The seventh edition of Whitman Publishing’s best-selling Guide Book of Morgan Silver Dollars, by Q. David Bowers, is on sale now, available from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide. Here, Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker discusses the new volume in the context of the hobby’s fascination with these historic coins. Ask collectors to rank the coins of […]
Notes Published—Imprimatur: A special kind of approval
Numismatic books come with all kinds of endorsements and recommendations. Some are printed on a “What Readers Are Saying” page in the front. For example, the Cherrypickers’ Guide to Rare Die Varieties has endorsements from Mark Borckardt, Jeff Garrett, Dr. Richard Doty, and other well-known numismatists. Len Augsburger, president of the Liberty Seated Collectors Club, […]
From the Colonel’s Desk: Kentucky and the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition
At 12 noon on Saturday, February 20, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson pressed a gold telegraph key in Washington, D.C., sending a signal pulsing 3,000 miles across the country to an antenna on top of the Tower of Jewels in San Francisco. This was the 435-foot-tall centerpiece of the soon-to-open Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The National Park […]
From the Colonel’s Desk: The famous last words of Kentucky’s “Iron Man Veep,” Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley was born in a log cabin to a poor tenant-farming family in Graves County, Kentucky, on November 24, 1877. He spent much of his youth in farm labor, going to the local county school when he could, between the fall harvest and the next spring planting. In 1892 young Mr. Barkley convinced […]
Remembering David W. Lange (1958–2023)
David W. Lange, longtime Whitman Publishing author, has left the hobby community after a rich life devoted to numismatics. He died on Monday, January 16, 2023, after cancer slowly took his health and energy over the preceding months. Dave was the author of nearly a dozen books and hundreds of articles on United States coinage […]
From the Colonel’s Desk: Introducing Colonel Jeff Garrett
I’m pleased to devote my first “From the Colonel’s Desk” column of 2023 to a longtime friend and one of the newest members of the ranks of Kentucky Colonels: professional numismatist Jeff C. Garrett. Quoting from the Governor’s Office, “The highest honor awarded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky is that of Kentucky Colonel.” The Honorable […]
Dennis Tucker on the new Guide Book of American Silver Eagles
Whitman Publishing’s new Guide Book of American Silver Eagles, by Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, will debut in December 2022, available from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide. It is volume no. 27 in the best-selling “Bowers Series” of numismatic references. Here, Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker discusses the book and the popularity of American Silver Eagle coins. The American […]
Behind the Scenes: First Spouse Gold Coins—Reopening of the White House, Elizabeth Monroe
Elizabeth Monroe. 5th coin in the series. Mintage: 4,462 Burnished; 7,800 Proof. Designer: Joel Iskowitz (obverse); Donna Weaver (reverse). Sculptor: Don Everhart (obverse); Charles L. Vickers (reverse). Composition: .9999 gold. Actual Gold Weight: 1/2 ounce. Diameter: 26.49 mm. Edge: Reeded. Mint: West Point. Issue Price: $599.95 (Burnished); $619.95 (Proof). Release Date: February 28, 2008. The […]
Notes Published: It takes an entire hobby community to make the Red Book
As you read these words, a crack team of more than 100 numismatic experts is hard at work developing the 77th edition of R.S. Yeoman’s Guide Book of United States Coins. They hail from every nook of the nation—big cities and small towns, north, south, east, and west—and from every corner and calling within the […]
From the Colonel’s Desk: The Guide Book of United States Coins’ Kentucky connection
For many decades, starting in the 1930s, the city of Racine, Wisconsin, was home to the numismatic powerhouse of Whitman Publishing—the firm that popularized coin collecting during the Great Depression and World War II, mass-marketed coin boards and coin folders, and created the best-selling Guide Book of United States Coins (the hobby’s popular “Red Book”). […]
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