Welcome back to Something About Coins! Profits can still be made on last year's Lincoln silver dollars, and a discussion of rare coins is made in a few of the coin articles linked below.
Lincoln Silver Dollar Values Tripling US Mint Issue Prices, CoinNews.net
The 2009 Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollars were released by the U.S. Mint on the bicentennial of the birth of the 16th President of the United States, February 12, 2009. They were hot. The Mint’s entire mintage of 450,000 single coins sold out in six weeks. Broken out between the two options issued, 325,000 proof and 125,000 uncirculated coins were scooped up by collectors. 50,000 proof dollars were kept in reserve for the Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set, which was attractively packaged ... Click for coin article
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: 1794 Silver Dollar, 1795 Reeded Edge Large Cent, and selected coins in the Summer FUN Auction, CoinLink.com
Herein, I discuss an assortment of rarities 'in the news,' the NGC graded "MS-64" 1794 dollar, a newly re-emergent 1795 Reeded Edge Cent, an 1882 $20 gold coin, 1865 $2½ coins, and 1865 quarters. The 1795 Reeded Edge Cent is certainly much rarer than most collectors realize and many have forgotten that the finest known Holmes-Naftzger 1795 Reeded Edge set an auction record for a copper coin or pattern, and is the only copper to sell for more than $1 million at auction. Another representative ... Click for coin article
Cahow coin unveiled, BermudaSun.bm
Everyone can own a cahow now. The Bermuda Petrel (cahow) coin was released last week by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Dr. David Wingate, who rediscovered the birds after they were thought to be extinct, was consulted by the BMA about the image to be portrayed on the coin. Alan Cossar, chairman of the BMA's board of directors, presented Dr. Wingate with one of the coins at BMA House. Mr. Cossar said: "The Authority is always delighted to issue new commemorative coins. We are also pleased to ..." Click for coin article
San Francisco Double Eagles: A Date by Date Analysis Part One, RareGoldCoins.com
It has been a long time since I've written anything about the San Francisco double eagles. As these coins have become increasingly popular over the course of time (they are actually the most popular gold coins from this mint by a considerable margin) I think this would be an excellent time to begin a series of articles. It is only natural to divide these coins into three groups and this would be as follows: Type One, 1854-1866; Type Two, 1866-1876; and Type Three, 1877-1907. This first article is going to deal with the very popular Type One ... Click for coin article
ANA to hold Saint-Gaudens event, NumismaticNews.net
The educational event, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: The Renaissance of American Coinage," will be held Aug. 15-18 at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, N.H. The seminar is the American Numismatic Association's inaugural "Destination Education" program that will offer a unique opportunity to study the life and work of the designer-sculptor in the New Hampshire setting where he created his work and made his home. Students will spend three nights at the historic Juniper Hill ... Click for coin article
Counterfeit $2 'Toonie' an Urban Legend, NumisMaster.com
Urban legends have a nasty habit of spreading once their seed has been planted. It appears some carelessly made remarks from a local Toronto merchant that were followed by a report on a television station investigating those remarks may have initiated the latest concerns blossoming into a numismatic urban legend that Canada’s $2 "toonie" coin is being widely counterfeited. Not so, say the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Royal Canadian Mint. Each were downplaying ... Click for coin article
Blackwater Bones Lost Treasure, SRpressGazette.com
The annual Blackwater Bones treasure hunt will get underway this Friday. Treasure hunters can get the first clue personally from Captain Blackwater Bones himself at 6 p.m. on the front porch of the Blackwater Bistro. Treasure Maps will also be available at the Friday kickoff, as they have keys needed to find the treasure. These maps will also be available at the Chamber and can be downloaded off the web site. Officially the clues don’t begin until the morning of the June 26th. An added twist will be added this year, as there are prizes for ... Click for coin article
New World Currency Introduced, CWnewz.com
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for a new global currency to replace the dollar as the World's Reserve Currency. Medvedev introduced a new coin at a summit of leaders of the eight most influential nations, the G-8, to illustrate what he said was a "united future world currency." The coin displays the words "unity in diversity" on it and was minted in Belgium and presented to all the G-8 leaders attending the summit ... Click for coin article
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