Hello, This week has been very busy for everyone around here and, I've been doing some work too. I didn't want to leave my column out of the paper this time though because Larry, of Larry's Coins, is back on my page and I should put something in here because of that.

I am doing what I usually end up doing when I'm in a hurry or don't have a question in my email. I am going to give another five interesting coin facts from that trusty website called usmint.gov.

After going there, you click on a place for kids called “h.i.p. pocket change.” I am supplying a picture from the website so you can see what it looks like.

As I said before when I had to use this great emergency back-up system that I have devised, the page is mostly for kids but, many adults don't know a lot about coins and it helps them learn about them too.

I think that the last time I did this I ended with number 30. So, I am going to go from number 31 to number 35. If you have a kid who happens to show an interest in coins, this page has games, mint history and fun facts, just to tell you about three things because they have a lot more.

To repeat myself, because it takes up more room and makes the column look bigger, adults can have fun with this computer link too.

I am now going to copy and paste those fun facts right here:

31. What coin and monument both honor another "Washington"? The first coin to feature an African-American was the Booker T. Washington Memorial Half Dollar. It was minted from 1946 to 1951. A National Monument was designated to Washington in Hardy, Virginia, on April 5, 1956.

32. This museum was made from gold. The donation of $508,316 in gold, from the estate of English scientist James Smithson, was examined in the Philadelphia Mint before being used to create the Smithsonian Institution. Today, the Smithsonian Institution is the largest museum complex in the world, and includes many world-renowned museums in the nation's capital, Washington, DC—all free of charge to visit!

33. Why is Queen Isabella famous to Numismatists? In 1893, Queen Isabella of Spain became the first woman to be featured on a U.S. Commemorative coin. She was also the first REAL woman to be featured on ANY coin produced by the Mint—regular issue or commemorative.

34. Which Revolutionary War hero also helped make coins? Besides being quite the skilled horseman and informant, Paul Revere was a silversmith and a contributor to our nation's coinage. Revere's metals company once supplied the Mint with rolled copper for the production of early cents.

35. $10 billion goes a long way. If you were lucky enough to have 10 billion Sacagawea golden dollars and you spent one every second of every day, guess how long they would last? In exactly 317 years, you would go broke!

Well, that is it for this time. (Don't faint because I actually kept my deal with Callie the Cat and have actually gone in every other week recently.)

Thank you for reading Coin Corner and I will try to see you in a couple of weeks.

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