Coin World Podcast

Jeff and Chris speak with error coin expert Mike Diamond, discuss the coin shortage brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Chris shares a book about Robert Morris.

Related Links:
https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/mint-fed-team-battle-coin-shortage-brought-on-by-covid-19-pandemic

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Half cents and other copper coins take center stage on the podcast this week. Jeff and Chris interview Bill Eckberg about his book on half cents and leadership of Early American Coppers (EAC).

Related links:
https://numismaticdetectives.com/blog/f/first-they-came-for-the-statues

This episode of the Coin World Podcast was sponsored by the Coin World Marketplace:
https://www.coinworld.market/

Contact info:
Chris Bulfinch: [email protected]
Jeff Starck: [email protected]

Jeff and Chris interview Coin World's Managing Editor, Bill Gibbs. They also read over some listener comments and an edition of Coin World from 2015. Jeff shares a book he's reading on the legendary 1913 Liberty Head nickels. 

Related links:
Mormon Gold eBay link:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Deseret-National-Bank-Salt-Lake-City-Utah-Territory-CH-2059-Brigham-Young-LDS/184141306725?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

This episode of the Coin World Podcast was sponsored by Amos Advantage:
https://www.amosadvantage.com/

Contact info:
Chris Bulfinch: [email protected]
Jeff Starck: [email protected]

Jeff and Chris interview Don Everhart, an artist with the U.S. Mint's Artistic Infusion Program responsible for many U.S. coin and meal designs, in addition to work for world mints. They also discuss coin roll hunting and an edition of Coin World from 2003.

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Chris and Jeff interview Michael O'Malley, a history professor at George Mason University who wrote Face Value: The Entwined Histories of Money and Race in America. They also review an edition of Coin World from 2012, and Chris contends with a question about Shield Nickels. 

This episode of the Coin World Podcast was sponsored by the Coin World Marketplace:
https://www.coinworld.market/

Contact info:
Chris Bulfinch: [email protected]
Jeff Starck: [email protected]

The penny takes center stage this week, as Jeff and Chris talk with Zach Edick and Jamie Kovach, co-directors and co-producers of a documentary Heads-Up: When Will We Stop Making Cents. The film details the debate surrounding the abolishment of the cent and features interviews with a broad variety of experts. Jeff and Chris share their own perspectives on the issue in the episode.

Related links:
The Numismatist story
http://onlinedigitalpublishing.com/publication/?i=609674&p=&pn=

Heads-Up outtakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGTlGjN1hw8

This episode of the Coin World Podcast was sponsored by Amos Advantage:
https://www.amosadvantage.com/

Contact info:
Chris Bulfinch: [email protected]
Jeff Starck: [email protected]

Jeff and Chris interview Dan Carr, the owner and operator of the Moonlight Mint, a private mint in Colorado. They take the opportunity to discuss private mint products, read a listener email, and debut Jeff's numismatic one-man show.

Related Links:
http://www.moonlightmint.com/

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Jeff and Chris interview Jeff Shevli n, an expert on "so-called dollars," an important category of American exonumia. The two also investigate Federal Reserve Notes with some strange connections to the Kennedy Assassination, while Chris changes things up by asking Jeff the trivia question. 

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Chris Bulfinch: [email protected]
Jeff Starck: [email protected]

Jeff and Chris discuss the emerging exonumic material that takes the COVID-19 pandemic as its theme, and connect the material to Bryan dollars from the 1890s. They also take a look at an edition of Coin World published in 1970. 

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Chris Bulfinch: [email protected]
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Jeff and Chris have a long conversation with Pierre Fricke, an expert in Confederate paper money. Numerous fascinating anecdotes ensue. 

Related Links:
Boston Globe Magazine story about Jubilee Jim Fisk story: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/22/magazine/jubilee-jim-fisk-great-civil-war-score/

Contact info:
Chris Bulfinch: [email protected]
Jeff Starck: [email protected]