Welcome back to Something About Coins! Silver Eagles have shot up and so have articles about world coins. Check out these eight linked below!
US Silver Eagle Coin Sales Surge in May, Nearly Twice Rate, CoinNews.net
U.S. silver bullion coin purchases soared last week and have blasted off in May, with the United States Mint selling American Silver Eagle coins at nearly twice their average rate. Silver prices hit highs during the second week of May that had not been seen since March 2008. That translated into bursting eagle demand ... Click for coin article
The Second US Mint at San Francisco: Part Two, CoinLink.com
Frank Aleamon Leach was born in Auburn, New York on August 19, 1846. In 1852, when he was not quite five years old, the family arrived in San Francisco. As he became a teenager, Frank tried his hand by working in machine shops but found this work unsatisfactory. In 1863, at the age of 17, he learned about the ... Click for coin article
China to issue new commemorative coins for 16th Asian Games, News.Xinhuanet.com
The People's Bank of China, China's central bank, said Tuesday it will issue a second set of gold and silver coins to mark the 16th Asian Games to be held in southern China's Guangzhou Province in November. In an announcement posted on its website, the central bank said the new commemorative series will consist of one gold coin and one silver coin ... Click for coin article
PCGS-Certified U.S. and World Coins in Swiss Auction, PCGS.com
The largest number of PCGS-certified coins ever offered in a joint Chaponnière & Hess-Divo auction will be available during their upcoming sale, May 18 and 19, 2010, in Zurich, Switzerland and online at ... Click for coin article
NGC Accepting Submissions at Whitman Nashville Coin Expo, NGCcoin.com
NGC will be accepting submissions for all service levels at the Whitman Nashville Coin and Collectibles Expo Wednesday May 19, through Saturday, May 22. All submissions will be sent to our office in Sarasota, FL. These include World services, Ancient coin services, Early Bird, Economy, Bulk, ... Click for coin article
Mintage not only story for 1946-D half, NumismaticNews.net
Picking sleepers based on their mintages can be a little misleading. Certainly mintages are one part of the assorted factors that can indicate whether a specific date is likely to be available today in large numbers or elusive. They are not, however, the only factor and the 1946-D Walking Liberty half dollar is a good ... Click for coin article
Vietnam, where Vietnamese coins are no good, TrueSlant.com
My colleague Erica Grieder at The Economist has a nice post up relating Joachim Kalka's essay on coins in the New Left Review to the possibility that increasing use of debit cards will lead to a more cash-free economy. Strangely, it seems to me that electronic innovations have actually led to more ... Click for coin article
Sri Lanka to Dump Bank Note for Coin, NumisMaster.com
It may be just an observation, but it appears as if the line of nations that are replacing a low denomination bank note with a coin is getting longer almost on a weekly basis. The logic is there. It is typically cost effective to have a coin that may circulate from between 20 and 40 years in use rather than a bank note ... Click for coin article
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