Welcome back to Something About Coins! In today's coin news report, the U.S. Mint revealed their 2010 quarters set inaugural sales numbers, U.S. soldiers unknowingly bought fake coins in Afghanistan, and Heritage talked up World Cup commemorative coins. Those were just a few of the eight articles linked below.
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Sets Debut Strong, CoinNews.net
Annual America the Beautiful Quarters™ Sets have opened to stronger sales than their companion 2009 quarters sets. This year’s first two sets recently launched and while their sales cycles are young, the fact that they debuted to stronger demand despite their later than normal releases and during historically slower months for the coin collecting community bodes well for their acceptance. As mentioned, two annual sets featuring the new quarters have thus far been released ... Click for coin article
Soldiers returning with fake U.S. coins, TheLeafChronicle.com
Jim Everett worries that soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan might be buying their way to their own deaths. Everett, owner of Tiah’s Coins and Currency on Fort Campbell Boulevard, has accumulated more than 550 seemingly rare coins brought in by soldiers returning from the two countries who've been led to believe they'll make money selling the coins back in the U.S. "They’re not realizing they're committing a felony," Everett said. The coins are counterfeit — worth nothing more than the 22 grams of steel they’re made from ... Click for coin article
PCGS Sues Alleged Coin Doctors, Coinsblog.blogspot.com
Late Friday afternoon, Collectors Universe, the parent company of PCGS, announced that they are suing six defendant and 10 "Does" (unknown people) in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for allegedly doctoring coins. The named defendants are: ... Click for coin article
Gold vending machines go global, Finance.yahoo.com
As economic fears drive gold prices to new highs, the creator of a gold-dispensing ATM is attracting attention around the globe. Germany-based GOLD to go, which is currently churning out 50 gold machines a month to meet a recent jump in demand, launched its first ATM in Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace Hotel earlier this month and opened its second in Germany last week. The golden ATM's next destinations are the Bergamo Airport in Milan, Italy, all major airports in Malaysia, one of Russia's biggest banks and ... Click for coin article
Coin (Friday and) Monday: World Cup Commemoration, HeritageAuctions.blogspot.com
It’s just about World Cup time, when the greatest footballers from around the globe put on the national uniforms to seek out glory ... And the 1994 World Cup left a numismatic legacy for U.S. collectors as well: a trio of commemoratives. The middle coin of the set is a silver dollar, a proof example of which appears in the June Long Beach U.S. Coin Auction ... Click for coin article
From Kushan to Mohur - The History of Money in Nepal, English.OhmyNews.com
The earliest coins recorded in Nepal are the 'punch marked' coins (6th-5th BC.) and 'kushan', 'kaniksha' and 'havisha' coins (1st AD) found during excavations in Tilaurkot during the period 1967-1976. Lichhavi coins originated during King Mandeva's rule in 5th AD. During the Malla period, coins were issued in denominations of 2 mohur (equivalent to one rupee), 1 mohur (50 paisa), one and a half sukka (36 paisa), sukka (25 paisa), sukki, or 'tinnani', (12 paisa), anni (6 paisa), adhani (3 paisa), paisa (1 paisa), and dam (1/4 paisa). Indrasinga Deva, King of Dolakha, is credited with minting the first silver coins in ... Click for coin article
Get Your Gold and Silver Coins Now, UncommonWisdomDaily.com
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Old British coins discovered at Quebec City monument, MontrealGazette.com
Conservation workers performing rehabilitation work on a monument honoring British General James Wolfe and French General Louis Joseph de Montcalm recently found a dozen coins in a cavity dating back to the 1800s. The gold, silver and bronze British and Canadian coins were discovered in a time capsule in the corner stone of the monument erected in 1827 — just behind the landmark Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City. Robert Gauvin, archeologist for Parks Canada, said some of the coins were added after the monument was restored in 1869 ... Click for coin article
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