ince the United States began mining coins in the late 1700’s, there have been literally hundreds of different designs of the...

Collecting a type set of coins from the Nineteenth Century is much more challenging than the Twentieth Century coins I described last...

All collectibles have one thing in common that determine their value and that is condition of the item. It is obvious that a given...

Discovery of gold in the California Territory (California wasn’t a state yet) in 1848 set in motion a mass movement of people heading to...

The Gold and Silver Mine By: Douglas Keefe I know I’ve written about these coins in the past, but sometimes I need to repeat the story...

The Gold and Silver Mine The 1970-D Silver Kennedy Half Dollar By: Douglas Keefe The assassination of president John Kennedy on November...

The Gold and Silver Mine By: Douglas Keefe People have a habit of assigning nick names to things because of their appearance or use, and...

The Gold and Silver Mine By: Douglas Keefe After much hand-wringing, arguing and gnashing of teeth (similar to Donald Trump’s impeachment...

The Gold and Silver Mine By: Douglas Keefe 1928 marked the change in size of our currency from the old “horse blankets” to the size...

A quick follow up on last week’s article where I told of a situation with a customer who was offered $650 for a baseball card collection...

This weeks’ article is about an experience I had last week and a cautionary reminder when someone is selling collectibles or precious...

I’m going to start the New Year with some observations and predictions about the prices of precious metals and the events that may have...

I recently read an article about Sweden, that country in northern Europe between Norway and Finland, where it gets really cold, and how...

I was recently turned on to a news article in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Don Williams because he was intrigued by its’ title about the...

If you have a valuable collection and want to make sure it is properly insured, ask your insurance agent what you need to do to be...