Welcome to Something About Coins! Below are a few new coin articles.
Will Nickel-Free Nickels Make a Dime's Worth of Difference?, Online.WSJ.com
It costs the federal government up to nine cents to mint a nickel and almost two cents to make a penny. So, in addition to overhauling Big Finance, President Barack Obama wants to tinker with America's small change. The president's plan to save money by making coins from cheaper stuff seems simple on its face. But history shows it ... Click for coin article
Same Date Different Type Part IV, PCGS.com
In our next installment of this series, we'll take a look at three 18th century examples of U.S. coins of the same denomination, bearing the same date, but of a totally different type. In its first year of operation, the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia produced three unique types of cents. During March 1793, some 36,000 Chain Cents were stuck ... Click for coin article
Gold prices set record, CoinValuesOnline.com
As jittery investors react to global economic troubles, they are heading to gold as a safe haven asset. On May 12, gold traded as high as $1,245.40 an ounce, based predominantly on an increase in demand, rather than a weakening of the U.S. dollar. The price represented a new record high for gold. Despite the increased price of ... Click for coin article
US Gold Coin Sales Hit 114,000 in May, Nearing One-Quarter of 2010 Total, CoinNews.net
U.S. gold bullion coin purchases are soaring this week and for May, already nearing or surpassing past monthly totals with just 13 days of sales recorded. As gold continues to score all-time record highs, investors are buying United States Mint gold coins to the tune of 114,000 ounces this month. An additional 3,001 will ... Click for coin article
Coin Monday: 1916/1916, HeritageAuctions.blogspot.com
Heritage has had at least one Featured Collection in each U.S. Coin auction since I started cataloging here, and the June Long Beach Auction is no exception. There are three Featured Collections this go-round, the most prominent of which is The Brenda John Collection. If you haven't seen this collection already, it's ... Click for coin article
Large coin cache found in Macedonia, PressTV.ir
Archaeologists have found a Byzantine coin cache at Macedonia's Skopje Fortress, which they say is the largest of its kind to be found in the country. The chest contained 44 gold coins and 76 Venetian silver coins, dating back to the Byzantine Era, BalkanTravellers reported ... Click for coin article
Rare coins: Why your pocket change may be worth a small fortune, Helium.com
You might—at this very minute—have a small fortune in your pocket or purse. In fact, it's estimated that several million Americans every year do, and they end up spending it as "regular money." Rare coins have more worth than their face value. A penny might be worth $300 and a quarter $3,000. What a tragedy if you spend ... Click for coin article
The (Very) High End of the Coin Market Needs Feeding, RareGoldCoins.com
With less fanfare than in past cycles, the super high end of the art market has suddenly gone ablaze ... These upper market sales have interesting applications to the very high end coin market. Now, obviously, coins don’t sell for $100 million dollars. But there are a number of coins that have brought (or would bring) $1 million or more if they were offered ... Click for coin article
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