Welcome to Something About Coins! Here are summaries of a few coin articles on upcoming releases and older coin series.
The commemorative American Veterans Disabled for Life silver dollar will come out Feb. 25, SilverCoinsToday.com reported. The coins were added to the U.S. Mint's Product Schedule on their web site. $10 of each commemorative coin sale will benefit the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation.
Scott Barman blogged about the CCAC's decision on America the Beautiful quarters. Barman criticized the CCAC for choosing Washington's portrait for the obverse instead of Teddy Roosevelt's portrait. After all, it was Roosevelt who influenced the redesigned coinage in his day and elevated the government's National Park Service program. Barman also covered some of the Mint's history as well as the CCAC's power and role.
Doug Winter examined Type one Dahlonega gold dollar population figures by PCGS and NGC on RareGoldCoins.com. He started with the 1849-D and described his previously published numbers versus the grading services numbers. Winter relayed which numbers were most probable with supporting reasons.
Mark Benvenuto wrote about proof silver Franklin halves on Numismaster.com last week. The informative description included mintage numbers of each year, along with prices in several grades. Benvenuto recommended coins certified by reputable third party grading services in sealed holders. The two varieties of the 1956 halves were mentioned, as well as other tough coins in top grades. He also expanded a bit into proof Walking Liberties and Kennedy halves.
People are still talking about that $3.7 million dollar 1913 Liberty Head Nickel. This weekend, Paul Rexford of The Sacramento Bee described how old magazine advertisements looking for the 1913 nickel fascinated the community, and how the excitement grew. Dave Harper recently reported the results from a Numismatic News poll question. He stated that 22 percent of responders said they'd buy the 1913 nickel, if they could spare $3.7 million. He went on to quote a collector who believed the nickel should be illegal.
A man told police his coin collection was stolen from his vehicle following a coin show over the weekend, according to an online article from Muncie, IN.
In an earlier post, I mentioned important security tips from www.butternut.org, regarding safety at shows and transporting valuables. Here's the specific link about driving with coins: http://www.butternut.org/coins/tip5.html.
Thank you for reading! See you tomorrow!
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