Welcome to Something About Coins! Below are a few coin articles that have recently been circulating on the internet.
Native American dollar coin rolls launch at noon today, Jan. 22. Each 25 coin roll costs $35.95 at the U.S. Mint. There'll be a launch ceremony and coin exchange in New York City on Monday, Jan. 25, at 10:30 AM ET at the National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center, according to PRNewswire. U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy and Museum Director John Haworth will introduce the new dollar, and Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter will also be on hand.
Scott Barman, Coin Collector's Blog, purchased the PCGS Photograde for the iPhone and wrote a useful and informative review. Although the app has limited coins, he said you can enlarge the coin grading images to see more detail. He rated it MS64, "a common high grade for being very well done but could be better."
CoinLink.com published Greg Reynolds article about Heritage's Platinum Night at FUN. With great detail, Reynolds described several of the rare coin highlights and best values of the auction.
Mike Thorne defined and described pattern coins on Numismaster.com. Pattern coins are generally expensive, since they have small mintages. The 1879 $4 gold Stella originated as an international coin he said, and then he provided numerous other Stella examples, plus their current values for several grades. Thorne cited J. Hewett Judd's 10th edition of United States Pattern Coins.
Jason Smith, for StellaCoinNews.com, encouraged starting a certified type set for a 2010 resolution. A definition and several suggestions were given.
Paul M. Green addressed the 1921-D Mercury dime on NumismaticNews.net. He covered its mintage, why it was somewhat low, and included some graded coin values. To promote the coin, he called it the "second best Mercury dime among the regular dates."
CoinNews.net posted a chart of the updated U.S. Mint 2010 schedule in one of its articles.
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