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National Money Show in Phoenix features rare currency
PHOENIX — The 2023 National Money Show, hosted by the American Numismatic Association, brings hundreds of millions of dollars worth of rare coins and paper money to the Valley through Saturday. Collectors and curators have come together at the Phoenix Convention Center for a weekend of history through currency. Some of the coins date back all the way to 1796, and others are simply misprinted, with upside-down serial numbers or different amounts printed on each side.
Money show in Phoenix features rare coins, currency
Coin collectors unite: National Money Show in Phoenix features rare currency Coin collectors unite: National Money Show in Phoenix features rare currency A misprinted $5 bill with upside-down serial numbers and a $1 bill with double serial numbers are on display at the 2023 National Money Show, hosted by the American Numismatic Association at the Phoenix Convention Center on March 2, 2023.
Black history at the forefront of new Tucson museum
“We are a movement, not a museum,” Beverely Elliott said, noting some of the exhibits focus on current social justice movements like efforts to pass the CROWN Act, which would prohibit race-based hairstyle discrimination in schools and workplaces. Elliott stressed that the museum is for everyone. “That’s not just the African American community, that’s the community at large in southern Arizona,” Elliott said.
Phoenix compost facility works to reduce food waste
PHOENIX — New technology is helping Phoenix divert food waste from landfills and turn it into clean compost. A “depackager,” which separates food and beverages from their plastic wrapping, was installed at the Phoenix Public Works’ 27th Avenue Compost Facility in September, but got its first real test this month with extra trash generated by thousands of visitors who attended events associated with the Super Bowl and Waste Management Phoenix Open.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proud of the progress of the Mexican wolf program
ALPINE – On a frigid morning in late January, biologists set out in a helicopter to begin the annual Mexican wolf population count with hopes of finding at least one more wolf than last year. Their painstaking work helps identify the number of wolves in Arizona and New Mexico and is vital to the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program that began 25 years ago when the animals were nearly extinct.
Here's how the housing crisis is impacting Glendale
Glendale’s housing and rental prices are on the rise along with the rest of the country. According to some experts, there is not much that can be done about it. Glendale and the entire valley were once low-cost places to live, but now a housing crisis emerges because of the COVID-19 pandemic and low-interest rates for loans. But what is fueling this crisis? Ryan Bieber, a real estate and former mortgage banker, has worked in Glendale’s housing market for over 10 years.
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