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3 weeks ago | 
readingroom.money.org | Caleb Noel
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1 month ago | 
readingroom.money.org | Caleb Noel
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1 month ago | 
readingroom.money.org | Caleb Noel
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1 month ago | 
readingroom.money.org | Ken Bressett |Caleb Noel
What makes people believe that carrying a lucky coin, a rabbit’s foot, or any other amulet will bring them good luck? Indeed, no evidence would lead anyone to trust in such a thing. Yet, scores of everyday people continue to believe and hope that their special talisman will ensure their good fortune. On the other hand, there are certain things that people believe must be avoided to guard their safety or help them dodge bad luck.
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1 month ago | 
readingroom.money.org | Louis Golino |Caleb Noel
During the last week of February, reports began appearing in media outlets that the U.S. Mint had quietly removed one of its popular bronze medal offerings from its website. The pieces are duplicates of the Congressional Gold Medals awarded on December 6, 2022, to the law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The bronze medal, which was designed and sculpted by U.S. Mint artist John P. McGraw, features a simple but powerful design with unmistakable motifs.
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2 months ago | 
readingroom.money.org | Ken Bressett |Caleb Noel
In today’s fast-paced world of business transactions, serious coin collectors, dealers, and investors realize the necessity of having communication methods that all parties can understand and rely upon. Over the years, the most crucial element of that need has morphed into what today’s collectors might call specialized coin grading (essentially the province of several professional services).
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2 months ago | 
readingroom.money.org | Louis Golino |Caleb Noel
From January 30 to February 1, the world’s largest coin show—the World Money Fair (WMF)—was held as usual at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin, Germany. This year’s guest of honor was Swissmint—the official mint of Switzerland. Most other world and major private coining facilities were also represented, presenting their newest releases to collectors and discussing recent technological innovations.
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2 months ago | 
readingroom.money.org | Caleb Noel
Scott Bessent was officially sworn in as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury on January 28, 2025, in a ceremony conducted by Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. Following the ceremony, Bessent was welcomed by Treasury Department employees at the agency’s headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue. He then commenced his first day in office with meetings alongside senior Treasury officials. As Treasury Secretary, Bessent manages the U.S. government’s finances.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
readingroom.money.org | Caleb Noel
The American Numismatic Society (ANS) has awarded the 2024 Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics to Moneda Ibérica, a digital catalog focused on ancient coins from the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. Manuel Gozalbes Fernández de Palencia and Pere Pau Ripollès Alegre edited and developed the resource. Accessible at monedaiberica.org, the catalog features over 100,000 coins with images, 4,000 coin types, and thousands of bibliographic references, representing decades of collaborative research.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
readingroom.money.org | Caleb Noel
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts were in for a surprise on January 17 when then President Elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, introduced their own meme coins, $TRUMP and $MELANIA, respectively. Meme coins are a type of cryptocurrency that is inspired by a meme or another internet trend. According to NPR, these “coins” (actually better referred to as digital tokens) are an extremely volatile and unpredictable currency and aren’t federally regulated.
