Answers to May Quiz

Following are the answers to May's Coinage Kids Quiz, "Mom's the Word." 1. For how many years did Queen Victoria reign? 63 (63 years, 7 months) 2....

New Facebook Poll

COINage has received several recent press releases regarding the national parks quarters, the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program, as it's officially called. The fact that...

Feeding the Coin-Collecting Beast

Why don’t more kids collect coins? I’m asked that question at least twice a day. And at least twice a day, I’m able to give...

My Two Cents’ Worth: A Clash of Symbols

A CLASH OF SYMBOLS by Ed Reiter Symbolism. To critics of the U.S. Mint’s uninspired coin designs, it’s an element sorely missing from the nation’s new coinage...

What’s It Worth?

COINage has received several letters lately regarding coin values. How is value determined? Who determines it? Inquiring readers want to know. So I did a...

New Times, New Money

The magazine is called COINage, which seems to say that we don't follow currency at all. We do. But somehow, the Dollar ReDe$ign Project, an...

My Two Cents’ Worth: The Weight-ing Game

THE WEIGHT-ING GAME by Ed Reiter It’s official: The Realm of Coins has a new heavyweight champion—with a seven-figure price tag to back its claim to...

WORLD COINS: The Crested Ibis Flies Again

The fifth coin in Japan’s Prefecture Series features the Japanese crested ibis flying over Sado Island in the Prefecture of Niigata. The revered bird...

My 2 Cents: The Missing “Lincs”

Where have all the flowers gone? Better yet, where have all the 2009 Lincoln cents gone? Halfway through the year, the U.S. Mint had produced...

Zachary Taylor Presidential Dollar

Zachary Taylor has the distinction of being one of a handful of U.S. presidents who never won an elective office before capturing the nation’s...