Audio Files

Listen to “To Clean or Not to Clean?”

Listen to “To Clean or Not to Clean?”

Listen to “10 Budget-Friendly Collectibles”

Listen to “10 Budget-Friendly Collectibles”

Listen to “Jumpstarting Your Collection”

Getting into coin collecting is as easy as looking in your pocket change. Use this guide to help you get started.

Listen to “Jumpstarting Your Collection”

Listen to “Do ‘Details’ Reduce a Coin’s Value?”

Back in the day, coin cleaning was common. Today, these so-called "Details" can reduce a coin's value. But should they?

Listen to “Do ‘Details’ Reduce a Coin’s Value?”

Listen to “AI Coin Grading”

Coins graded by an app sound like science fiction. But artificial intelligence technology is right around the corner.

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Listen to “The Power of the Wheat Cent”

The Wheat cent has icon status in the coin-collecting community, and its value extends far beyond its face value.

Listen to “The Power of the Wheat Cent”

Listen to “The ‘Beau Dollar’ Mystery”

The author traces the origins of the "beau dollar," a coin-collecting term that originated in the Jim Crow-era South.

Listen to “The ‘Beau Dollar’ Mystery”