Read this article to find out what causes rainbow toning on coins, and how it effects the value.
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Pop Culture Meets History – Part 2
“Silk. Tight weave. Good for an extra twenty yards.” ~ Daniel Day-Lewis as “Hawkeye” in Last of the Mohicans as he hands Uncas a roll of fabric and begins loading his rifle. The screenplay of the 1992 version of “Last of the Mohicans” took some generous liberties with Mr. Cooper’s story, but the prop department […]
The Coin Geek: Mystery Novels and Money
Love. Money. Wrong place, wrong time. Read enough murder mysteries and the same three reasons for the crime get burned into the memory. (One could allow for a fourth, “ideology,” though this is usually a claimed motive rather than the real one.) Naturally enough for a coin geek, money interests me the most, though I […]
Reminiscing in Antique Radio’s Classic Charm
“It…is…later…than…you…think…” The 1930’s radio show “Lights Out Everybody” began every episode with those six little words, and then proceeded to scare the pants off thousands of people who tuned into the half-hour show that aired at midnight. Originally conceived by Willis Cooper in 1934 and later taken over by Arch Oboler in 1936, the show […]
The Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band (of Authors)
Around Christmastime in 2003, I was working at a second-hand bookstore in Fort Worth. As anyone who has worked in a bookstore (or anyone who haunts old bookstores regularly) would know, I discovered a lot of great (and mountains of not-so-great) stuff whilst plying away the hours among the shelves stocked full of other people’s […]
What’s Rockin’ in the World of Protective Polyethylene
Short of the Sears Wish Book or your latest auction catalog, collectors love paging through the latest catalog for Bags Unlimited, a collector’s clearinghouse for preservation supplies.
“Star Blecch,” or why are Captain Kirk and Spock smiling like that?
What’s stopping Captain Kirk and Spock from saving the universe? MAD magazine! You can read the MAD magazine spoof “Star Bleech” from the high-resolution images of the original art.
Galapagos Penguin Spotted in Dallas
Vincent Astor had a fascination with penguins.They appeared on his personal stationary and a silvered chrome penguin hood ornament graced his favorite automobile, so it was fitting to commemorate the voyage with a presentation Galapagos penguin statuette, naturalistically modeled by sculptor James Lippit Clark for Gorham in sterling silver and signed in facsimile on the base by all his appreciative shipmates.
