The Maplegram is one of the most distinctive fractional gold products on the market today. Produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, it packages twenty-five individual one-gram Gold Maple Leaf bullion coins into a single perforated sheet, each piece certified at 99.99% purity and sealed in its own numbered blister. The format brings the full backing...

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In the last days of October 1916, Americans got their first look at a new dime by the sculptor Adolph A. Weinman, who also designed the Walking Liberty half dollar that year. His Liberty wore a winged cap, whose wings he said stood for “liberty of thought.” Collectors saw the god Mercury instead, and the...

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