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    <copyright>©2025 Cruz Bay Publishing, Inc. an Active Interest Media company</copyright>
    <description>The Coin Collecting Podcast aims to inform and educates collectors of coins, paper money, tokens and medals, regardless of where they are in their collecting journey. Chris and Jeff speak with experts and discuss market movements, history and more, making the hobby more accessible and enjoyable to listeners.</description>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast Ep. 12: Tracking Metal Market Moves</title>
      <description>Russ Bega of Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., and the creator of the Under Spot Report, joins the podcast to discuss some of his coolest finds in his time in the business, and to explain the modern precious metals market.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:34:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast Ep 011: Putting American Back in the ANS</title>
      <description>American Numismatic Society Sydney F.  Martin Executive Director Dr. Ute Wartenberg Kagan speaks with Jeff to explain the forthcoming move of the ANS to Ohio.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 23:18:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast EP010: New Coins for a New Year</title>
      <description>Dennis Tucker, former member of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, and former publisher at Whitman, joins Jeff and Chris to discuss the newly unveiled 2026 coins honoring America's Semiquincentennial.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 02:52:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast E009: the Art of Numismatics</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 04:07:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast E008: My Precious! (metals, that is!)</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:41:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast E007:  Sample Slab Book</title>
      <description>Burton Strauss joins Chris and Jeff to discuss his new research on sample slabs, building on the earlier work of David Schwager. The show hosts also discuss the space-flown gold Sacagawea dollars sold recently by Stack's Bowers.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:10:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast 006: Awards Season</title>
      <description>Sophia Mattimiro, editor of Numismatic News and coordinator of the Coin of the Year Award, joins the podcast to share insights into the award program (though she would not give us a heads up of the winner).</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:36:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast E005: Bad Metal and a Good Book</title>
      <description>Winston Zack joins Jeff and Chris to discuss his third book in the Bad Metal quartet of books about contemporary counterfeit coins.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:46:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast E004: A Hobo Nickel Lookalike</title>
      <description>Author Jay DeBoer joins the podcast to discuss his first book, The Jewish Nickel -- the Coin Confused With the Hobo Nickel. And Chris and Jeff report on recent hobby happenings, the latest sellout from the United States Mint. All that and more on episode four of the Coin Collecting Podcast.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 02:49:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast E003:  Threats to the Hobby</title>
      <description>Chris and Jeff speak with Charles Morgan, editor of CoinWeek.com, to discuss the threat of technology on the hobby, and numismatic media in particular.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 15:19:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast E002: Taxing Matters</title>
      <description>Chris and Jeff mark Tax Day here in the United States by discussing tax tokens with Michael Strub of the American Tax Token Society. They also discuss a hirsute pursuit from Russia.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:55:00 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Coin Collecting Podcast E001: Inaugural Episode</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:26:00 -0000</pubDate>
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