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General Numismatics
Coin Today: Daily numismatic and gold investment news
Coin Collecting Basics:  This article covers the maning and scope of numismatics, what to collect, interesting facts, top books, cleaning coins (don't do this) and more.
Organizing and displaying a coin collection
Dollars and Cents
Fundamental facts about US Money: Types of paper money; currency features, US Coins; circulation of money; spotting counterfeit money; features and more.
Glossary of Numismatic Terms
H.I.P. Pocket Change  U. S. Mint H.I.P. (History In your Pocket) is a site from the US Mint that seeks to build an interest in coins as artifacts of history. Aimed at younger users and teachers, the site offers a section for each constituency. The Kids section provides information on starting a coin collection, a virtual tour of the mint (not yet available), a time machine adventure, and several learning games.
Rare Coin Museum
Tour the premier on-line museum for U.S. Mint rare coins to learn all about coin collecting. You’ll see collector coins from Liberty gold coins, Saint-Gaudens gold, Indian Head gold coins to silver dollars.
Where's George? Ever wonder where your money is traveling after it leaves your hands?  This site tracks the life of the bills that leave your wallet and are put into circulation around the country. All you have to do is set up a free account at the site, "register" your bills by entering the serial number and state of origin, then print the site's Web address on the bill and spend it! The idea is that people will see the URL on the bill, go to the site and re-register the bill, thus tracking its path. If you don't feel like getting that involved, it's still cool to see where other bills have traveled - like the $2 bill that was registered in Florida and made its way up the East Coast to New Hampshire.

Redeeming coins & bills
Shredded & mutilated money
The Goverment Redeems Damaged Currency
What happens to damaged bills - written for kids, this is an easy visual on damaged paper money.
What happens to damaged coins
According to the US Treasury website, here's what you can do:
 Q:  I have some coins that were damaged and the bank will not redeem them. What can I do with them?
 A:  The Treasury Department has prescribed regulations regarding uncurrent and mutilated coins. Let us explain the difference. Uncurrent coins are whole, but are worn or reduced in weight by natural abrasion. They are easily recognizable as to genuineness and denomination, and they are such that coin sorting and counting machines will accept them. Merchants and commercial banks will generally accept or refuse these coins at their discretion. However, Federal Reserve Banks and branches handle the redemption of uncurrent coins.

Mutilated coins, on the other hand, are coins that are bent, broken, not whole, or fused or melted together. The United States Mint is the only place that handles redemption of mutilated coins, and they should be sent to the Mint at Post Office Box 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Coins
Coin Link Ancients, World Coins, US Coins, Currency and numismatic resources
United States Coins of the 20th Century, Courtesy of Eric Leonard
Coin FAQ - Part 1
History of the Motto "In God We Trust"
New York's Better Business Bureau - Coin Collecting
U.S. Mint "How Coins Are Made"
U.S. Mint
U.S. Mint 50 State Quarters Program
U.S.Mint "The New Dollar Coin"
Free Historical Information on U.S. Coin Series
A Buying Guide to Coins
Searching for Sacagaweas
The Buffalo Is Back
Coins of Colonial and Early America
A catalog and historical essay on the coins of colonial and early America from wampum and Massachusetts silver through the provisional half dime of 1792. The catalog contains over 275 coins divided by coin types. Each section contains an introductory essay reflecting recent scholarship followed by full color high-quality jpeg images and descriptions for each coin.
Colonial Currency
A catalog featuring hundreds of examples of colonial paper currency with supplementary sections on colonial lottery tickets and fiscal documents. Currency examples range from the New York issue of May 31, 1709 to the fractional currency privately emitted in the 1790's during the copper panic. Emissions are listed under the colony of issue followed by Continental Congress issues. There are a number of notes printed by Benjamin Franklin and several Massachusetts examples by Paul Revere. The site also includes explanatory essays on such topics as the first paper currency emission in the colonies, the relative value of local money in the colonies and land bank notes. The lottery section contains a ticket from the first government sponsored lottery in the colonies, the Massachusetts 1744-45 lottery, Department of Special Collections University of Notre Dame Libraries.

Mardi Gras Doubloons
Unique to New Orleans, here is a Crescent City Coin Club member's perspective on a great local hobby.

Currency
American Currency Exhibit at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Money hasn't always looked like it does today. Explore the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's American Currency Exhibit online and watch history come alive as you step back in time to our nation's beginning. Learn how our country's rich history is closely tied with our currency. Discover the role the Federal Reserve has played--and continues to play--in that history.
Bureau of Engraving & Printing has a wealth of information to download: About BEP, BEP History and Currency Notes
Consumer’s Guide To Investing and Collecting U.S. Currency
Prepared as a Public Service By Treasures of Antiquity, Inc.with the United States Postal Inspection Service
History of Paper Money
How Currency Works
International Bank Note Society
New Currency Designs
Old Bank Notes
Paper Money Collecting
Society of Paper Money Collectors
Ugly Money If you'd like to see a very interesting and informative site about paper money that has been stamped or written on, check out either of these sites.
Johnny Bitter, aka Johnny Burrito has done a fantastic job with the display.

Confederate Currency
Beyond Face Value: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency
Confederate Currency: The Color of Money
University of Notre Dame CSA (unlinked pictures) preliminary scans of some CSA notes

Tokens
Collecting U.S. Tokens: Challenges & Rewards
The ultimate Guide to Exonumia Links & Resources.
Washington Tokens Link in the Department of Special Collections University of Notre Dame Libraries
Index of Tokens Department of Special Collections University of Notre Dame Libraries, Future Exhibits
Collections of Confederate Currency and 19th Century American token collection. To view several hundred of our unlinked token images go here.

Foreign Coins
Perseus Coin Collections
A collection of ancient coin digital images at the Perseus Project comes from the Dewing Numismatic Foundation. 452 Greek coins from this collection are currently on loan to the Harvard Art Museum and are now offered digitally at the Perseus Project. Images of the coins are offered in three resolutions. Catalog entries for the coins include material, denomination, mint, region, issuing authority (when known), actual weight, diameter, and a description of the type and legend on either side of the coin.
Sasanian, Hunnic, Indian and Islamic Coins and History of Asia
Containing information and scans of over 1100 coins, these pages are to be a resource for students of Near Eastern, Persian, Indian, Central Asian and Chinese history from 600 BC to 1600 AD. Permanent exhibits with emphasis on Sasanian, Hunnic, Indian and Islamic coinages.
Studying and Collecting the Coins of Rome and Her Cities

Publications We Read

Bank Note Reporter
Casino Chip & Token News
Collector Magazine & Price Guide
Coin Dealer Newsletter
Coin World
Currency Dealer Newsletter
Errorscope
The Fare Box
Hoppy Talk
Kovel's Online Price Guide
The Numismatist
Numismatic News
Paper Money Collector
Paper Money Newsletter
TAMS, Token & Medal Society Journal
 

Numismatic Associations & Societies
The American Numismatic Association
ANA Member Clubs Directory Information
American Numismatic Association's FTP SITE
This site includes image files, over 1,000 "Money Talks" radio scripts, a Library Catalog supplement, Numismatic Indexes Project files, Press Releases and Software - (ANA members only).

Newsgroups
Newsgroup for Paper Money Collectors
Newsgroup for Coin Collectors

Internet Directory of Publications

Looking For More Information?
Your local library, online library resources, and trade publications  will help to further your own education in numismatics. Materials can be found in the following sections of the library.
On-Line Library Catalogs
United States Public Libraries

The Library of Congress categorizes the subject as:
1-6661        Numismatics
1-4625        Coins
153                Finds of coins
161                Symbols, devices, etc.
201-1397     Ancient
1509-4625        Medieval and modern
4801-5450   Tokens
4861-4889        By period
4901-5336        By region or country
5350-5450        Special uses of tokens
5501-6661    Medals and medallions
5581-5690        Ancient
5723-5793        Medieval and modern
5795-6661        By region or country