Welcome back to Something About Coins! The new Yosemite quarter will get its day in the spotlight this Thursday, and British dollar coins are under scrutiny because counterfeits have skyrocketed. In other news, a free online service to organize coin collections was started, and highlights were given of an upcoming world coin auction in Boston.
2010 Yosemite National Park Quarter Ceremony on July 29, CoinCollectingNews.org
Join the United States Mint as it continues its journey to "Connect America through Coins" on July 29, for the launch of the Yosemite National Park quarter-dollar coin. The ceremony, co-hosted by National Park Service officials, will kick off at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) at the Valley Visitor Center. Following the ceremony, the public can exchange their cash for $10 rolls of the Yosemite National Park America the Beautiful Quarter ... The evening before the launch ceremony-Wednesday, July 28-the United States Mint will hold a Coin Forum from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. (PT). The Coin Forum is an opportunity for the public to ... Click for coin article
Fake £1 coins rising in circulation, figures show, BBC.co.uk
Nearly two million counterfeit £1 coins were returned to the Royal Mint in the last financial year, figures show. This was more than 23 times higher than the number seized six years earlier, MPs were told. An estimated one in 36 £1 coins in circulation are counterfeit, prompting a campaign by the Royal Mint telling people how to spot fakes. Key signs of counterfeits include a poorly defined ribbed edge or an indistinct design of the Queen. The UK Treasury said that the proportion of counterfeit £1 coins in circulation had only risen slightly in the last year. Attempts to ... Click for coin article
Online Coin Collection Manager Now Available, Collectors-Society.com
NGC Collectors Society has launched a new website feature that allows collectors to manager their entire coin collection online, securely and for free. NGC Collectors Society has unveiled its newest website feature today – a comprehensive Collection Manager. This new tool allows collectors to organize and track their entire coin collections online in a secure password-protected environment. It is completely free to use, and requires only a free NGC Collectors Society account for access. The goal of the NGC Collectors Society is to enable ... Click for coin article
Landmark Sixpence Leads Heritage ANA Boston World Coin Auction, CoinNews.net
Highlights include rarities from Brazil, China, Great Britain and Russia, plus Spanish Colonial and U.S. regulated World gold, Aug. 12-16. The global reach of numismatics is on full display with Heritage Auction Galleries’ Official American Numismatic Association World Coin Auction, to be held Aug. 12-16, at the ANA in Boston, MA. "We've put together a very strong sale for our first official ANA World Coin auction," said Cristiano Bierrenbach, Vice President of International Numismatics for Heritage ... Click for coin article
Counterfeit Detection: 1924-S Standing Liberty Quarter, NGCcoin.com
This counterfeit quarter dollar likely wasn't made to fool collectors, but to circulate as money. Let's take a look at the signs that show us it's not genuine. As we've said in previous Counterfeit Detection columns, no US coinage issue is immune from counterfeiting. Classic rarities and key dates, like the 1804 dollar and the 1916-D dime, are frequent targets of counterfeiting, but so too are more common coins. In fact, virtually every classic US coin has been counterfeited. NGC has even encountered complete date and mintmark sets of ... Click for coin article
Coin Collector Tips: The Twenty Five Most Overlooked Early Seated Coins, CoinLink.com
The following is a collector value assessment of coins within the portion of the Liberty Seated series spanning the years 1837 through 1852, all denominations. The foregoing analysis is based on several factors, including but not limited to the PCGS Population/NGC Census Reports, various pricing guides, and extensive personally compiled data and statistics related to general market presence. This compilation indicates, based on my observations and research, what in the realm of mainstream numismatics could be the 25 most underrated ... Click for coin article
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