Welcome to Something About Coins! Three interesting news articles covering American Gold Eagles and a few more articles about historical U.S. Mints are below!
For those tracking bullion sales figures, CoinNews.net reported February's American Gold Eagle sales was the fifth best February ever. In addition, the 84,000 that were sold to authorized buyers was less than January's sales. The Mint is still selling both the 2009 dated and 2010 dated gold eagles.
NumismaticNews.net claimed the Mint expects to sell the last 2009 Gold Eagles mid-March. It said the Mint still had 9,500 available as of Feb. 23.
American Eagles were also Steve Roach's topic on CoinValuesOnline.com. He said proof American Gold Eagle values have been fluctuating more than their silver counterparts on the wholesale level. Another hot area was key date $25 half-ounce gold eagle bullion coins in mint state condition. He said a major wholesaler is paying $1,600 for 1991 dated coins.
A few key date pennies were mentioned in Paul Green's article about San Francisco Lincoln cent proofs for Numismaster.com. He began with the events that led up to the change to strike proof sets in San Francisco. Then he described the S-mint's low circulating mintages, like the 1909-S VDB Lincoln cent. Green suggested making a proof cent collection or a collection of proof-only cents, like the 1975-S. The end of the Lincoln Memorial reverse could help increase demand.
Another US Mint was discussed by Doug Winter. He's writing a series about coins from the Dahlonega, Georgia Mint. This article focused on population figures for Dahlonega gold Type Two and Type Three dollars. He gave his estimates of known pieces for D-mint coins dated 1855 through 1861 and compared them to PCGS and NGC reports.
CollectorsWeekly.com posted their interview with Richard Doty, Smithsonian Coin and Currency Curator last week. In it, Doty talked about early U.S. coins and their designs. A few Smithsonian coins were mentioned. He also answered questions about private mints in the mid 1800's, such as the one in North Carolina that struck the first gold dollars.
Finally, here's some extra information about the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. The Seated Liberty exhibits will be at table 1806, the E-Gobrecht e-newsletter said. The Bowers & Merena auction starts soon and features some rarities like the Julianna Rose Collection of Fugio Coppers.
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