...Announcing a new signature set.

I've been sorting through my collection, trying to get everything priced and in my collection software, and also trying to get pictures taken of all my coins. The main reason I'm doing all this is to keep my insurance man happy, he's been bugging me for years to get him a list of all my collectibles, along with pictures and replacement values.

Another reason is it's just so much fun looking at my coins and wondering what kind of stories they could tell. This leads me to announce my new signature series, "Raising Dust For Mexico". The title is a quote from a John Wayne movie, I think it sums up this set.

The beginnings of this set came about 45 or so years ago, with an old Mexican 8 reales coin. (Might have been a peso, but my brother can't find it.) There's a story behind this, and if anyone is interested, write me a message and I'll share it with you, if enough people write me, I'll write another journal article.

Anyway, this set will contain a potpourri of Mexican coins and bullion. There will be no rhyme or reason to the way I list the coins, except they'll be in the order I buy them.

Another joy, in the same vein, I've had recently is looking through some older Mexican coins in a wholesale lot I bought not too long ago. If any of you saw David Bowers column in "Coin World" a few weeks ago about collecting in 1960, and filling up the Whitman folders, you'll understand what I mean.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this set. As always, please write me with any comments you might have, I always look forward to them.