Welcome back to Something About Coins! The U.S. Mint is producing more coins again, and more people speak out about U.S. dollar coins. Those are just a handful of coin news articles circulating the web and are linked here!
US Mint April Coin Production: First 2010 Nickels Minted, CoinNews.net
The United States Mint today published coin production figures for April 2010, and for the first time this year Jefferson nickels appear on the mintage boards. The US Mint also produced cents, dimes, quarters and Presidential dollars.The Mint was busier, striking more coins than it has in any single month for at least a year — a good economic indicator that commercial activity is on the rise. 451.96 million coins were minted in April versus the 384.42 million reported in March 2010 ... Click for coin article
Dollar coins recognize women, save money, WashingtonPost.com
In commenting on the Treasury Department's new, harder-to-counterfeit $100 bill, Lynette Long [letters, April 24] made a good point: In this era of supposed gender equality, not one of our seven currency denominations recognizes a woman's achievements. But more than 2 billion dollar coins bear the image of either Susan B. Anthony, who advocated for women's right to vote, or Sacagawea, who guided Lewis and Clark on their expedition through the Northwest. But most of us never see these coins because Congress has refused ... Click for coin article
Universal Coin & Bullion to attend the National Rifle Association in Charlotte, North Carolina, EMailWire.com
Leader in rare coins will educate and entertain the collector and investor. Universal Coin & Bullion, Ltd., a national leader in gold, rare coins, and coin grading, today announced its attendance and participation in the National Rifle Association’s Annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina May 14-16, 2010. Universal Coin & Bullion (UCB), a long-time proponent of the NRA, has the honor of being deemed The Official Rare Coin & Bullion Dealer of the NRA ... Click for coin article
Cashing in with coin appraisals, Acorn-Online.com
To David Conway, a certain 1955 penny is much more than spare change. "Nineteen fifty-five double die pennies were stamped twice and are worth about $1,000," said David, an 18-year-old student at Wilton High School who runs coolcashcoins, a coin appraisal business. David started the business as a sophomore, and now has "several dozen clients" in Fairfield County, he said. "I have appraised and sold dozens of U.S. coin and currency collections." He sells them on eBay, and the collections can be valuable ... Click for coin article
Washington Presidential Dollar Error Coin Gallery, Coins.About.com
The Washington Presidential Dollar, the first in the series of Presidential Dollars which will be issued by the U.S. Mint at the rate of four per year until at least the year 2016, emerged from the Mint with a stupendous number of errors. Although most collectors expected that there would be an "adjustment period" while the Mint adapted to its new edge lettering process, the resulting explosion of so-called "Godless Dollars" was unprecedented in both type of error ... Click for coin article
ACCG Addresses Antiquities Group, NumisMaster.com
The Ancient Coin Collectors Guild has become a driving force in the ongoing effort to protect coin collectors and museums in which coins are stored from being forced to give up these items to foreign governments under the premise the coins are the cultural patrimony of the claimant nation. There are organized archaeological groups that are against the private ownership of all such items, supporting the concept all antiquities including coins should be returned to their place of origin or discovery, but to date the United States ... Click for coin article
Counterfeit Detection: Deception Includes Condition, NGCcoin.com
One common way that counterfeiters attempt to deceive is by faking wear or damage. This is shown by looking at recently submitted fakes of an 1877 Indian Cent and a 1901-S Barber Quarter. When it comes to the counterfeiter’s craft, attempts at deception don’t stop after making a fake coin. Most fake coins will also receive some form of treatment to simulate honest wear from circulation. Since NGC offers Details Grading for coins with detrimental surface conditions, occasionally we will see fake coins that have ... Click for coin article
Grassroots Coin Group Sprouts At Central States, CoinLink.com
Numismatists United for Political Action (NUPA) a grassroots organization with a mission to educate and inspire the coin collecting community to stand and be heard in Washington organized this week. The effort follows discussions at the recent Board of Directors meeting of the Industry Council for Tangible Assets (ICTA). NUPA is already set up on Google groups and Facebook and invites anyone, especially coin dealers and collectors to join and get involved. There are no dues or fees for membership ... Click for coin article
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