The Hopi Tribe shows us why we should care
While the State Department’s Cultural Advisory Committee (CPAC) continues to kowtow the the whims of foreign government looking to use the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA; 19...
View ArticleANA must examine ethics of dealers
As a member of the American Numismatic Association, I call on the ANA Board of Governors to open an investigation for the purpose of taking action regarding the violation of the ANA Code of Ethics by...
View ArticleNGC Strikes Out with MLB
Fans of coins encased in plastic with special labels who also are baseball fans must be ecstatic that Fans of coins encased in plastic with special labels who also are baseball fans must be ecstatic...
View ArticleA little rebellion now and then is a good thing
There’s a revolution brewing in the numismatics markets that is being fed by its own successes causing its own failures. The first salvo was fired by the Professional Numismatic Guild and Industry...
View ArticleA Signed Slab Label is not what is hurting the hobby
Anyone who is a member of Facebook and part of the Friends of the Coin Show closed group, you might have read an interaction between me and a dealer from the west coast regarding the Rick Harrison...
View ArticleTreasury Sued for Mnuchin Travel Records
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a law suit against the Department of the Treasury for the release of documents relating to the August 21 trip by Secretary Steven...
View ArticleOIG Probe into Mnuchin using government resources expands
Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin seems to think his position with the government affords him perquisites to be paid by the taxpayers. Last June, Mnuchin married actress Louise Linton at the...
View ArticleAdd Scott Pruitt to the Challenge Coin ego list
There are politicians so full of themselves that they even have to show it off with challenge coins. Scott Pruitt, the 14th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has decided that rather...
View ArticleA LOOK BACK: When is a Variation Not a Variety
This week’s LOOK BACK is my take at the stir made over the positioning of the edge letters on the newly struck George Washington Dollar coins in 2007. If you search the online auction sites, you will...
View ArticleLOOK BACK: A frank discussion about China and counterfeits
A regular reader was upset about the appearance of hypocrisy at the World’s Fair of Money. On one hand there was a lot of talk about counterfeit collectibles from China. On the other hand, there was a...
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