Michael Garofalo

Oklahoma City

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When America Struck Philippine Coins

1 week ago | greysheet.com | Michael Garofalo

As we approached the 20th Century, the United States was experiencing growing pains. In 1895, we were still a young nation, not even 120 years old. But problems were occurring right here in our own Hemisphere. Spain had enjoyed a foothold in the Americas for over four hundred years. Their early explorers had laid claim to vast amounts of land in the United States, Mexico, and Central and South America.
Adolph Weinman: Master Sculptor

1 week ago | greysheet.com | Michael Garofalo

Adolph Alexander Weinman was born in Durmersheim, Germany in 1870. He immigrated with his widowed mother to the United States when he was only 14 years of age. He worked multiple jobs but attended evening classes at the Cooper Union. When he was able to afford it, he went to the Art Students League of New York. By 1890, he studied at the studios of a number of famous artists such as Philip Martiny, Daniel Chester French, Olin Warner, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Early American Half Dimes 1792 - 1837

1 month ago | greysheet.com | Michael Garofalo

The Coinage Act of 1792 established a United States Mint in Philadelphia, the temporary capital of the United States until 1800. This Act also decreed the positions required to operate a national Mint. Importantly, the Act also defined the Dollar as the standard monetary unit and defined all denominations.
The Birth of the Lincoln Cent

Feb 7, 2025 | greysheet.com | Michael Garofalo

On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, attended a play, “Our American Cousin,” at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC. About 10:15 PM that night, as the play reached a moment when raucous laughter was expected, the famous actor, John Wilkes Booth, entered the President’s box, came up behind Lincoln and shot him in the head. The President was mortally wounded and the next morning at 7:22 AM, Lincoln passed from this world.
A Brief History Of James B. Longacre's One Dollar Gold Coins, Part 2

Dec 6, 2024 | greysheet.com | Michael Garofalo

Editorial Education & Research U.S. Coins United States An overview of how the gold dollar originated and evolved in the mid-1800s. The Coinage Act of 1792 envisioned that a minting facility was required to be built as well as outlining the key roles at the mint that needed to be filled.
A Brief History Of James B. Longacre's One Dollar Gold Coins, Part 1

Nov 4, 2024 | greysheet.com | Michael Garofalo

Editorial Education & Research U.S. Coins United States An overview of how the gold dollar originated and evolved in the mid-1800s. The Coinage Act of 1792 established a minting facility at the seat of Government (Philadelphia, at that time), several of its major functions, and a number of its officers and duties.
The Rarities In The Underappreciated Jefferson Nickel Series

Oct 27, 2024 | greysheet.com | Michael Garofalo

The Jefferson Nickel series is one that most dealers don’t pay a great deal of attention to, by virtue of their perceived limited value. Other than the 35% Silver War Nickels, a handful of overdates, and over mintmarks, the series is generally ignored by many. Because the coins are comprised of nickel, except for those World War II issues, many dates including the earliest ones are still floating around in circulation, even the ones from 1938.
A Rarity Is Born: The 2024 American Liberty Gold Coin

Oct 25, 2024 | greysheet.com | Michael Garofalo

While most of the coin world was sleeping, the United States Mint unknowingly created a truly rare gold coin. This particular coin was groundbreaking in a variety of ways. This was the first time in history that the United States Mint and the British Royal Mint had jointly collaborated on creating a design. It was also the first time that the Mints of both nations offered their unique versions of the coins in this program to their respective customers.
Who Is Responsible For Thefts At Coin Shows?

Jul 12, 2024 | greysheet.com | Armen Vartian |Michael Garofalo

You’re a collector at a coin show, and the worst happens—the suitcase containing your new purchases (or the coins you planned to sell) disappears while you’re away from it or not paying attention. Or you’re a dealer, and while you’re away from your booth someone wheels a dolly up and removes one or two of your showcases and leaves the bourse floor. There’s security at the exits, of course, but the crooks get through and your coins are gone.
A History Of United States Half Cents

Jul 12, 2024 | greysheet.com | Michael Garofalo

President George Washington signed ‘An Act to Provide for a Copper Coinage,’ on May 9, 1792 which allowed the Director of the Mint to purchase copper for the minting of both copper cents and half cent coins. Interestingly, this act also provided that these cents and half cents be accepted as lawful coinage and prohibited the use of foreign copper coins and imposed both confiscation and a fine on offenders. Henry Voigt secured the role as the nation’s first Chief Coiner at the U.S. Mint.