Coin World Podcast

Jeff and Chris interview Gerald Tebben, a former reporter for the Columbus Dispatch and longtime Coin World writer who has written on a broad range of numismatic topics and wrote the Dispatch's coin column between 1980 and 2005. They share their own views on numismatic writing and reflect on a book that Chris recently read on "the entwined histories of money and race in America."  

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Jeff and Chris discuss the prevalence of cashless transactions throughout the Covid-19 crisis. They also discuss the ongoing reorganization of Jeff's numismatic library and interview Lianna Spurrier, the Numismatic Marketing's Creative Director. 

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Celebrating Coin World's 60th anniversary, Jeff and Chris speak with Rick Amos, the CEO of Amos Media, Coin World's parent company. Rick talks about the 60-year past of Coin World, and how the company will continue to support numismatics in the future with initiatives like Coin World Marketplace. Jeff and Chris also review Coin World's first issue from 1960.

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Jeff Starck: [email protected]

Jeff and Chris recap some recent Coin World coverage of mint closures around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and review an issue of Coin World from 2009, where the bicentennial commemorative Lincoln cent designs took center stage. They also interview Saul Teichman, an expert in U.S. pattern material, and field a question from a Coin World reader looking for an introductory volume on U.S. exonumia.

Related links:
U.S. Pattern Coins: http://www.uspatterns.com/

Exonumia books:
https://www.amazon.com/Tokens-medals-identification-values-exonumia/dp/B0006EZC2Q

 https://www.amazon.com/United-States-Tokens-Medals-Official/dp/0794820603

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Jeff and Chris talk with Chris Costello, a Boston-area artist responsible for a number of U.S. coin designs, and the recipient of the 2019 Coin of the Year Award. He also worked on two different typeface families and developed the Papyrus font.

Related Links:
https://chriscostello.design/

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Jeff Starck: [email protected]

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Jeff and Chris reflect on a year recording the Coin World Podcast. They review the Coin World print issue from their inaugural week, the April 2019 monthly edition. They also talk about an obscure connection between the Spanish Trail half dollar and a Canadian silver dollar from 1982 and share that the Philadelphia Mint almost shares an anniversary with the podcast.

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

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In the shadow of COVID-19, parallels are widely being drawn to the 1918 Spanish Flu, so Jeff and Chris decide to investigate the impact of that early twentieth-century pandemic on the hobby. They also interview Emily Damstra, a natural science illustrator responsible for a number of Canadian and American coins.

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Jeff and Chris deal with numismatic shakeups in this week's episode. They review the first coinage of the Irish Free State as a nod to St. Patrick's Day and interview Michael Dlugosz, author of a book on British Conder tokens. COVID-19, front of mind for so many, and its effects on the hobby are discussed as well. 

Stay safe and healthy! 

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Chris interviews Neil Musante, a numismatic researcher whose recent two-volume work, Medallic Washington, deals with exonumic depictions of the United States' first president. Washington continues as a theme through the episode, as Jeff and Chris discuss Washington's leeriness about living leaders appearing on U.S. currency, and his first appearance on a coin.

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

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Jeff Starck: [email protected]

Jeff and Chris speak with the sovereign ruler of Bermania, Allen Berman, a coin dealer and expert in Papal Coinage. They also discuss coinage from micronation, tiny, generally-unrecognized territories and look at an issue of Coin World from 1991.

Related Links:
https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/kingdom-of-bermania-all-in-good-fun--mind-of-connecticut-dealer.html

http://bermania.org/


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