Timothy B. Benford
Living in Mountainside, NJ
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Published Content: 93
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On AC since: 03.22.07
Bio:
Best-selling author and award-winning novelist. Prolific magazine contributor.
Best-selling author and award-winning novelist. Prolific magazine contributor.
Education/Experience:
Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Interests:
WWII, numismatics, classic cars, cruise ships, travel, NASA & space, and myriad collectibles.
WWII, numismatics, classic cars, cruise ships, travel, NASA & space, and myriad collectibles.
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Events surruouding the demise of the Franklin Half Dollar and introduction of the Kennedy Half Dollar
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/16/2008 | Read more »
Some items excerpted from one of this author's four World War II books
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/11/2008 | Read more »
Article relates similarities between this election year and novel written 26 years ago
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/10/2008 | Read more »
A close look at the litte-known Vatican Observatory and the recent Vatican article about life on other planets
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/11/2008 | Read more »
Are we alone? You might think not if you consider the coins and tokens already available with UFO and alien images on them
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 4/3/2008 | Read more »
People who are avid collectors are often interested in, and have, diverse collectible interests
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 4/3/2008 | Read more »
The way money is handled in casinos continues to change.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 4/1/2008 | Read more »
Second Elvis Presley cruise to be announced shortly
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 3/18/2008 | Read more »
These items have been culled from nearly a thousand items in the writer's 1982 tome "The World War II Quiz & Fact Book" published by Harper & Row
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 3/14/2008 | Read more »
Interesting and little-known information most people don't know about our 16th President
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 3/13/2008 | Read more »
How I almost wrote the sequel to Raging Bull, the Jake LaMotta story
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 2/28/2008 | Read more »
How to make a Hannah Montana Quarter with a 2007 Montana Statehood Quarter on one side, and an image of Hannah on the other side.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 2/7/2008 | Read more »
A service, patterned after the "National Do Not Call Registry" claims it can put an end to those annoying political phone calls that usually come when you are having dinner
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 2/6/2008 | Read more »
True story of how one used car dealer repainted surplus military vehicles of questionable mechanical value into desirable cars after World War II.
Based on family experience.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 2/6/2008 | Read more »
A Press Club Award-winning article about myriad things you can do for better fuel economy for your car. This article has been quoted on several TV and radio talk shows.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 1/29/2008 | Read more »
Pulitzer Prize winning author James A. Michener shares his thoughts about publishing books and movie deals in this exclusive article.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 1/25/2008 | Read more »
Legislation to extend the popular 50-coin Statehood Quarters Program has passed Congress. New coins due for Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, and three Pacific territories
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 1/25/2008 | Read more »
The legendary, cult graffiti that began in World War II has now appeared in Iraq. This article traces its origin
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 1/24/2008 | Read more »
A personal experience background article about why this Swimsuit Calendar has endured in popularity.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 1/18/2008 | Read more »
The strange carving of Buffalo Nickels to change their appearance, and why hobos, convicts, and vendors did it.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 1/8/2008 | Read more »
The story behind, and the sentimental meaning of the song "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 12/14/2007 | Read more »
Based on a real experience in 2007
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 12/7/2007 | Read more »
The U.S. Navy 'flattop' fleet grew from eight (8) aircraft carriers when Pearl Harbor was attacked to 121 by war's end
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 12/5/2007 | Read more »
Personal account of meeting with fellow author Peter Benchley and the interesting inscription he did for me.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 11/29/2007 | Read more »
Combination of literary decor throughout the ship, no trans-fats in meals, and comprehensive childrens' programs, make this cruise ship a delight.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/31/2007 | Read more »
Little-known incident involving one of the Original 7 Project Mercury Astronauts
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/30/2007 | Read more »
The beautiful 1839 Una and the Lion gold piece was designed by William Wynon to mark the start of the reign of Queen Victoria, which had begun when the barely 18-year-old ascended to the throne in 1837.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/30/2007 | Read more »
The hunt for one of the most famous pirate treasures of all time. Believe it or not, it may be in New Jersey.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/30/2007 | Read more »
Historic event that is often not even a footnote in history.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/30/2007 | Read more »
Famous, odd, and interesting automobiles that have graced the Silver Screen or the Boob Tube over the years.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/30/2007 | Read more »
Award-winning numismatic spoof about one of the rarest and most sought after U.S. coins
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/28/2007 | Read more »
Princess Diana's fascination with the occult and paranormal
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/28/2007 | Read more »
Psychic prediction of Princess Diana's Death before it happened is documented in police records
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/28/2007 | Read more »
Like old cars? You're in luck. There is at least one every night from April to November in most of our most populated states.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/28/2007 | Read more »
The only air-contitioned, state-of-the-art modern cruise ship that navigates Darwin's Galapagos.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/28/2007 | Read more »
The difference in collecting Proof sets versus Mint sets for beginners
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/28/2007 | Read more »
Exact copies of rare coins perfectly legal, provided they follow the ruls of the Hobby Protection Act
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/28/2007 | Read more »
Popular expressions that include references to money
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/28/2007 | Read more »
Buzz Aldrin's well-worn Peace Dollar was part of his Personal Preference Kit items
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 10/16/2007 | Read more »
Not commonly known background information and what happened to the Japanese decision makers of the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor and other U.S. installations in Hawaii.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/21/2007 | Read more »
Comparative size ranking, considering length and gross tonnage, culled and compiled by the author from historic documents in the public domain for his World War II books.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/20/2007 | Read more »
He murdered his mother, wife, and three children. It took a TV show to capture him nearly two decades later.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/11/2007 | Read more »
The writer is an award-winning author and best-selling novelist.
His dozen books include four nonfiction works dealing with World War II.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/11/2007 | Read more »
The legendary naval battle that is the cornerstone of the U.S. Navy
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/11/2007 | Read more »
13 'Unknown' Women were trained as astronauts at the same time the famous 'Original 7' men were
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/7/2007 | Read more »
Two easy things to combat leaves that clog your wall skimmer or draining hose
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/7/2007 | Read more »
Will the U.S. dollar coins be replaced by $2 coins?
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/7/2007 | Read more »
Some coins have royalty on them. Others have presidents or national heros. These have bugs!
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/7/2007 | Read more »
No garages required, just an album, and you can take al your "cars" with you to a show!
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/7/2007 | Read more »
Getting a car purchased overseas on a ship back to the U.S. isn't a snap of the fingers
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/7/2007 | Read more »
Sold as ready made items, or you can make them yourself on the vending machine.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/7/2007 | Read more »
16 U.S. coin designers have given us their interpretation of what the elusive lady should look like.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/7/2007 | Read more »
With the price of copper and nickel worth ore than the cost of producing these coins, changes are in the works.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 9/7/2007 | Read more »
Explains the history and difference between real silver dollars and clad dollar coins, researched from historical documents in the public domain
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 8/30/2007 | Read more »
St. Kitts and Nevis were the first English colonies in the Caribbean.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 8/23/2007 | Read more »
It all started when New Hampshire's granite 'face' of Old Man of the Mountain slide into oblivion
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 8/23/2007 | Read more »
A Short-lived Caribbean Mystery: Where did old cannon come from? Where did it go?
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 8/20/2007 | Read more »
One of the automobile industry's legendary tales
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 8/20/2007 | Read more »
Not many people inside or outside the numismatic hobby are familiar with this strange story.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 8/17/2007 | Read more »
2007 copyright by author
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 8/15/2007 | Read more »
You don't need a calendar to tell you when it's Summer in New Jersey. Just take a ride on the Garden State Parkway and count the Canadian license plates headed south. For perhaps two decades Canadians have been invading my home state's shore points in growing numbers.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 8/15/2007 | Read more »
Never, ever, fail to get a second opinion for a serious medical problem.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 8/15/2007 | Read more »
The author writes extensively about coins for several publications in the U.S., Canada, and Australia and holds the copyright to this exclusive article.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 8/15/2007 | Read more »
The story of what became of Astronaut Gus Grissom's dimes when his space craft sank (from personal conversations this writer had with Gus Grissom)
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/24/2007 | Read more »
Based on an exclusive press announcement researched and written by this writer for the St. Kitts and Nevis Department of Tourism
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/20/2007 | Read more »
True story, humorous now, but not at the time
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/19/2007 | Read more »
From exclusive interviews and the author's personal experiences working in television and the movies
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/16/2007 | Read more »
Benito Mussolini was interested in the ships, but the Nazi's torched them
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/16/2007 | Read more »
A totally original and exclusive article based on interviews with Mr. Sickel. All photos are by the author.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/10/2007 | Read more »
Based on exclusive conversations and communications with Enola Gay oo-pilot Bob Lewis, and Gerry Newhouse, personal aide to pilot (now General) Paul Tibbets. Much of this copy appears in my four World War II books.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/10/2007 | Read more »
For years people mistook 'shinny pennies' for dimes, and a nickel with a big 'funny'mint mark on the back helped catch a spy.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/6/2007 | Read more »
Note to Content buyer: Capitalization of HAWAII is correct historical identification of these notes, not my abuse of AC style.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/6/2007 | Read more »
Exclusive. copyrighted material extracted from this writer's book Pearl Harbor Amazing Facts.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 7/6/2007 | Read more »
From an exclusive one-on-one interview this writer had with Mrs. Bickerson which appeared in the December, 2004 issue of Coinage magazine
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/29/2007 | Read more »
People pass by three forgotten mint sides every day and have no idea legal coins were made there.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/15/2007 | Read more »
Filmed more than 35 years ago, the original "Godfather" movie is truly a Hollywood classic. But this article is about another classic, the 1941 Lincoln Continental in which Sonny Corleone (actor James Caan) bought the farm in a gangland slaying at a toll booth.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/11/2007 | Read more »
This is an automotive article about the car used in the movie. It is not a movie review.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/11/2007 | Read more »
This story was written exclusively for the March 12, 2007 issue of Coin World, and has since appeared in Canadian Coin News.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/11/2007 | Read more »
The convenience of having an adequate supply of coins simply didn't exist in the Caribbean islands until the mid-Nineteenth Century. So they confiscated foreign coins and countermarked them with theirown imprint.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/11/2007 | Read more »
Little known Facts About a Historical Event
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/11/2007 | Read more »
Extensive excerpts of this personally researched material appear in various of my four World War II books. This article has also appeared in two numismatic publications. I have also granted permission to a number of currency dealers and historians to quote or use it.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/11/2007 | Read more »
Alert newspaperboy spotted hollow nickel, and the result was the capture of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/11/2007 | Read more »
Hoarders and speculators expected windfall profits that never materialized
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/1/2007 | Read more »
If you are saving the Statehood Quarters, here is a U.S. quarter story you will find interesting.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/1/2007 | Read more »
Writer remembers Princess Diana and her sons' visit to Caribbean island
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/1/2007 | Read more »
One of the great American classic automobiles that disappeared ahead of its time.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/1/2007 | Read more »
The Mark II was designated a 'Milestone Car' by the Milestone Car Society and selected by the Museum of Modern Art as the most attractive automobile of the 1950s decade.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/1/2007 | Read more »
Many people still think the car was taken out of service and put away and end up in a museum. It did end up in a museum, but if you recall wht it looked like in 1963, you wouldn't recognize it now
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/1/2007 | Read more »
One of the infamous vehicle failed to meet selling price expectations at 2006 auction. Fate of the second remains a mystery.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/1/2007 | Read more »
There were no atheists on D-Day. No matter who you are, it is impossible to visit the battleground and grave sites at Normandy without getting a serious lump in your throat.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 6/1/2007 | Read more »
Parked cars and those moving along streets and highways in films and TV shows just didn't happen to be there when the cameras were rolling. They were hired as movie prop cars and each one of them earned their owner in the neighborhood of $300 for a day's work.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
The technology of electronic digital slot machines has grown in quantum leaps from what was the state-of-the-art as recently as three years ago. That means most 'How-To-Win' books are obsolete by the time you buy them.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
Sea Cloud, the private yacht owned by Post Cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, made military history during its service as IX-99 during World War II as the first experimental vessel for racial integration in the U.S. Navy.
By Timothy B. Benford | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
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