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The LA BREA TAR PITS: A Journey to the Ice Age

Los Angeles is the land of palm trees, movie stars, Malibu and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

ICELAND SPAR: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS

In Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, author Lewis Carroll used the title phrase as a metaphor for peering into a world where nothing was quite what it seemed. When it came to understanding the mysterious nature of light, the \"looking glass\" for early scientists was optical calcite or Iceland spar.

Gold & the Hard Rock Summit Show

The Hard Rock Summit Show has become the top fall mineral show in Denver around which other shows have clustered.

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.

U.S. Rare Coin Market Continued to Soar in 2022

The market for rare United States coins enjoyed a banner year in 2022 with many price records set for individual coins, according to an analysis by CDN Publishing, publishers of the Greysheet family of numismatic market price guides. “Continuing the momentum from 2021, we estimate the overall U.S. rare coin market exceeded a record $6 billion in total volume for the year in 2022,” said Patrick Ian Perez, CDN vice president.

KEEPING YOUR COINS SAFE WITH Victor J. Gonzalez

Victor J. Gonzalez has been involved in the insurance industry since 1985.

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.

Who says Lincoln Cents are PENNY-ANTE $2.86 Face Value in Pennies Sells for $7.73 Million

What's likely the highest-quality collection of Lincoln Head Cents ever assembled, 286 coins, has been auctioned for a record $7,731,811 by Great Collections, one of the world's leading rare coin auctioneers based in Irvine, California.

THE CURIOUS LORE OF George Frederick Kunz

America's First Gemologist

What Modern U.S. Commemorative Dollars Are the Best Buys?

1996-D OLYMPIC HIGH JUMP UNCIRCULATED DOLLAR TOPS THE LIST

The Risks & Rewards of BULLION DEPOSITORIES

There was a time when the bullion industry spawned relatively few colorful news stories, but things have changed, and drama from the world of bullion has lately been spilling into the general media.

Bullion DOESN'T HAVE TO BE Boring!

What images come to mind when you think of bullion products — stacks or boxes full of gold American Eagles, silver American Eagles, Maple Leafs and bars? There are hundreds of bullion products available in all different sizes to fit everyone's budget.

Geoengineering Earth's Oceans

From Science Fiction to Science Fact

Leaving Earth Behind

A Record Number of Rockets Take off from Earth in 2022

Concrete for the Ages

What the Romans Knew that We Might Learn

SERENDIPITY EQUALS A MONTANA AGATE

Serendipity is having an apparent aptitude for making discoveries accidentally.

Raised in a ROCK SHOP

The Influence of Rock Collecting & Lapidary While Growing Up

Ichthyosaur Birthing Resembled that of Gray Whales

Prepare for a New Era of Boots-on-the-Ground Exploration

Filling Earth's Oceans with Water

One Meteorite at a Time, Per One Smoking Gun

The Magnetic Field of Mars

Life Would Have Depended on It

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.

Dinosaur Mummies

Perhaps More Common Than Imagined?

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.

What are ANCIENT COINS Worth?

Exploring the Value & Rarity of Ancient Coins

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.

A GUIDE TO STAR WARS COIN COLLECTING

\"A long time ago, in a Galaxy far, far away.....\"

"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.

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.

Certified Acceptance Corporation OFFERS Direct Competition

Becomes a Full Grading Service

Keeping Up with the Creator Economy

Creating Content is at a Fever Pitch