Part of practice of issuing commemorative coins is the issuance of coin proofs or early samples of the coins which are minted to regularly check the dies used in subsequent minting of the coins themselves. This is also done for circulated monetized coins and if they are issued to the public can command collector’s item prices in the market after a few years. These coin proofs are valued for their [...]
Auctions of below-mentioned coins can be found in Early US Commemorative Coin Auctions Among coin collectors or more technically known as numismatists, a commemorative coin provides a valuable snapshot of a significant event in the annals of a nation’s history. They are often minted in precious metals like gold, silver and platinum in 99.99% purity. Apart from their historical value, some getting museum-grade exhibition quality, they are considered investments that [...]
Martin Van Buren, the 8th United States President was born on December 5th 1782. He was the first United States President who was not of British or Irish descent as he came from a Dutch family. Despite that, he was the first President of the United States to be born as an American Citizen compared to his predecessors who were of British-Irish descent. During his early days before serving as [...]
The third First Spouse Gold Coins Series that was circulated in 2008 was of Andrew Jackson’s Liberty Gold Coins. The series was first circulated on August 8th that year by the United States Mint. Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States who took the office from 1829 until 1837. Before he took the over the Presidential Office from John Quincy Adams, he was a commander of the [...]
Born in the city of London in 1775 to an American father and an English mother, Louisa Adams was the first First Lady to be born outside the United States of America. As a child, Louisa Adams was mostly raised in Nantes and London, when her father was in service with the United States as a Consulate General in London. She also finished her education in France when her family [...]
