COINage Magazine
The Two-Step Process of COIN CERTIFICATION: Authentication & Grading are the Keys
For a coin to be certified, it has to be both authenticated and graded. Certification by a grading service is a two-step process.
5 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
Lydia: THE BIRTHPLACE OF COINAGE
For thousands of years, people acquired and exchanged goods through a barter system. Early forms of money, to make large transactions quicker and more efficient, included objects such as shells and oxen, but these were found to be cumbersome and not durable. Eventually, gold, silver and bronze ingots were exchanged by weight.
5 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
Keeping Up with the Creator Economy
Creating Content is at a Fever Pitch
3 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
CHANGING OF THE GUARD: Royal Tudor Beasts Replace Queen's Beasts
It has been a time in British history like none other: a farewell to seven decades of one monarch and the start of a long-anticipated new reign.
5 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
The QUEEN'S BEASTS: Brilliant Ferocity
Ten six-foot tall statues, by sculptor James Woodford RA, OBE, formed an honor guard at the entrance to Westminster Abbey for the June 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II.
6 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
Are Cryptocurrency Companies Based in the Bahamas Risky?
In April 2022, the FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange had just broken new ground in the Bahamas for a new headquarters facility.
4 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
Certified Acceptance Corporation OFFERS Direct Competition
Becomes a Full Grading Service
5 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
What are ANCIENT COINS Worth?
Exploring the Value & Rarity of Ancient Coins
6 min |
April - May 2023
COINage Magazine
A GUIDE TO STAR WARS COIN COLLECTING
\"A long time ago, in a Galaxy far, far away.....\"
6 min |
February - March 2023
COINage Magazine
The FUTURE of MONETARY EXCHANGE: Will Digital Become King?
Those who study money know the long and winding road of the American monetary system over the last century.
7 min |
February - March 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
"Lucky 13"-A New Find of Purple Apatite at Maine's Pulsifer Quarry
A patite is a favorite collector's mineral with a dizzying array of beautiful colors and interesting crystal habits.
7 min |
April 2023
COINage Magazine
Universal Coin & Bullion Named "Best of the Best"
Readers of the Beaumont Enterprise, an award-winning Hearst Communications newspaper in Texas, have again voted Universal Coin & Bullion of Beaumont as \"Best Gold Buyer/Seller\" in Southeast Texas in the paper's annual \"Best of the Best\" survey.
1 min |
April - May 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Ichthyosaur Birthing Resembled that of Gray Whales
Prepare for a New Era of Boots-on-the-Ground Exploration
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Filling Earth's Oceans with Water
One Meteorite at a Time, Per One Smoking Gun
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
The Magnetic Field of Mars
Life Would Have Depended on It
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Bye-Bye, Glaciers?
Concerns about the loss of glacial ice vary. Downstream from the Himalayas, one billion people depend on run-off from existing glaciers to fill their rivers and meet their water supplies.
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Dinosaur Mummies
Perhaps More Common Than Imagined?
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Raised in a ROCK SHOP
The Influence of Rock Collecting & Lapidary While Growing Up
4 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Geoengineering Earth's Oceans
From Science Fiction to Science Fact
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Leaving Earth Behind
A Record Number of Rockets Take off from Earth in 2022
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
Concrete for the Ages
What the Romans Knew that We Might Learn
1 min |
April 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
SERENDIPITY EQUALS A MONTANA AGATE
Serendipity is having an apparent aptitude for making discoveries accidentally.
2 min |
April 2023
Quilter's World
SWEET LAND of Liberty
Basic blocks in red, white and blue that don't have a specific fabric placement make this scrappy patriotic quilt an easy summer project.
2 min |
Summer 2023
Popular Woodworking
Veneered Chessboard
It’s easy to create a veneered chessboard with an inlay accent, using a minimal number of tools.
10+ min |
April 2023 - Issue 270
Popular Woodworking
Coopered Seat
Building a sculptured rocker starts with a coopered seat. Or as I call it, \"The Big Smile Seat!\"
9 min |
April 2023 - Issue 270
Making Soap, Cosmetics & Candles
Soap vs. Syndet Shampoo Bars
If you have been making soap for any length of time, you’ve most likely heard of shampoo bars. If you have not heard of them, they are hard bars of soap used to clean hair. They are an alternative to the more common liquid shampoos sold in stores in plastic bottles.
5 min |
January - February 2023
Popular Mechanics US
22 Greatest Tools in the History of the World
Tools make us human, but we are not the only ones who use tools. Some birds drop rocks to crack shells open, and certain apes use sticks to get food or groom themselves.
10+ min |
January - February 2023
Rock&Gem Magazine
ULTIMATE Gift Guide FOR ROCKHOUNDS
What to Buy for the Rock Lover in Your Life
8 min |
December 2022
Rock&Gem Magazine
Earth’s Crust and the Milky Way
In attempting to explain earthly phenomena, geologists tend to look downward at Earth itself. It now appears they need to shift their gaze skyward.
1 min |
December 2022
Rock&Gem Magazine
AFRICA’S OLDEST DINO
The skeleton is nearly complete and, depending on the report, it's been described as the size of a collie dog, an emu, or a Shetland pony at about three feet tall and six feet long. Say hello to Africa's oldest dinosaur, Mbiresaurus raathi!
1 min |