Welcome to Something About Coins! Today's news cover unique coins from all over the world, but first is the upcoming silver 9-11 medals from the U.S. Mint. The next articles describe the latest news about the five ounce silver coins coming out this fall and new coin albums for park quarters. Then we talk about rare world coins, like a 1933 British Penny and the heaviest ancient gold coin that was discovered in Israel. Enjoy
9/11 Commemorative Medals in 2011, CoinNews.net
The United States Mint will strike up to 2 million silver medals in 2011 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The medals are authorized by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Commemorative Medal Act, which President Barrack Obama signed into law (Public Law 111-221) on August 6, 2010. $10 proceeds from each medal sold will go to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center to support its operations ... Click for article
2010 America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins Set for Fall, SilverCoinsToday.com
The development work for the 2010 America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins is over, the United States Mint confirmed late last week. Full production is expected to begin this Fall. The new 12 year coin series goes hand-in-hand with the America the Beautiful Quarters™ and will, in fact, bear the same designs as the circulating quarters which feature national park and national site themes. While three of this year's five quarters have already entered circulation, the companion 5 ounce, .999 fine silver coins were delayed with ... Click for coin article
KP unveils park folders, NumismaticNews.net
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program is in full swing, and Krause Publications has the albums collectors need to collect them all: Warman's coin folders. Believed to be the first folders to features images of the reverse designs of the national sites featured on the quarters, these folders will provide collectors with more than a decade of use and fun as five quarters in the series are released each year. "Coming on the heels of the historically popular state quarter program, the national park quarter program ..." Click for coin article
Rare British coin sparks eBay bidding war - then disappears, HeraldSun.com.au
A rare coin worth up to £80,000 ($140,000) was briefly advertised for sale on the internet auction site eBay before its mystery seller removed the ad from the site. The 1933 one penny coin appeared on eBay this week, with bidding reaching more than £1100 before the owner - known only as Suzane X - removed it from the site. The Royal Mint did not plan to make any one penny coins in 1933 because there were already enough in circulation. Historians believe that seven were produced after requests ... Click for coin article
Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old gold coin in Israel, MonstersAndCritics.com
Archaeologists working in Israel have uncovered a rare 2,200-year-old gold coin, the heaviest and with the highest contemporary value of any found in excavations in the country, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Thursday. The coin, uncovered in the northern area of Tel Kedesh on the border with Lebanon, was minted in Alexandria in 191 BC and bears the name of Arsinoe II Philadephus, the wife of Ptolemy II Philadephus. The face of the coin depicts Arsinoe II, and the reverse side shows two overlapping cornucopias decorated with fillets ... Click for coin article
Treasure claim after Roman coins found near Manchester, News.BBC.co.uk
An archaeologist says his latest find of buried treasure is proof of a previously unknown Roman encampment on the outskirts of Manchester. James Balme has been searching the area around Warburton for over a decade to find evidence of its Roman past. In 2006, he discovered a Roman silver snake bracelet and has now unearthed a number of rare Roman silver coins. James believes the coins are part of a bigger hoard buried nearby and has notified the British Museum ... Click for coin article
Collector donates rare coins to Mashhad museum, TehranTimes.com
A rare collection of gold and silver coins dating back to Pre-Islamic era was recently donated to Astan-e Qods Razavi Museum's Stamp and Banknote Section in the holy city of Mashhad. The collection was donated by a private collector from Isfahan, Mahmud Kolahduzi, the Public Relations Office of the museum reported on Saturday. The one-of-a-kind collection consists of 150 coins belonging to kings and sultans before and after Islam and includes items ranging from the Parthian era ... Click for coin article
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