Baby Boomer Pocket Change

I Brought A John Tyler Presidential Dollar Coin Roll

I just got a roll of the Presidential John Tyler Dollar Coin.  The coin was was designed and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill.

A total of 87,080,000 John Tyler Presidential Dollars  were produced by the United States Mint. This amount was divided equally between the Philadelphia and Denver facilities. This is a very low mintage. I am finding out that when there is a lower mintage it can mean increased value in the future for collectors.

I plan to share some of them in a workshop as a bonus prize. Here is an article about this really nice coin which is 10th in the Presidential series.

Now, I confess, I am looking for errors. Most of the errors are being reported on the edges where there is lettering. Allow me to explain. The Presidential coins have writing on the edge. When some of the writing is missing or there are spacing differences or NO WRITING at all they are considered coin errors.

For example, on some of the coins the motto “In God We Trust, the date and the words “E Pluribus Unum should appear. A small number of the Washington Presidential coins are missing the writing. In some cases, some coins are missing other words.

I have found a great site that focuses on Presidential coins. They have a category for Presidential coin errors.

I think I just might open my roll. Don’t yell at me you seasoned collectors out there. I am discovering that I am half collector and half error coin adventurer.

Tags: coin errors, john tyler, Presidential Dollars

Have You Seen an Extra Leaf in The Wisconsin State Quarter Yet?

I have read about this coin but never saw one in person. I thought this video clip was very informative. Wish I had one.

Tags: state quarters, Wisconsin

Silver Coins-Thinking About Collecting Them?

I am still in awe about the newly found information about silver coins. I just did not know a year ago that coins with silver were valuable.  This baby boomer is watching for the the price to increase.

I don’t have the money for investing but sure will keep an eye peeled for coins in my pocket change.

Tags: silver

What is Numismatics? How About All Those Other Strange Coin Terms?

According to the excellent glossary in CoinWorld,  numismatics is:

The science, study or collecting of coins, tokens, medals, orders and decorations, paper money and similar objects.

I encourage you to visit the glossary on this site. Why? Because they are one of the experts in the coin information.

Tags: coins, glossary, Numismatics