Super Bowl Coin, Native American Dollar, America the Beautiful Quarters

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by KJ in New Coin Issues, Rare Coins

Welcome to Something About Coins! Here are a few short summaries of coin news on the web right now.

RomeSentinel.com provided more background on the 2010 Native American dollar coin's reverse. The reverse design features five arrows bound together with a Hiawatha Belt. The article reported that during the launch ceremony earlier this week, Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter said, "When the Peacemaker brought the nations together, he took up one arrow and showed how it could be broken easily. Then he took up a bundle of five arrows and showed how much stronger those arrows were when they were bound together." More insight about the Oneida Indian Nation symbolism is described in the article.

FloridaToday.com reported this year's Super Bowl coin flew to space on Shuttle Atlantis. It journeyed for 11 days, visited the International Space Station, and returned on Nov. 27. The coin was designed and struck at The Highland Mint located in Melbourne, FL. The astronauts did something with the coin while in space, the article said, and we may learn what it was at the Super Bowl. The article also described why the coin got its mission to space and more about Highland. The Super Bowl will held on Sunday, Feb. 7 in the Sun Life Stadium (aka Dolphin Stadium) in Miami, FL, and the coin will be tossed at 6 PM ET.

A member of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) responded to Scott Barman's critique of the committee's decision to keep the Washington portrait on the America the Beautiful quarters. Gary Marks replied in the comment section that the committee did propose and recommend to change the portrait to Theodore Roosevelt, but "no support materialized." Then more dialog continued and Marks commented that the CCAC's documents were on the web at ccac.gov. Barman said he'll write more on this subject this weekend on his web site, coinsblog.blogspot.com. I'm looking forward to it.

Tom LaMare wrote a lengthy article depicting the old Buffalo Nickel and included a little Hollywood history. The nickel's launch, artistic success, and some quotes from several old publications made up most of the article. Both varieties were also mentioned.

A man in Myrtle Beach, SC told police a bag of rare coins valued around $7,000 was stolen from his vehicle, according to WMBFNews.com. A list of the coins was in the article.

Thank you, be safe, and have a great weekend!