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Show Number 200. A good clean stopping point.
After 200 shows, I've just about run dry. It's just become really difficult to come up with new and...
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Show Number 200. A good clean stopping point.
After 200 shows, I've just about run dry. It's just become really difficult to come up with new and...
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First, the powers-that-be decided it was past time to get a woman on our currency.
Their initial thought - Sacajawea on the ten-dollar bill.
But the...
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IN THE TREASURE CORNER - VISITING THE DENTIST PAYS OFF
Oh, no. Dental check-up time again! What good could possibly ensue?
Well, there was this...
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"Psst! Hey Bud! This penny cost me almost two cents - yours for just a penny! And this nickel cost almost eight cents - wanna buy it for a nickel?"
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Who designs our coins?
The Chief Engraver of the United States? Sometimes.
An artist or sculptor invited by the US Mint? Sometimes.
You? ...
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Mr. Longacre was in trouble. His boss didn't like him. And his boss was Director of the United States Mint.
But Mr. Longacre had friends in high...
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The year, 1915. The new Director of the United States Mint, Robert Woolley, misunderstood the law. He thought he had to redesign the dime, quarter, and...
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A two-part show this time:
Part I - The night after Christmas, a tornado destroyed the home of metal detecting legend Dick Stout (nobody hurt, dogs are...
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Out with the old, in with the new. The old calendar is all used up, and a fresh one is raring to go.
New Year's Resolutions? Nah. They only last a...
Great research there, Digger!
Gotta ask - are you old enough to remember Digger O'Dell on the radio version of The Life of Riley? "I must be shoveling off..."
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They were never issued, the mint said. But Sam Brown had five of them. He said they were sold to him by various collectors around the country.
Right.
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Memorial back or wheat back?
Did Ike really look like that?
And that Susan B. Anthony dollar - what was THAT all about?
Frank Gasparro was the...
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Electronic pinpointers can help you find your targets a lot faster, some say.
But others say they they don't save you time, they cost you time - that if...
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There's a new coin book in town, and it dwarfs anything else you've ever seen.
It has over 1,500 pages and nearly 6,000 illustrations. And it weighs in...
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In 1941, the United States went to war. And from late 1942 through 1945, our nickels were zero percent nickel, but 35 percent silver. These silver nickels are known...
They haven't decided yet, except to say that EITHER Hamilton will appear on all the new bills, either on the back or tiny on the front, OR they will issue two different series, one remaining with...
The $1000 bill is long gone. Many people were pushing for a woman on the $20 - they want to dump Jackson because he was a pretty rotten human being.
Tubman is the front-runner so far.
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Soon, the face of a woman will adorn our ten-dollar bill. But which woman?
Mr. Jack Lew, Secretary of the Treasury, wants your help in choosing.
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BOOK REVIEW - OFFICIAL BLACKBOOK PRICE GUIDE TO COINS
The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins is a normal-size paperbook book with...
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Meeting actress Kathy Garver made me wonder if any celebrities were into treasure hunting.
Kathy, who played big sister Cissy on the TV show Family...
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Hey, you with the metal detector! Wanna be a big star on a worldwide reality TV show?
I got a phone call yesterday from a casting associate for a new...
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Not all hidden treasures are buried in the ground. I've seen many stories of treasures being found inside mattresses when an old person died, or inside...
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Pictured here are, top row, Gerhard Fischer (later spelled Fisher) and Kenneth C. White, and bottom row, Charles Garrett and Jack Gifford (Tesoro).
They...
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The first thing you notice about a gold dollar is how tiny it is - about a half inch across. And it weighs about 1/25 of an ounce, or about half the weight...
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IN THE TREASURE CORNER - COIN QUIZ
Here's a rapidfire quiz about coins. The questions are hard but fun, and the answers are given right after the...