Welcome back to Something About Coins! New quarter images, a special Chinese coin collection, and U.S. Mint overdate coins are just a few of the coin articles picked for today!
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Images Released, CoinNews.net
The U.S. Mint this week published 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters images in preparation for the first coin release in the series and in support of upcoming quarter products. The 2010 quarters kickoff the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program, which will feature 56 different reverse designs honoring sites throughout the U.S. and its territories until 2021. This year’s quarters honor four National Parks and one National Forest. The first quarter celebrates Hot Springs National Park in ... Click for coin article
Priceless Coin Collection Returns Home To China, NPR.org
In China, paramilitary police drill outside the Shanghai Mint. They're stationed there because it's literally a money-making plant. It's also a museum and, on Friday, it received a new, welcome donation, hand-carried from the U.S. with far less security. Gordon Bowker, one of the founders of Starbucks, and his cousin Carolyn Bowker packed up part of their grandfather's priceless coin collection in their luggage, brought it to China and donated it to the Shanghai Mint Museum. "There really is no better place for the coins to be," says Gordon Bowker ... Click for coin article
Overdates Found Off the Beaten Path, NumisMaster.com
So, you’re tired of the same old collecting by date and mintmark. You need something new, a challenge. You are looking for a new coin series to collect that offers more variety than the usual, and you want a collection that’s a little bit different. Collect overdates. A set of United States overdate coins can include silver, copper and gold coins of nearly every type and denomination. The coins are scarce. You can never know the exact mintage figure. And you know that your set may never really be complete. There may ... Click for coin article
1909 Matte Proof – New Coin Die Discovered, PCGS.com
A new 1909 Lincoln Matte Proof cent die has been discovered by Brian Wagner and Kevin Flynn. Brian Wagner recalls: While previewing small cents at the Long Beach show in early February, I encountered a 1909 MPL Lincoln cent that got my attention. The coin was being offered for sale in the February 2010 Heritage Long Beach Signature Auction. It was an attractive, magenta-toned 1909 MPL cent graded PR66RB by PCGS. As I brought the coin to my eye and began to view the coin's obverse with my 8X ... Click for coin article
Ancients: Classic Greek Coins, Part IV, NGCcoin.com
David Vagi continues his discussion of the designs of select ancient Greek coins in the fourth of a multi-part series. As our survey of Greek silver coins continues, we'll depart from the geographical format and investigate the coins of the Hellenistic Kingdoms. With the expansion of the Macedonian Kingdom under Philip II (359-336 B.C.) and his son Alexander III (336-323 B.C.), the Greek world underwent a great transformation. The Persian Empire was toppled and much of the Greek world came to be ... Click for coin article
The 2010 Water Lily Silver Proof 20 Dollar Coin has three Crystal Elements!, Blog.BeautifulCoins.com
The Royal Canadian Mint introduces this beautiful 2010 Water Lily silver proof $20 coin to create a unique keepsake of Canada’s diverse flora. The water lily (Nymphaea odorata) is a beautiful water plant that crowns Laurentian lakes from early summer to mid-autumn with showy pink or white flowers and round green leaves that can reach up to 28 cm (11 in) in diameter. The water lily is related to the lotus, hailed the loveliest of flowers with powerful symbolism in cultures throughout the world. Much of this ... Click for coin article
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