Welcome to Something About Coins! The U.S. Mint published upcoming coin launch ceremony dates, and PNG members are notifying the public of fraud. In other news, police found a rare collection and are looking for the owner of the stolen coins. The last article is about a unique coin holder that you don't want to miss. Enjoy!
Upcoming 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Launch Ceremonies, CoinCollectingNews.org
Looking for a great vacation spot? The United States Mint wants you to consider letting the America the Beautiful Quarters Program be your guide. In its first year, the America the Beautiful Quarters Program is the United States Mint's new 12-year initiative to honor 56 national parks and other national sites in each state, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Each year, the public will see five new quarters bearing reverse (tails side) designs emblematic of each featured national site. To mark the release into circulation of each new ... Click for coin article
Consumer Alert: PNG Members Assist Investigations of Traveling "Hotel" Gold Buyers, CoinLink.com
Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) member-dealers have been assisting the news media in their continuing investigations of several gold-buying companies that move from community to community across the United States. One of the buyers offered only $60 — significantly less than even its bullion melt value — for a 1925-D Indian Head $2.50 gold coin certified NGC MS66 and valued at $10,000 by PNG experts. "Despite prominent advertising that may proclaim, 'NO ONE PAYS MORE,' some traveling gold buyers are ..." Click for coin article
Owner of rare coins sought, The-Signal.com
Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's deputies are looking for someone who's missing some rare coins. The silver coins, some dating to the 1700s, were believed stolen in the burglary of a vehicle or residence. They may be valued at as much as $50,000. Investigators found the coins in the possession of a Canyon Country man who was arrested Thursday on suspicion of burglarizing a vehicle, according to a Sheriff's Department report. Investigators want to find the person they belong to ... Click for coin article
$100,000 Find, NumisMaster.com
First there was one, then three and now there are four 1969-S Doubled Die Obverse No. 1 cents that have been found by collectors within just the past three years. Such a find is financially rewarding. One of them sold for $126,500. The valuable variety shows strong hub doubling on the date, LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST. In a telephone interview with the finder of the latest specimen, I learned that he had found it in a roll of 1969-S cents that he had put together from tens of thousands of cents that he had pulled from $25 bank boxes ... Click for coin article
Top 7 Ways to Ruin Your Coins, Coins.About.com
The seven best ways to ruin your coins are things that many beginning collectors do without even thinking about them. I've even seen expert coin dealers spitting on their coins! If you care about protecting the investment you're making in your coin collection, take the time to learn how to properly handle, clean, store, and protect your rare coins. 1. Touch Your Coins Just touching your coins with your bare fingers is enough to cause damage to them, especially if you collect higher grade coins. And you will definitely damage them if your ... Click for coin article
2010 Canadian Dollar Coin Commemorates Navy’s Centennial, CoinNews.net
A new one-dollar circulation coin immortalizing the centennial of the Canadian Navy, proudly produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, was unveiled today by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada and Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces. The unveiling took place at a luncheon celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy, hosted by the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence. The Mint will produce seven million one-dollar Canadian Navy Centennial commemorative circulation coins, which ... Click for coin article
$600 sale? Tax form, NumismaticNews.net
A blizzard of paperwork could be about to hit numismatics. Passage by Congress of the national health care legislation has had an unintended consequence to the nation’s coin collectors, vest-pocket dealers who buy and sell coins, and larger dealers who are frequent buyers of coins that collectors periodically liquidate as they trade up their collections for better coins, or simply sell to take a small profit or loss. What has happened is that effective Jan. 1, 2012, the whole system of giving and receiving Internal Revenue Service 1099 forms will be ... Click for coin article
Air Force veteran builds on change, Gazette.com
Like many military men and women, Ted Oakley had been "coined" — slipped a coin during a handshake with a superior for a job well done — many times during his service as an Air Force special agent. But Oakley got bored with the traditional flat wooden display case that most people use to show off their medals and tokens that represent accomplishments. Surely, Oakley thought, he wasn't the only one who wanted an alternative. Turns out he was right. Finding nothing like he was envisioning, Oakley set out to create his own product ... Click for coin article
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