Welcome to Something About Coins! One dollar coins were featured in several articles today. Those articles and others are summarized here.
A few articles focused on the 2010 Fillmore Presidential $1 coin launch. The Wall Street Journal reported citizens from Buffalo were disappointed the launch was in Moravia, NY. NJ.com published a short article about the Fillmore dollar and mentioned the local Ocean County Coin Club is celebrating their 40th anniversary.
A MarketWatch Blog observed Canada's successful dollar coins. The $1 "loonie" coin and the $2 "toonie" coins are popular and have replaced the $1 and $2 bills in circulation. The article stated the coins are cheaper to produce than the bills because they last longer.
Tom Delorey tackled 1895 Morgan silver dollars on CoinLink.com. He conveyed the proof 1895-P Morgan with a mintage of 880 was easier to find than a genuine business strike that year, even though 12,000 business strikes were thought to be struck. Delorey gave some likely reasons for the missing business strikes, including his belief that it was a "phantom bookkeeping entry." They also could have been melted or have been leftover coins from 1894, he said. He presented several interesting clues and references for all of the hypotheses.
SilverCoinsToday.com announced the U.S. Mint's 2010 commemorative silver dollar prices. Both the American Veterans Disabled for Life and the Boy Scouts Centennial coins will cost collectors $39.95 for Proof versions and $33.95 for Uncirculated versions. The article said the prices will increase one month after their release dates. The Veterans dollar will launch on Feb. 25, and the Boy Scouts dollar will launch March 23.
The Royal Canadian Mint released several Year of the Tiger coins, each with a different composition and face value. There were two silver coins, one with a scalloped edge and the other more traditional and made of fine silver with a proof finish. The other coins were a gold coin and a colorful hologram coin.
Bob Reis recounted Russian history to describe Constantine's ruble. Then he covered several Russian coins struck in the 1800's - compositions, denominations, and mint marks.
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