DESERT MOON NUMISMATICS

Twenty Cents Desertmoonnm.com Hi Folks, Here are 2 gorgeous Capped Bust Dimes for your perusal. So twenty cents to consider on this Memorial Day in the year 2026. Back in the 1830s, 2 dimes, according to Firefox web browser AI would buy: “20 cents had significant purchasing power, roughly equivalent to about $7.20 to $7.50 today based on historical inflation rates. For 20 cents, an American in the 1830s could buy: · Staple Groceries: 4 to 5 pounds of

Key Date Small Cents Desertmoonnm.com desertmoonnm@yahoo.com Hi Folks, I am highlighting some recent small cent pickups and want to focus attention on these because it brings back childhood memories. Many of us started collecting as kids and did a lot of folder filling from change or rolls obtained from the bank. What set me on this path was when my grandparents bought a bag of 100 uncirculated Morgan Silver Dollars. Occasionally they would bring them out for m

CSNS Post-Convention Report With 6 NEWPS Desertmoonnm.com desertmoonnm@yahoo.com Hi Folks, By now you have heard all about the very active CSNS Convention that happened last week in Shaumburg, IL, at the Renaissance Hotel. From the perspective of numbers of attendees, I would say that over Thursday and Friday for ‘public’ attendance, there were more people than at the Summer ANA Show last year in Oklahoma City. But I did not quite feel the red hot vibe of this p

CSNS Convention Next Week Desertmoonnm.com desertmoonnm@yahoo.com Hi Folks, Well here we are at the preview for the CSNS Convention in Schaumburg, IL at the Rennaissance Hotel and Convention Center. The activities will start next Wednesday for me, going to the PNG Dealer Day, then at 4 pm, Dealer Set-Up. Then on Thursday and Friday it will be time for everyone to come in and see coins. The show does go on Saturday but my experience is that the folks that show u

Matte Proof Lincoln Cents Desertmoonnm.com Hi Folks, As we near the next big show, the Central States Numismatic Society annual convention, we are generally in ‘hoard’ mode for new cool coins at Desert Moon. We have purchased quite a few newps since the March Newsletter, and these will be discussed in the CSNS pre-show April Newsletter sometime next week. For this edition of the Cool Coin Showcase, we will talk about, and present to you, 2 Lincoln Matte Proofs. Besides

New Inventory and the Copper Queen Mine Desertmoonnm.com desertmoonnm@yahoo.com Hi Folks, Welcome to the beginning of Spring edition. We just came back from Bisbee, Arizona. The objective was to do some hiking in the hills around the town, peruse the townsite, and to visit the Copper Queen Mine. Bisbee is located in southeast Arizona in arid desert and mountain country. Mining was established in the area in the 1870s for deposits of copper, that also contained gold and sil