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With more than 47 million Twitter followers, Elon Musk holds a great deal of influence in the world of tech and cryptocurrency, proven by Dogecoin’s meteoric growth in recent weeks. A single tweet from Musk sparked overnight interest in the currency,

For 6,000 years, long before the first coins were created, gold has been used as a safe haven medium of exchange. Physical gold (and silver) has never failed in preserving wealth. This is in sharp contrast to fiat (paper) currencies that are not rede

A man with a metal detector found $4.2 million worth of silver, gold and gems buried under a farm in Staffordshire, England, in 2009. It’s the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found. In 2011, workers were renovating a 16th century palace in

This is the first of a four-part series with in-depth covering of a little-known aspect of American numismatics. As its name implies, an encased postage stamp consists of a casing of some kind with an ordinary postage stamp inside of it. Such an ins

“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.” - Gilles Deleuze Cryptocurrency has the dubious distinction of being more practical as an idea rather than a concrete economic system. As

WHAT’S THE MOST popularly collected U.S. coin today? I’m tempted to say the Lincoln cent, because that’s the coin I started with “back in the day.” After all, it was inexpensive to collect from circulation, challenging to find the early ones (pre-193

When I went through my change I found a 1944 Lincoln wheat penny from the San Francisco mint and a 1944 Lincoln wheat penny from the Denver mint. I wonder if they are of any value, since I believe they were supposedly taken out of circulation for the

FUN has come and gone. I didn’t attend, but I monitored the auctions closely. Almost $10 million in sales later, I think we can expect a better year in 2020. Fractional Currency prices were mixed, but top grade notes went very well. Experimental note

So, I first heard of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2011 during a casual conversation with a guy living in the United States at the time. He told me about this new digital money, which is only available in cyberspace and which, in order to get, you need to exchang

On the 75th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Agreement, a new financial era is dawning. Call it Money 3.0

The two biggest players for digital advertising may have finally halted the blockchain hype. In March 2018, Google updated its financial services advertising policy. With these changes, ads for "Cryptocurrencies and related content (including but no

With more than 47 million Twitter followers, Elon Musk holds a great deal of influence in the world of tech and cryptocurrency, proven by Dogecoin’s meteoric growth in recent weeks. A single tweet from Musk sparked overnight interest in the currency,

Holders of Bitcoin may be able to cash in some of their investment in the digital currency for a brand new electric car. Electric automaker Tesla said that it has invested around $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and it plans to begin accepting the digital cur

During a recent visit to our local grocery store, I received three quarters in change. I noticed they were shiny and new looking; I assumed they were new 2020 editions and put them in my pocket. When I got home I laid them on my desk to look at later

China has started testing its government-backed digital legal tender, digital currency and electronic payment (DC/EP), in some regions before it is widely applied to replace paper notes and coins in circulation, the digital currency research institut

High-end coins selling at auction are leading what has become a very healthy market for buying coins. Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that ultra-rarities in ultra-high conditions are grabbing the headlines, but it is the hammer prices these c

Everyone longs for financial stability in their life; however, despite your best efforts, circumstances outside your control might cause the value of your assets to hit rock bottom in a matter of days, if not hours. What if such a catastrophe affecte

Often called a digital currency, bitcoin is now behaving more as a ‘store of value’ with a surging price tag. Its bubble could burst, but the technology behind it promises to transform personal and business finance.