29th June 2009
Coin collectors, both professional and beginners, have an enormous choice now available when it comes to choosing which coins to add to their private collection or investment portfolio. However, the one coin that has been around since the first coin minti...
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29th June 2009
Anyone that knows anything about coins knows about the famous Morgan Silver Dollars. Not only are these coins great to look at and a part of our history but they're also a great collector's coin. There are many reasons why Morgan Silver Dollars are a coin...
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29th June 2009
When it comes to making a commemorative silver dollar, no country does it more often or does it better than the United States of America. Almost every major event, occasion or important individual has had a commemorative silver dollar designed and minted ...
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29th June 2009
A Valuable Coin
The American Buffalo Gold Coin is a 24-karat gold bullion coin also referred to as the gold buffalo coin. Although this gold coin is based on the famous Indian Head nickel with the American Bison on the back side of the coin, this bold ...
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29th June 2009
Gold proof or Gold Bullion
When we see or hear of a "gold" coin, we can assume it's made entirely of gold or at least mostly gold. What we can't always assume is how much it's worth. Although gold coins are generally valued at the current worth of gold...
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28th June 2009
The hobby of collecting old silver dollars is one that appeals to a great many people but one thing to keep in mind is the appeal of old coins is often in the fact that there may be several designs from even one minting year. The difference in designs the...
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28th June 2009
Peace silver dollars are interesting coins with a story behind them. The coins where designed to help symbolize the longing in the nation, which was just pulling out of World War I. The war was long and the loss was great. People just wanted peace, which ...
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28th June 2009
The Morgan Silver Dollar is a special coin made in the United States as a result of the Bland-Allison Act of 1878. The late 1850s brought about one of the largest silver strikes to ever be seen in Nevada: the Comstock Lode. This strike devastated the pric...
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28th June 2009
One of the more recent silver dollars, the American Silver Eagle dollar coin was struck for the first time in 1986. The coins contain official silver bullion. The United States Mint produced the coins for unique reasons, including a way to help fund Indiv...
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28th June 2009
George T. Morgan, coin designer
The 1889 Morgan Silver Dollar was one of many silver dollars that was designed by George T. Morgan and minted in the United States in the time span of 1878 to 1904. Morgan started his minting career as an assistant engra...
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28th June 2009
American Silver Dollars have been around almost since the beginning of time - or at least back to the 1700s! Each time a different coin was struck, it was usually symbolic for some part of our country or to commemorate someone or something special. Coin c...
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27th June 2009
Many collectors are not content to have just any coin-they are interested in finding a rare silver dollar for their collection. In most cases they have a list of which coins they want, how much they are worth, and even the scarcity of each one. The seriou...
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27th June 2009
The United States silver dollar has always been a good option, the government thought, and it became even more important when the country was struggling. Silver was becoming more easily found, though in the first years of the striking of these coins, silv...
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27th June 2009
For those interested in collecting rare and unique American coins, the 1804 just may be one of the first they'll want in their collection as this coin is not only one of the rarest but also one of the most popular.
Considering these dollars weren't eve...
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27th June 2009
An uncirculated silver dollar is one that was not put into general circulation. Generally, the United States mint produces coins that are meant for circulation and others that are meant for collectors or as gifs, called proofs. But, there are generally al...
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