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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1986
Page
9
A designed artist creates the coin design in wax, then a plaster model is made. The big model is traced to a coin size hub used to make dies for stamping. Metal is weighed, melted, poured into ingots, rolled into sheets, cut into blanks, cleaned, rimmed, stamped, and finally counted and bagged.
Mini Spy and the Mini Page Gang plan a drive to a local coin shop, chasing clues and curious items from a playful scavenger list including a can opener and a Christmas wreath as they search for small treasures.
A simple two step recipe for a frozen dessert. Roll each ice cream scoop in peanuts and freeze for an hour. Serve in dishes and top with chocolate sauce. Yields four servings.
Coin collecting for kids highlights a commemorative Statue of Liberty half dollar priced at 7.50 with profits aiding statue repairs. Gold and silver editions cost more. The piece introduces the term numismatics and frames coin collecting as a long standing hobby.
The article explains mint terms such as Mint and Mintmarks. It notes mint marks indicate where coins were produced with examples D Denver, San Francisco, W West Point, and Philadelphia. It also thanks Ken Bressett of the American Numismatic Association for help with the story.
Basic guide for beginners on starting a coin collection. Visit dealers or clubs, choose what to collect, start with pennies, have friends save coins, use folders, avoid cleaning coins, buy rolls, and read guides to learn value.
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