Learn how legislation affects the price of coins & currency, how legislation can create rare coins, and other ways coins & currency are affected by legislation.
As of August 1, 2024, 44 U.S. states have enacted full or partial sales and use tax exemptions on the retail sales of precious metals bullion, coins, and currency. This […]
States with Sales-Tax Exemptions on Precious Metals and Bullion Read More »
Sponsored by Democratic Senator from Nevada, Key Pittman, the Pittman Act of 1918 “authorized the conversion of not exceeding 350,000,000 standard silver dollars into bullion and its sale, or use for subsidiary
What Was the Pittman Act of 1918? Read More »
Previously we talked about the Great Depression and what its effects were on coins minted during that era. However, the largest coin disaster of the 1930s was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s
What Was Executive Order 6102? Read More »
We’ve discussed before what a problem counterfeiting is in the coin world. In recent years counterfeit coins have proliferated in America so frequently, many of them imported from China via
Europe Is Fighting Counterfeiting Read More »
The British gold sovereign is another coin that was designed and minted as a result of large political changes. People unfamiliar with the strife, plotting, unseating, and court intrigue that
The History of the Gold Sovereign Read More »
People who have grown up using a universal United States currency are often surprised to learn how diverse historical American coinage and currency is. Local and state banks issued their
The Story of the Currency of the Old National Bank of Grand Rapids Read More »
