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The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Centennial Medal
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Editor's Note: David Provost wrote the excellent Commemorative Stories series for CoinWeek. The following piece on the Mecklenburg Declaration...
Commemorative Stories: The 1892-93 Columbian Half Dollars
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins...
Commemorative Stories: 1986 Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Coin Program, Part II
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins...
Commemorative Coin Stories: 1986 Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Coin Program
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins...
Commemorative Coin Stories: 1982 George Washington Half Dollar
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins...
The 1893 Isabella Quarter: Commemorative Stories
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
The 1893 Isabella quarter is much more than just one of two commemorative quarters issued during the classic era...
Commemorative Stories: The 1900 Lafayette Dollar – Part II
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Link to Part I
Approved
When the Lafayette dollar was approved by President William McKinley on March 3, 1899, it...
Commemorative Stories: The 1900 Lafayette Dollar Coin – Part I
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: This installment of the Lafayette dollar story presents how the coin came to be; the conclusion (Part...
Commemorative Stories: The 1983-84 LA Olympics Coins – Part VII
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins...
Commemorative Stories: The 1983-84 LA Olympics Coins – Part VI
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins...
Commemorative Stories: The 1983-84 LA Olympics Coins – Part V
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins...
Commemorative Stories: The 1983-84 LA Olympics Coins – Part IV
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins series derived...
Commemorative Stories: The 1983-84 LA Olympics Coins – Part III
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins series derived...
Commemorative Stories: The 1983-84 LA Olympics Coins – Part II
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins series derived...
Commemorative Stories: The 1983-84 LA Olympics Coins – Part I
By David Provost for CoinWeek .....
Author’s Note: My intention for this series of “stories” is to present lesser-known information about the US commemorative coins series derived...
First Read: Howland Wood’s The Commemorative Coinage of the United States
First Read, a CoinWeek continuing series of essays about classic and contemporary works of numismatic literature…
Essay by David Provost for CoinWeek....
Numismatic Notes & Monographs,...