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Annie Jump Cannon and the Delaware American Innovation Dollar. Image: CoinWeek / US Mint / Public Domain.

Annie Jump Cannon : The Astronomer Honored on the Dollar

The astronomer Annie Jump Cannon was born December 11, 1863, in Delaware and died April 13, 1941, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her pioneering work on...
Oliver Bosbyshell

Oliver Christian Bosbyshell – U.S. Mint Figure Profile

Oliver Christian Bosbyshell: Chief Coiner and Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint. Born January 3, 1839 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Died August 1, 1921 in Philadelphia,...
This is a cropped image of Edgar Adams

Edgar Holmes Adams – Coin Collector

Coin collector, numismatic researcher, author, and editor. Businessman. Olympic swimmer. Born April 7, 1868, in Grafton, West Virginia. Died May 5, 1940, in Bayville,...

Edward Dean Adams – Coin Collector

Coin Collector, Businessman, Banker. Born April 9, 1846, in Boston, Massachusetts. Died May 20, 1931. Education: Norwich University (Bachelor of Science, 1864); Massachusetts Institute...
Blanche Kelso Bruce. Image colorized by CoinWeek.

Blanche Kelso Bruce : Civil Rights Pioneer, U.S. Senator, Banknote Signer

United States Senator. Register of the Treasury. Born May 1, 1841 in Farmville, Virginia. Died March 17, 1898. * * * Born Branch Bruce in Farmville,...
Colorized photograph of Seth Paine.

Seth Paine : Spritual Banker and Abolitionist

Died June 10, 1872. Seth Paine was a 19th-century spiritualist, a banker, and an abolitionist. At some point in his life, he got the nickname...
1876 Advertisement for Abbey & Imbrie. Image: Ron Gast / luresnreels.com. Inset: Abbey Fishing Lure Illustration. Image: John Lupia III.

Lorenzo Harris Abbey : Coin Collector

Early 19th-century coin collector. Born: January 14, 1822 in Kinderbrook, New York. Died: March 17, 1881, in Jacksonville, Florida. * * * Also known as “L.H....
Justin Hinh's Road Trip. Image: CoinWeek

Coin Road Trip: Four States, 23 Coin Shops, a Disastrous Hotel Stay, and 10...

By Justin Hinh - CoinWeek .....   In late December 2023, I found myself presented with a rare opportunity. I was in California to pick up a...
John B. Love.

Legendary Coin Dealer John B. Love Has Passed Away

By CoinWeek Staff Reports .....   Longtime coin dealer John B. Love passed away on December 19, 2023, at his home in Whitefish, Montana. He was...
George Kolbe, Numismatic Bookseller

George Kolbe Retires From Numismatic Bookselling Partnership

On November 13, 2023, George Frederick Kolbe announced his retirement from the partnership of Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. For over four decades, Kolbe...

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