Mint State Saint Gaudens, 1946 Dime, BSA Coin Design Candidates

Welcome to Something About Coins! Here are a few short, quick summaries of recent coin collecting news.

Greg Reynolds wrote a descriptive article of Jay Brahin's journey collecting the Saint Gaudens on auction during Heritage's Platinum Night at FUN next month. The seven Double Eagles for sale include Mint State 1927-S, 1920-S, 1925-S, 1926-D, 1929, and 1931-D. The quality and grades of each coin are reviewed, plus the coins' pedigree. The article revealed Dr. Steven Duckor mentored Brahin, and several of Brahin's Saints came from John Kutasi's collection.

The Examiner examined Steve Sjuggerud's advice to sell your gold coins. The advice was given in the January 2010 True Wealth newsletter, and five years ago the advice was to collect coins as an investment. Reasons to sell now include a 200% gain on a $20 Saint Gaudens coin in MS65 that was $905 in 2003 and $2,700 now. Click on the link to read the article.

Paul Green ponders the 1946 Roosevelt dime's price movement in his article on NumismaticNews.net. He said the coin was common, the highest minted Roosevelt until 1962. It was also collectible, since it was the first Roosevelt dime and it was released one year after President Roosevelt died. So here's the interesting part, he said, "Yet since 1998 the 1946 in MS-65 has moved from just $2.50 to $14. Moreover, it is now just $1 behind the much lower mintage 1946-D and $3 below the even lower mintage 1946-S."

I know I talked about this last week, but there's a more in-depth article about the Boy Scouts of America commemorative coin designs. In this article, you'll find images of the five design finalists, the recommendations from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), and of course the final designs chosen by Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner. The silver coins commemorate the 100th anniversary founding of the Boy Scouts of America, "BSA." There will be a maximum mintage of 350,000 proof and uncirculated silver $1 coins struck by the Philadelphia Mint.

See you tomorrow!