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Bring Good Cheer with Holiday Flowers

Friday, March 12th, 2010

The holidays are traditionally a time of good cheer, of family and friends gathering together to celebrate and enjoy each other’s companionship. While traditional holiday decorations certainly can help set the mood for this time of year, you’ll find some better options available. For instance, holiday flowers can add warmth, charm and incredible beauty to your home. Living flowers bring something indefinable to your home and holiday floral arrangements are truly stunning.

What sorts of arrangements can you find? Of course, you will find traditional options, such as holly, poinsettias and evergreen wreaths featuring juniper berries or the ubiquitous pinecone. These are great choices, of course. That said, you will find some more exotic options on the market as well. What about a holiday spread of red and white roses? How would an arrangement of candy-cane striped amaryllis look on your table? Perhaps an arrangement of hydrangeas could help you welcome the season and evoke holiday cheer within your family.

As you can see, there are many options and those listed above are only a fraction of what you’ll find available for your needs. However, you will need to determine just where you want to purchase your flowers. Your local florist might be an option to consider, but the flower selection here is often limited in both type and in terms of lifespan. A better choice is to purchase holiday flowers from an online flower wholesaler. These companies specialize in exotic flowers, as well as ensuring that you are provided with the longest lasting flowers possible.

Searching for such a provider is relatively easy with the Internet, but you’ll need to take the time to compare the various prices, shipping policies and other information available. Not comparing providers can result in subpar experiences that do nothing to brighten your holiday mood.

Interesting Facts about Morgan Silver Dollars

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

If you already have a few Morgan dollars in your collection, you may know some of the details and facts about the coin. If you have not year collected one of the coins, then you may not know its story. In either case, there may be a number of facts and details about the Morgan Type dollar that you do not know.

In fact, it is one very interesting coin from the United States’ history. Once you know the details, you may find yourself wishing to collect more and more of these silver dollars.

1. The Morgan dollar is the most highly collected coin in the United States. This is because there are a wide variety of options with this coin. If you do not have a large amount of investment funds, then you can choose a strike date of more common variety. However, if you wish to make a substantial investment in the coin, you can choose some of the rarer strike dates.

2. The silver used for the Morgan dollars came from the Comstock Lode in Nevada. The Comstock Lode was the largest silver strike in American history.

3. The design for the coins and their name comes from the engraver, George T. Morgan. His mark can be seen at the neck of Lady Liberty on the front of the coin.

4. Morgan dollars were struck between the dates of 1878 and 1904. While all of the strike dates are considered collectible, the most valuable strike dates are 1889, 1893, and 1895. There are very few coins from these three dates in existence, making them highly valuable.

5. The rarity of the Morgan dollar comes from World War I actually. During the wartime, the United States needed funding. In order to provide funding for the war, the government passed an act to melt down Morgan dollars for their silver. In addition, because the dollars are very pure in silver, many have been melted down for bullion.

6. Morgan dollars were struck at five different mints, including Philadelphia, denoted by a P, Carson City, denoted by CC, Denver, denoted by D, New Orleans, denoted by O, and San Francisco, denoted by S.

As you can see, the Morgan dollar is an interesting and highly collectible option for your coin collection. No matter how much money you have to invest, you are sure to find a strike date that fits in your budget among the selections of Morgan dollars.