EP060: COVID collectibles: challenge coins, bullion bars, Bryan dollars
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 Co...
19 Maj 202041min
EP059: A House Divided — Talking Confederate Paper Money with Pierre Fricke
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...
11 Maj 202049min
EP. 058: Newsworthy — A conversation with Gerald Tebben
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 c...
4 Maj 20201h 3min
EP057: Cracking the Books — Cashless transactions, Jeff's bookshelf, and Lianna Spurrier
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, ...
27 Apr 20201h 8min
EP056: Coin World: Then and Now — 60 years of Coin World with Rick Amos
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...
21 Apr 20201h
EP055: Thought patterns: mint closures, bicentennial cents, and Saul Teichman
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 commemor...
14 Apr 20201h 8min
EP054: Just our type: a conversation with Chris Costello
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 typef...
6 Apr 202057min
EP053: Going the distance: One year of the Coin World Podcast
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 con...
30 Mars 202041min
