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Scott Travers' 2025

TOP 12 COIN & PRECIOUS METALS TIPS & FORECASTS

Touring Colorado's MINERAL BELT

It's a Showcase of Mining History & Minerals

MONTANA Sapphires

What They Are & Where to Dig

The World's Most Valuable Coin - 1933 SAINT-GAUDENS DOUBLE EAGLE

How can a coin that was intended for circulation and had a mintage of 445,500 coins be the world’s most expensive gold coin? It is a story about timing, a gift, a theft, and our nation’s economic history.

Top 5 Gifts for Friends, Family and You

YOUR 2024-2025 NUMISMATIC HOLIDAY

This Trip Fits Like a Glove: Michigan's Salty Mitten

Michigan has long been known as the home of Motown and the birthplace of the Model-T automobile.

Polished to Perfection

The Yale Peabody Museum Has Reopened Stunning New Halls of Earth, Minerals and Space

Herkimer Diamonds

New York's State Mineral & Popular Quartz Dig Sites

Reading Sienna Mine

A Former Pigment Mine on Neversink Mountain

ALEKS GREGORY - VERIFY THAT YOUR GOLD IS REAL

Aleks Gregory entered the coin and precious metals market four years ago as a collector and started trading bullion professionally shortly after. He utilized a Sigma Metalytics Pro verifier to confirm that his purchases were real and was astonished at the machine's capabilities.

Standing Liberty Quarters - THE RISE OF A SUPERPOWER

Standing Liberty quarters were minted from 1916 to 1930, but the design of these coins relates to issues “in the news” in 2024 and beyond. Indeed, an interesting and not well understood aspect of Standing Liberty Quarters is their reflection of then-recent changes in the foreign policy and military power of the United States.

Showcasing Jefferson Nickels

HOW TO IDENTIFY VALUABLE VARIETIES

Coin Industry's Version of the Good Housekeeping Seal

CAC GRADING NOW APPROVES AND CERTIFIES

Physical Format Bitcoin Gains Collector Acceptance

PRICE RECORDS CONFIRM MARKET DEMAND

A Rockhound Roadtrip Planning Guide

8 Tips To Follow for a Successful Adventure

Should You be Paying Sales Tax on Your Bullion and Coin Purchases?

THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT EXCEPTIONS AND EXEMPTIONS

Coin Dealers Attacked, Targets of Organized Crime

Coin dealers nationwide have become the latest victims of organized crime, facing targeted attacks following their attendance at coin shows.

Exploring the Caves of National Parks

Where to Go & What to Expect

Turquoise in the American Southwest

A Water & Sky Souvenir

Geology &Colorado's Taurish Traiks

Most of Colorado’s tourist trains today were originally constructed in the late 1800s to serve the state’s lucrative mining operations.

12 Tips for Rockhounding Tucson's Greatest Shows

Tucson in February becomes the international hub for buying and selling colored gems, rocks, minerals and fossils.

Rockhounding Florida's Beaches

Beachcombing serene stretches of Florida can reveal fascinating finds like fossilized shark teeth, sea glass, quartz, agate and even coral fragments.

Pecos Valley Diamonds

New Mexico's Ancient Attraction

Collecting Staurolite

Hot Spots In Virginia & Georgia

Agatized CORAL

Florida's Collectible State Stone

Rockhounding Ohio's Lake Erie Islands

A short ferry boat ride three miles from Ohio’s Lake Erie coastline is South Bass Island, better known as Put-in-Bay or the “Key West of the North.”

Iowa's Hidden Treasures

Exploring Keokuk Geodes: How They're Made & What's Inside

Gen II Compact Brushless 1/2" Drill/Driver

I have to confess this review is coming from a fairly biased space-the first generation ONE+ HP Compact Drill is probably my favorite drill I've ever owned.

Lignomat Mini-LIGNO DX/C

One of the hardest things for me to explain as a woodworking instructor is the importance of knowing the moisture content of the wood you're working with.

Excedo Side Table

With one board, you can put together this side table that packs in a bunch of great woodworking techniques.