The Liberty Head series of gold coins was long in the tooth by the end of the 19th century. All major American circulating coinage, in fact, had retained the same…
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Another day, another loss of freedom. This time it came in Europe, as Swiss voters voted in a referendum to uphold firearms restrictions enacted by the country’s parliament. The referendum,…
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The history of cartridge development is littered with ideas that came out with a bang but never really caught on. Niche cartridges have been developed throughout history claiming to be…
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One of the many problems with governments getting involved in setting monetary policy is that the conduct of monetary policy necessarily picks winners and losers. Due to the distributional effects…
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By the 1880s many people had become fed up with the designs of American coinage. Both silver and gold coins had had the same designs since the 1830s, with the…
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Since the breakup of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Iron Curtain, the United States has been flooded with a huge amount of military surplus hardware from Eastern…
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While the $20 double eagle gold coins have long gained attention from collectors and investors, the less-appreciated $10 eagle coin was for decades the standard gold coin intended for circulation.…
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The 9mm Luger cartridge, aka 9x19mm Parabellum or 9x19mm NATO, has become perhaps the most popular firearms cartridge in the world. Originally introduced in 1902 by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken…
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Recent weeks have seen an unusual and highly public airing of dirty laundry from the National Rifle Association (NRA). While staunch supporters of the Second Amendment have known for decades…
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Most people under retirement age never experienced the days of circulating silver coinage. And even those old enough to remember them never got to experience them as adults, as base…
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While the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge was intended to replace the .30-06 Springfield as the standard American service cartridge, it didn’t even last a decade before being replaced by the 5.56x45mm…
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Some coin designs, such as the Barber series of silver coins, are so hated by the general public that the US Mint can’t wait to get rid of them. And…
