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Coins
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Numismatic Association (ANA) 
 "A nonprofit, educational organization chartered by Congress in 1912," dedicated "to the study of coins, paper money, tokens and medals." The site includes articles, publications, and online exhibits; lists of ANA member dealers and numismatic conventions, clubs, and events; FAQS; and related links. http://www.money.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money Last updated Nov 14, 2006 Americans for Common Cents
Americans for Common Cents, a pro-penny lobbying group funded by the zinc industry and penny distributors, "aims to inform and educate policymakers, consumers, and the media about the penny’s economic, cultural, and historical significance." Topics discussed include the penny's importance for charity, the penny's economic importance (such as effects of price rounding), penny history, and penny news. http://www.pennies.org/ Topics: Money Last updated Oct 28, 2008 Citizens for Retiring the Penny (CRP)
CRP is a "non-partisan organization dedicated to educating the public on the advantages of retiring the penny from general circulation." Site includes refutation of myths put forth by a "pro-penny lobby group supported by the zinc industry," past legislation "which would have phased out the penny by specifying that cash transactions be averaged to the nearest five cents," and links to related sites. http://www.retirethepenny.org/ Topics: Money Last updated Oct 28, 2008 Coin Guide: Introduction to Collecting Coins
This site provides information on various aspects of buying and selling coins. Includes such topics as reasons for collecting, dealing with dealers, auction and mail bid sales, determining value, grades and prices, design types, recommendations for collecting, and mints and minting. From a professional numismatist. http://www.pcgscoinguide.com/guide.chtml Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money Last updated Mar 11, 2009 Coins of Colonial and Early America
"Features discussions, descriptions and images of the coins and tokens used in Colonial and Confederation America." A project of the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment. From the University of Notre Dame, Special Collections. http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinContents/TitlePage.html Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jun 10, 2002 First Spouse 24-Karat Coin Program
Details about the U.S. Mint program "honoring our Nation's First Spouses by issuing one-half ounce $10 gold coins featuring their images, in the order that they served as first spouse, beginning in 2007 with Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, (Thomas Jefferson's Liberty), and Dolley Madison." Provides images of the coins, biographies of the first spouses, and information about issue dates and coin features. From the United States Mint. http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/firstSpouse/ Topics: Money, The United States Presidency Last updated Feb 12, 2007 International Olympic Committee: Memorabilia, Numismatics, and Philately
Contains information and images of Olympic coins, stamps, and memorabilia (posters, medals, mascots, torches, and pins), from 1896 to the present. Searchable. http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/collectors/index_uk.asp Topics: Collectors & Collecting, The Olympic Games Last updated Mar 16, 2005 The National Numismatic Collection
Website for the National Numismatic Collection (NNC) of the Smithsonian Institution. "The NNC contains many great rarities in coins and currency, ... as well as fascinating objects such as beads, wampum, dentalia, and other commodities once used as money." View selected coins, currency, and medals from the collection, and virtual exhibits on topics such as on the evolution of American money from gold coins to credit cards. The FAQ section includes references and links. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/numismatics/ Topics: Money Last updated Jul 29, 2009 Numismatics: Coins and Paper Money
"A select list of links to information sources and articles on Coins and Paper Money." From retired librarian Roy Davies, formerly of the University of Exeter in England. http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/numismatics.html Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money Last updated Nov 26, 2007 Parthian Empire
A searchable history of this ancient Persian empire. Its boundaries covered all of contemporary Iran and portions of Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Information is provided about their calendar and rulers, with a timeline of ancient world events. Also included is information about geography (many maps), art and culture, numismatics (many photos, including coins issued by Rome about Parthia). http://www.parthia.com/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, History By Place, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Mar 16, 2002 Penny Foolish
This 2007 article recounts the history and cultural significance of the Lincoln penny. "[W]hen it first appeared four score and 18 years ago, it was a matter of almost unimaginable curiosity, excitement and veneration. ... Editorialists praised it as the perfect tribute to a martyr, or denounced it as a trinket unworthy of him. Immigrants had a special reverence for it; to blacks, it was 'emancipation money.'" Also includes poems. From The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/opinion/11margolick.html Topics: Money Last updated Nov 5, 2008 Presidential $1 Coin Program
"The United States is honoring our Nation's Presidents by issuing $1 circulating coins featuring their images in the order that they served, beginning with Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison in 2007. The United States Mint will mint and issue four Presidential $1 coins per year." Features a coin release schedule, coin images (and edge lettering), and material about coinage legislation and U.S. Mint directors during each presidential term. From the U.S. Mint. http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/ Topics: Money Last updated Nov 27, 2006 Save the Penny or Leave the Penny?
This April 2008 article describes how "Canada has been told to follow Australia and New Zealand and ditch the one-cent coin." Discusses the history of the Canadian penny (which derived from Britain's farthing), how Australia and New Zealand "removed their one- and two-cent coins in the early 1990s," inflation and the penny, rounding cash transactions, and the use of small change in Europe. From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/economy/penny.html Topics: Money Last updated Oct 28, 2008 United States Mint Unveils New 2009 Penny Designs
This September 2008 press release describes the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent Program, in which "four new designs celebrate the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln's birth, as well as the 100th anniversary of the production of the Lincoln cent (penny)." Includes links to images of new reverse designs, which commemorate birth and early childhood in Kentucky, formative years in Indiana, professional life in Illinois, and presidency in Washington, D.C. From the U.S. Mint. http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&id=947 Topics: Money Last updated Sep 29, 2008 The United States Mint: Fact Sheets
Fun facts about U.S. coins. Topics include the composition of the cent (from pure copper to almost all zinc with a copper cladding), why some coins have grooves on the edges, the presidents on U.S. coins, women on U.S. coins, and related matters. From the U.S. Mint. http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/index.cfm?action=fun_facts Topics: Money Last updated Jun 27, 2006 Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins (VCRC)
Contains images and descriptions of coins from the Early Republic through the end of the 4th century and the formal division of the Roman Empire into east and west. Browse by decades for the republic and by emperor/empress for the empire, or search for individuals, deities, and inscriptions. "The Catalog provides only a sample of the thousands of Roman coin types, but it is constantly growing." Maintained by a classics professor at Austin College, Texas. http://vcrc.austincollege.edu/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money Last updated Apr 21, 2004 Washington Tokens
"Features descriptions and images of the coins, tokens and medals depicting George Washington" issued from 1783 to 1889. Browsable by year. From the University of Notre Dame, Special Collections. http://www.coins.nd.edu/WashToken/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Money, Presidents by Name Last updated Jun 11, 2002 |
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