’d like to tell the folks out there a little about my business partner and the half owner of Coin...

February 26-March 2, 2008: The Whitman Baltimore Expo

Prelude: It’s been a fairly full day so far, as I’ve been up for hours, traded emails with some dealer friends (at 4:00 AM, which must indicate something...

February 13-16, 2008: The Long Beach Coin & Currency Expo

Day 1: This week hasn’t gone exactly as we drew it up. Life intervened as they say, and what was intended to be 8 days out here in...

February 9, 2008: Colonial Coin Collecting Q & A, Part 2

Waaaaaay back in August of 2006 we wrote part 1 of this Q & A with every intention of adding Part 2 eventually. Well, as it turns out,...

January 15-16, 2008: Stack’s Americana Auction

Because we hadn’t quite had our fill of coins at the FUN show, we were delighted that Stack’s had scheduled their annual Americana auction (plus some cool world...

January 5-13, 2008: The FUN Show in Orlando, FL

Preview: It is 5:57 AM here at Logan Airport in Boston – which of course means that it is time for our free FUN Preview which will begin...

December 26, 2007: The Year in Review

As another exciting numismatic year winds to a close, it is appropriate that we look back and reflect on the new friends we made, the coins we bought...