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Monkeys. Just kidding (mostly). We're switching our email service to MailChimp! While this shouldn't cause subscribers any snafus, please let us know if it does. We're hoping to complete the rollout within the next month, and then if you're…

More New Items! Sea Salvage and Year of the Dragon

That's right! For a second week in a row, we have brand-new items for you to chose from. This week we have items that are certainly more recent that last week's Roman slabs, but just as exciting, include a strange underwater salvage and dragons. Sea…

New Ungraded Roman Slabs

This week, we have brand-new ungraded Roman slabs for you and your customers! Both issues are unusual, affordable, and visually striking. Maximinus II, Persecution Issue This coin is immediately different from most issues. Instead of the standard…
Overlapping banknotes of Uganda, Sudan, Lesotho, and Zambia

Black History Month at ECC

Did you know that Black History Month always has a theme? It’s chosen by the same foundation that supported Carter G. Woodson’s project that became Black History Month way back in 1926. This year’s theme is “African Americans and the…

The Articles of Confederation

America's First Government* This week in history six different states ratified the Articles of Confederation. The Articles were the United States’ first (and failed) form of government, before the Constitution was written. South Carolina,…

The Fall of Rome

The Start of the End On January 23rd, AD 393, Roman Emperor Theodosius I (the Great) officially made his son Honorius co-emperor in the west. Honorius was eight years old at the time. Theodosius died two years later, and Honorius was left…

The Nika Riots

Imagine if the Super Bowl was in your backyard. Cool! But what if both teams and their fans became a single mob that caused a week of violent riots? Less cool. That’s what happened to Byzantine emperor Justinian I in mid-January of AD 532…

Insider News

For new dealers and old alike, it's important to stay up-to-date on the numismatic industry's trends, people, and goings-on. In lieu of a long complicated historical blog post this week (since our blog writer is on vacation and she hopes you…

Holiday Hours and January Show Schedule

ECC will be closed on December 22 and 25, as well as January 1 to celebrate Christmas and New Years, respectively. We wish a happy holiday season to everyone regardless of what you celebrate. But we'll be full speed ahead in the new year!…

Revamped Guardian Angel of Constantinopolis

In the year 330, Constantine the Great established a city on the Bosporus, what had been a sleepy town called Byzantium.  He christened the new city, New Rome, but it came to be known as the City of Constantine—Constantinople.  Constantinopolis,…

December 7, 1941

This week in history, we return to a familiar event. On Dec 7, eighty-two years ago, the Japanese military bombed the US naval bases at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and several other US-held islands (including the Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island).…

This week in history: Russian monarchs. Also Christmas!

This week, we're looking at Russian history again. Specifically, two Russian rulers: Ivan the Terrible, who was crowned on December 3, 1533, and the lesser known Elizabeth, who took power on November 25, 1741. Good old Ivan the Terrible.…

Consider dropshipping!

Let our warehouse become your warehouse! ECC is the only numismatic company to offer a drop shipping program. For those who don't know, drop shipping is a form of retail we send items directly to your customers with your address in the return…

Ancient coins found near Sardinia: What does it mean?

Just last week, a diver discovered a stunningly large group of coins off the coast of Sardinia. Someone out for a dive spotted "something metallic" in the seabed, and lo and behold, it turned out to be a vast deposit of Roman coins. Initial…

Armistice Day and Veterans Day

Need a break from holiday prep? Us too. So let's pause to consider that yesterday was Armistice Day, the end of what was once called the Great War. The geopolitical world map had profoundly and permanently changed. People at all levels of society…

Three Weeks until Black Friday!

We're rounding out the week with an eclectic collection of new packaged items. Since it's only three weeks until Black Friday, now is the time to buy. And if you missed out on any of our other promotions this week, it's not too late to order! Today…