Issue Highlights: June/July 2020

Below is a snapshot of some of the topics and interests you can expect to see in the pages of the June/July 2020 issue...

ANA Reduces Staff In Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

ANA Logo
In response to various impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Numismatic Association (ANA) eliminated several staff positions this week.  With lockdown regulations and social...

Coin of the Week: 1776 Continental Dollar

By Antoinette Rahn For anyone who questions how collecting and studying coins is a hobby of multi-topic appeal, the 1776 Continental Dollar is a wonderful...

COINage Profile: 1932 Washington Quarters

1932 Washington Quarter
One of the most popular United States coin series is the Washington quarter, first issued in 1932 and continuing today with a modified design....

Coin Shows A No-Go? Here’s How You Can Still Enjoy Social...

Coin Collecting
The pandemic crisis has put a halt on so many numismatic happenings that it's almost easier to count the events that are still on...

4 Tree-Rific Coins For Celebrating Arbor Day

Arbor Day Coins
It's been a busy week... Monday helped kick off National Coin Week, Wednesday was Earth Day. And today, Friday April 24? It's Arbor Day....

Tapping Into Virtual Experiences: Numismatic Organizations Deliver

By Antoinette Rahn As you’ve heard, read, and seen this past month, these are unique, unfamiliar, and uncertain times. It’s not easy to make sense...

Numismatically Honoring Earth Day 2020

Earth Day
It's Earth Day 2020! And it's a most special occasion for this annual holiday, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Earth Day,...

How Do You Celebrate National Coin Week?

1979 Susan B. Anthony Dollar
Happy National Coin Week 2020! Most of us are having to celebrate this longtime annual holiday, taking place April 19-25 this year, from the...

Glenna Goodacre, Designer Of Sacagawea Dollar, Dies at 80

Glenna Goodacre Sacagawea Dollar Study
Celebrated artist and sculptor Glenna Goodacre, whose design of young Shoshone woman Sacagawea and her baby Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau ("Pomp") has appeared on the small...