Welcome to Something About Coins! Today's articles, linked below, cover news from the U.S. Mint, the ANA's last coin show, and some insights about peace dollars and coin designers.
US Mint Updates 2010 Schedule, America the Beautiful Quarter Products Prominent, CoinNews
The United States Mint has updated its 2010 Product Schedule to include new offerings with specific release dates through to the end of May. Most notable to the schedule are release dates for 2010 Lincoln Cent rolls, new Presidential $1 coins and three America the Beautiful Quarter Products. The new quarters series has been delayed this year as a result of the shortened time between the America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act becoming law and the US Mint creation of the program that ... Click to read coin article
Dealer optimism wins over bourse, NumismaticNews.net
Caution and optimism battled for control of the bourse floor at the American Numismatic Association National Money Show March 24-27 in Fort Worth, Texas. In the end, optimism seemed to win. “It’s been a very good show for me,” said Bob Campbell of All About Coins, Inc., Salt Lake City. “It really started strong at dealer set-up,” he said. “After the first day, I said I made my show.” Campbell said he didn’t see any slowness. “Everything’s still bringing what it's ..." Click to read coin show article
An Interview with Peace Dollar Historian Roger Burdette, CollectorsWeekly.com
In this interview, author Roger Burdette discusses the rich history of Peace dollars and explains how these overlooked and affordable coins have much to tell us about the years following World War I. Burdette, who wrote “A Guide Book of Peace Dollars,” also offers insights into the work of such coin designers as Anthony de Francisci and introduces some of the intricacies of the minting process. When I was about 7, I began to notice the different kinds of dimes, nickels, and cents I got back as ... Click to read coin author interview
Collect All the Coins of a Designer, NumisMaster.com
You’ve been a fan of the Kennedy half dollar since it began in 1964. You waited in line at your bank to get some of the first ones made, and you’ve saved one of each date and mintmark since then. As a specialist in the series, you’ve heard the silly rumor that the designer’s initials on the obverse were a hammer and sickle; you know the initials stand for Gilroy Roberts, who executed the fine portrait of President John F. Kennedy. If you admire the work of Gilroy Roberts, why not collect his other products? He was ... Click to read coin article
'Big one' bang or bust?, CoinValuesOnline.com
Professional Coin Grading Services' March 25 announcement of a new grade designation of a + sign that will "unlock value" for 15 to 20 percent of coins within 11 grades between Extremely Fine 45 and Mint State 68 will change the market, but how? Numismatic Guaranty Corp. announced the same day that it too would add the + sign to high-end coins. PCGS had a lot riding on its announcement and attracted plenty of speculation as to what this "big one" (PCGS's term for the announcement during weeks of promotion) would ... Click to read coin article
Small Dollars Missing Edge Lettering, NGCcoin.com
A comprehensive photographic overview of small dollar coins exhibiting a very popular type of error — Missing Edge Lettering. When the Presidential $1 coins were first issued in 2007, their design called for lettered-edge inscriptions. For the first time ever, the date, mintmark and required inscriptions were to appear on the edge of the coin. The purpose of this feature, according to the authorizing legislation (the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005), was to give the dollar coins a distinctive edge as an aid to ... Click to read coin article
Spouse Coin Mintages - Lowered to 15,000, PCGS.com
Since the inception of the Spouse Gold Coin program in 2007, the Spouse coins have suffered diminished interest from collectors. In the beginning of the program, the coins had a maximum mintage of 40,000 coins. And even with the mintage of 40,000 coins, the coins were selling out very quickly. Including the aftermarket, the coins were realizing much higher premiums than the initial cost of purchasing them directly from the U.S. Mint. Initially, the first three Spouse coins ... Click to read coin article
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