Welcome back to Something About Coins! It's not too late to buy Boy Scout coins from the U.S. Mint, and advice for buying gold bullion coins from dealers are just a few of today's coin news articles.
2010 Boy Scouts Silver Dollar Proof Commemoratives Down to 7,229, CoinNews.net
The 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollars still await a sellout. The latest coin sales figures from the United States Mint show that the commemoratives have reached 342,771, or 97.9% of the authorized 350,000 mintage. As the Scouts uncirculated coin sold out, only the proof version remains, leaving 7,229 left for collectors to purchase. The uncirculated option was adjusted downward, for the second straight week. Their number declined by 226, bringing their total to 107,070. The US Mint appears close in finalizing their ... Click for coin article
1930 penny worth a small fortune, News-Mail.com.au
It would take much more than a penny to buy the latest collectable item dealer John Felesina has acquired. Mr. Felesina, the operator of Coins & Collectables, has just taken possession of an item so rare it is nicknamed the King of Australian Coins. The coin is an example of the famous 1930 Australian penny, valued at ... Click for coin article
Coin Rarities & Related Topics, CoinLink.com
News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community. A New Weekly Column By Greg Reynolds. Today's Theme: I maintain that the demand for rarities, while not readily apparent or provable, is very strong, and that reports of minimal supply in 2010 have been overstated. There have been considerably more transactions of rarities, so far in 2010, than even most dealers realize. Yes, it is true that there are far fewer rarities in auctions during the first six months of 2010 then there were during the first six ... Click for coin article
What kind of gold buyer are you?, Blog.NumismaticNews.net
Everybody knows gold has been going up, right? You would think so. However, I had an e-mail from Pat Heller an online writer for our e-newsletter and he mentioned that some dealers were taken unawares by a 10 percent move higher in the price of Mint State gold $20 coins as they were setting up at the Texas Numismatic Association show ... Click for coin article
Gold Type Coins Higher With Bullion, NumisMaster.com
The U.S. gold type coin market lit up like a Christmas tree as gold hit a new record, with over 50 percent of the listed items showing healthy increases and only the Liberty Head quarter eagle facing south in lower grades. There is a great deal of activity in Barber dimes and half dollars in the fine to extra fine range with ... Click for coin article
Tips On Buying Bullion Coins, BellaOnline.com
Are you concerned about the economy? If you aren't, then you are a rare person indeed! While rampant inflation isn't a problem right now, many people fear it is just around the corner. Currently the Federal Government is paying for everything by continuously printing unbacked paper currency. It is only a matter of time ... Click for coin article
NGC Certifies a 1928 Standing Liberty Quarter Struck on a Cent Planchet, MintErrorNews.com
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Latest Update on Nashville, WhitmanCoinCollecting.com
Let it never be said that Music City is in any way lacking in spirit, grit or determination. Just days after a 100-year flood inundated parts of the city, Nashville has picked itself up, dried itself out and reopened for business. The first-ever Whitman Coin & Collectibles Nashville Expo, May 20-22, will go on as planned ... Click for coin article
Two-Day Coin and Estate Auction, MaineAntiqueDigest.com
June 6th & 7th, 2010. Rockland Elks Lodge, 210 Rankin St., Rockland, Maine. Day 1, Gold coins -coins - paper currency - old stock certificates - stamps from the estate of Eugene Bowler of Camden, Maine over 100 gold coins all in excellent condition and many with mint luster 86 $20 gold coins from the Bowler ... Click for coin article
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