Dr. Sol Taylor, the Lincoln Cent Expert

DR. SOL TAYLOR
The Lincoln Cent Expert

Making Cents:
Weekly Coin Columns by Dr. Taylor

What's With the $2 Bill? • 6-14-2008
Our Secretaries of the Treasury • 6-7-2008
Symbolism on Our $1 Bill • 5-31-2008
Collecting Mint Errors and Varieties • 5-24-2008
Beware Coin Ads in General Magazines, Newspapers • 5-17-2008
The Elusive 1910 'VDB' Cent • 5-10-2008
Directors of the U.S. Mint, 1792-2008 • 5-3-2008
U.S. Assay Commission Medals • 4-26-2008
Fort Knox, America's Gold Vault • 4-19-2008
John J. Ford, Collector Extraordinaire • 4-12-2008
Why Not Gold? • 4-5-2008
Ronald Reagan's Birthday Gift • 3-29-2008
To Clean or Not To Clean • 3-22-2008
Tokens of the Patrick Mint • 3-15-2008
Mike Aron and the Smaller Coin Auction • 3-8-2008
Readers Write • 3-1-2008
The Fabulous Five — 1913 'V' Nickels • 2-23-2008
The Fabulous King Farouk Sale of 1954 • 2-16-2008
Celebrating a Personal Milestone • 2-9-2008
What to Collect, Hoard or Save • 2-2-2008
1922: A Very Weak Year • 1-26-2008
Sterling Rachootin, Modern Renaissance Collector • 1-19-2008
Chief Engravers of the U.S. Mint, Part 2: 1917-1990 • 1-12-2008
Chief Engravers of the U.S. Mint, Part 1: 1793-1917 • 1-5-2008
How Many Love Tokens Are There? • 12-29-2007
The 'Bible' of United States Tokens • 12-22-2007
Counterfeiting is Not New • 12-15-2007
1964: Big Year for Numismatics • 12-8-2007
Collecting Proof Sets, 1968-1998 • 12-1-2007
Collecting Proof Sets, 1936-1964 • 11-24-2007
The 1974 Aluminum Cents • 11-17-2007
What is a Short Snorter? • 11-10-2007
The First True Coins • 11-3-2007
Our Less-Than-Common Money • 10-27-2007
John Adams Bolen, Medallist • 10-20-2007
The Mint’s Last Experiment with Aluminum • 10-13-2007
Making the Coin Club Circuit • 10-6-2007
Some Interesting E-mails • 9-29-2007
Old-timers Remember the 'Good Old Days' • 9-22-2007
America’s Longest Running Coin Design • 9-15-2007
In Search of the Perfect Grading Scheme • 9-8-2007
Q&A: We Get Mail • 9-1-2007
DuPont Heist: Mystery Solved • 8-25-2007
Kids Collecting Coins in the 1930s • 8-18-2007
The Good Old Days: Abe Kosoff • 8-11-2007
The Years the Mint Slowed Down • 8-4-2007
'Red Book' Turns 60 • 7-28-2007
Coin Auctions Hit New Highs • 7-21-2007
Cashless Society Coming? • 7-14-2007
Massachusetts Silver Coinage, 1652-1682 • 7-7-2007
Funny Money — or Not? • 6-30-2007
Coin Discoveries In Your Own Home • 6-23-2007
Our Future Coins and Paper Money • 6-16-2007
The Coin Club Renaissance Years, 1960-1980 • 6-9-2007
Are Coins a Good Investment? • 6-2-2007
Rapscallions and Their Rip-offs • 5-26-2007
The First Coins of the U.S.A. • 5-19-2007
Coins of Our World Fairs and Expos, Pt. 2 • 5-5-2007
Coins of Our World Fairs and Expos, Pt. 1 • 4-28-2007
The Vanishing JFK Halves • 4-21-2007
Bring Back the Really Big Bills • 4-14-2007
Lincoln Cent Society Turns 25 • 4-7-2007
By the Roll: Paper or Plastic for Your Coins? • 3-31-2007
When Buffaloes Were New • 3-24-2007
Is Older Really Better? • 3-17-2007
Printing Errors and Such • 3-10-2007
Coins in the Classroom • 3-3-2007
Check the Date, Mintmark and Variety Before You Sell • 2-17-2007
Boom and Bust: WSC Coin Shows, 1975-82 • 2-10-2007
A Coin Tradition: The Bid Board • 1-27-2007
Remembering America's Bicentennial Coinage • 1-20-2007
The Rare and Coveted 'CC' Mintmark • 1-6-2007
Hot on the Trail of Funny Money • 12-30-2006
Mint to Produce Non-silver Dollars Again • 12-23-2006
Q&A: Is My 1943/1942 Cent Genuine? • 12-16-2006
It's a Good Time to Start Collecting State Quarters • 12-9-2006
Coin Collecting in the Old Days, 1937-45 • 12-2-2006
1955: A Banner Numismatic Year • 11-25-2006
More Overseas Coin Hunting Exploits • 11-18-2006
The Lesher Dollars • 11-11-2006
Tales From the Vault • 11-4-2006
Hawaiian Coins and Tokens • 10-28-2006
Coin Hunting Overseas • 10-21-2006
Coins the Mint Called Back • 10-14-2006
Tokens Fetch High Prices at Auction • 10-7-2006
America's First Gold Coins • 9-30-2006
Jeff Oxman, Silver Dollar Expert • 9-23-2006
Coin Stories from 1964 • 9-16-2006
What Are My Old Coins Worth? • 9-9-2006
The Infamous Utah Counterfeiter, Mark Hofmann • 9-2-2006
Fabulous Money Exhibit at Denver Convention • 8-26-2006
Our First 5-Cent Nickel Coinage • 8-19-2006
America's Littlest Coin • 8-12-2006
Maybe FEMA Should Have Issued Tokens • 8-5-2006
Indian Peace Medals: Collectible Goodwill • 7-29-2006
Coins Used for Advertising • 7-22-2006
Slave Tags: Windows to a Dark Past • 7-15-2006
Selling Your Rare Coins • 7-8-2006
Answers to More of Your Coin Questions • 7-1-2006
Elongateds: Squished Cent Collectibles • 6-24-2006
National Coin Week: A Trip Down Memory Lane • 6-17-2006
Your Questions: From 'V' Nickels to 1780 Thalers • 6-10-2006
Answers to Your Recent Coin Questions • 5-27-2006
No Cents or Nonsense? • 5-20-2006
Wampum: American-Made Money • 5-13-2006
'How Do I Invest in Coins?' • 5-6-2006
Coins Show Who Really Discovered America • 4-29-2006
They're Nice, But They're Counterfeit • 4-22-2006
What Are Grandma's Old Coins Worth? • 4-15-2006
Counterfeits: Buyer Beware • 4-8-2006
Our Modern Commemorative Coins, 1976 to Date • 4-1-2006
Our Original Commemoratives, 1892-1954 • 3-25-2006
Would You Stop to Pick Up a Penny? • 3-18-2006
A Fun Activity: Thematic Collecting • 3-11-2006
Buying or Selling Coins? Go to a Show • 3-4-2006
Seen Any 1943 'Steelies' Lately? • 2-25-2006
Do Mint Rolls Have Investment Potential? • 2-18-2006
What is a Mint Error Worth? • 2-11-2006
Don't Tell Me You've Found a 1959-D 'Wheatie' • 2-4-2006
The Famous "V" Nickel Mavericks • 1-28-2006
300th Birthday Retrospective: The Coinage of Ben Franklin • 1-21-2006
1792: Our First Federal Coinage • 1-14-2006
Our Silver Coinage From 1836-1891 • 1-7-2006
On the Lookout for Repunched Mint Marks • 12-31-2005
America's Half Cent, 1793-1857 • 12-24-2005
What is the Ideal Birthday or Holiday Gift? • 12-17-2005
Was There Really a Naked Lady on a U.S. Coin? • 12-10-2005
What Is My Coin Worth? • 12-3-2005
Numismatic Giant: Maurice M. Gould, 1909-1975 • 11-26-2005
More Answers to Your Coin Questions • 11-19-2005
America's 2-Cent Piece • 11-12-2005
Walking Liberties: A Handsome Half-Dollar Series • 11-5-2005
The Standing Liberty Quarter, 1916-1930 • 10-29-2005
The Red Book: The Numismatist's Bible • 10-22-2005
Where Do They Make Our Coins? • 10-15-2005
Coins Featured on U.S. Stamps • 10-8-2005
Beware Buying Coins at Swap Meets, Garage Sales • 10-1-2005
California Gold in Small Denominations • 9-24-2005
American Icon: The Buffalo Nickel • 9-17-2005
Answers to Your Coin Questions • 9-10-2005
Franklin Half Dollars: Rock Steady • 9-3-2005
Assembling a Complete Modern Type Set • 8-27-2005
Barber's Silver Coinage: Fun Series to Collect • 8-20-2005
Longacre's Indian Head Cent • 8-13-2005
George T. Morgan's Fabulous Silver Dollar • 8-6-2005
Collecting Jeffersons With Ease • 7-30-2005
Learning Experience: Numismatic Summer Camp • 7-24-2005
Bold New Design: The 'Mercury' Dime • 7-16-2005
U.S. Coins Change for Wartime • 7-9-2005
1960: Small Problem Leads to Large Amount of Variety • 7-2-2005
Is It a Coin, Medal or Token? • 6-25-2005
Remembering When Kennedy Halves Were New • 6-18-2005
The Famous 1943 Copper Cents • 6-11-2005
United States Proof Coinage • 6-4-2005
True Tales of Hidden Treasure • 5-28-2005
Collecting Coins from Pocket Change • 5-21-2005
Tokens of Hard Times • 5-14-2005
New Designs for Jefferson Nickels • 5-7-2005
The 50-State Quarters Program • 4-30-2005
The Finer Points of Coin Grading • 4-23-2005
Coins of the Kingdom of Hawaii • 4-16-2005
Coins of the Colonies • 4-9-2005
Where Have All the Silver Coins Gone? • 4-2-2005
Collecting Lincoln Cent Varieties • 3-26-2005
U.S. Coins of the Philippines • 3-19-2005
VDB's New Lincoln Cent • 3-12-2005
Our Odd-denomination Coins • 3-5-2005
Twenty 'Centsible' Facts • 12-2004

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