CATEGORIES

Celebrating Anniversaries and Looking Forward

Although adherence to self-isolation guidelines and lockdown restrictions have placed in-person gatherings, such as coin club meetings, on hiatus, we think any time is a good time to highlight and celebrate coin clubs.

Brett Charville

THIS PRESIDENT MAKES THE GRADE

1804 Silver Dollar Tops $1.4M at Auction, Anti-Counterfeiting Seminar Empowers Agencies, Award Nominations Sought

Known as “The King of American Coins,” an 1804 United States Draped Bust dollar certified by Professional Coin Grading Service as PCGS PR55 sold for $1,440,000 by Stack’s Bowers Galleries on March 20, 2020.

SOUTHWEST SUMMER

EXPLORING THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN MINING HISTORY

Terrific Trillion

There is something quite remarkable about the way the trillion cut design captures and then seemingly radiates an abundance of color and light. However, it is not surprising, since the trillion cut is an extension of the brilliant cut, with a vast number of facets.

The Village Smithy Opals

STEPHEN AND DARLENE NEWSTROM

TEOTIHUACAN

JADE, OBSIDIAN AND SHELL TREASURES FROM ANCIENT MEXICO

Using the Wax Pen to Create Wax Models

Now that you have fabricated the tip for the wax pen and formulated the wax, it’s time to start using the pen for making the wax models.

METAMORPHIC INDEX MINERALS

Revealing Secrets of Earth’s Deep Crust

SILVER MINING SURVIVOR

Creede Colorado Navigates Economic Transition While Preserving History

Coronavirus Effects On Coin Collecting And Investing

Impact Felt Throughout the Hobby and Industry

Valuing Vanadinite

WITNESS TO MOROCCO’S MODERN MINING RUSH

FIELD TRIP FOCUS

Making Memories and Discoveries As a Club

Classic Blue: Pantone's Color of the Year 2020

Transparent vs. Opaque Blue Gemstones

WHAT TO CUT - PURPLE COW AGATE

Purple Cow agate comes from the McDermott area of Nevada, one of the many stones you can get straight from the Caldera Rock Shop, which is owned by the Kemp / Zuccone family.

Non-Zeolite Minerals

Constant Companions of Zeolites

Pterosaurs Fossils Shine In the Spotlight

Pterosaurs have held the limelight of late. In the past decade or so, whole books have been written about them, such as Mark P. Witton’s Pterosaurs or David M. Unwin’s The Pterosaurs from Deep Time. More recently, Scientific American featured them with a cover story last October, and a new research article appeared in a January issue of Scientific Reports.

POLKA DOT AGATE

RICH IN ANCIENT HISTORY AND MODERN MINING

MINERALS AS DECORATIVE ART

Showcasing the Beauty of Science

Microscopic View of Minerals

Appreciating Minute Details

Making Homemade Wax

In my two most recent columns, I discussed the process of using flexible wax and a homemade wax pen to draw the shapes of a wax model used in casting a jewelry object.

Hall of Famer Bernie Emery

Inspiring and Educating Generations In the Appreciation and Technique of Lapidary Art

Field Trip and Fossil Fun

It was field trip fun for a group of nine, including members from the Oxnard Gem & Mineral Society (OGMS), Conejo Gem & Mineral Club (CGMC), and the Ventura Gem & Mineral Society (VGMS), in early February with an adventure at the Nuevo Silica Mine, according to a report by David Springer, Field Trip Chair for VGMS, published in a recent issue of the club’s Rockhound Rambling newsletter.

Timeless Coin Rarities

EXPLORING CURIOUS AND ENTERTAIN ING PRICE FLUCTUATIONS

THE ABC'S OF INCOME TAXES AND COIN COLLECTING

WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES, THE ALPHABET IS ONLY THE BEGINNING

SETH W. CHANDLER

LIFE-LONG COIN COLLECTOR AND CHIEF NUMISMATIST OF WITTER COIN

Keeping Track of Your Coins Can Be Taxing

NUMISMATIC CERTAINTIES ARE TAXES AND TAXES

Keeping Track of Every Penny

SOFTWARE OPTIONS TO KEEP RECORDS OF YOUR COINS

Designer Notes

To give you a glance into the creative minds of this issue’s project designers, we asked them a design-related question (below). Is there a question you would like to ask our designers? Send it to judy@ primitivequiltsandprojects.com and it may appear in a future issue.

Charitable Causes

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