Welcome to Something About Coins! Collectors are noticing high premiums for the latest proof platinum American Eagles, and the Perth Mint of Australia announces the 2011 Kangaroo gold coins. Anticipation is growing for the Long Beach coin show, as Heritage reveals their auction highlights and PCGS plans to exhibit special coins from one of the finest copper cent collections. Those are a few of the coin articles linked below. Enjoy!
Proof platinum robust, CoinValuesOnline.com
The fast sellout of the Proof 2010-W American Eagle 1-ounce platinum coin has led to a robust secondary market for the issue and easy profits for some collectors. The continued absence of Proof 2010-W American Eagle gold and silver coins has created a void in the market that the platinum coins seem to have filled, at least for the time being. As reported in the Sept. 9 issue of Coin World, the Proof American Eagle platinum ... Click for coin article
2011 Australian Kangaroo Gold Coins Availability, CoinNews.net
The worldwide launch of the bullion 2011 Kangaroo Gold Coins will begin on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, The Perth Mint of Australia has announced. The 99.99 percent pure gold coin series is one of the most popular offerings from the Mint, featuring varying sizes, limited mintages and annual changing designs. "A fresh new interpretation of Australia's most famous native animal appears on the 2011 Australian Kangaroo" in the 1 ounce, 1/2 ounce, 1/4 ounce and 1/10 ounce sizes, states ... Click for coin article
Old Mint Site of September Show, NumisMaster.com
A two-day coin show will be held Sept. 17-18 in the Old San Francisco Mint building. Organizer of the show Scott Griffen of Griffen Coin Co. expects more than 35 coin and paper money dealers to attend. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18 ... Click for coin article
Heritage's Upcoming Long Beach Coin Auction Highlights, CoinLink.com
The recently discovered Bullock specimen of the 1856-O double eagle, graded XF45+ by NGC, has already generating buzz in the numismatic community as the principal draw at the upcoming Heritage Auction's U.S. Coin Auction, to be held Sept. 23-26 in Long Beach, CA. The Bullock 1856-O double eagle is an incredible coin with an even more incredible story. After it was pulled from circulation by James Bullock ... Click for coin article
Proof coppers at Long Beach, NumismaticNews.net
The first West Coast exhibit of proof half cents, large cents, Indian Head cents and matte proof Lincoln cents from the award-winning ESM Collection will highlight the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo Sept. 23-25. The show will be held in the Long Beach, Calif., Convention Center. "The ESM Collection ranks among the all-time finest of its kind in several PCGS Set Registry categories," said Ronald J. Gillio, expo general chairman ... Click for coin article
On Indian-cent lore, he's chief, AZStarNet.com
Local rare-coin dealer gets hobby's top honor. For most people, pennies have become an inconvenience they'd rather leave on a shop counter than have jangling in their pockets. But for Tucson coin dealer Richard Snow, Indian-head cents issued more than 100 years ago - characterized by the image of Lady Liberty wearing a headdress of feathers - have become a calling. "They cover a great period of history, from 1859 to 1909 - through the Reconstruction all the way up to Teddy Roosevelt," Snow said ... Click for coin article
Unearthed Treasure Proves Early East-West Trade Route, Spiegel.de
It's not often that archeologists find ancient coins with Arabic engravings in Germany. A recent such discovery, however, may prove that the Baltic Sea coast had trading ties to the Middle East as far back as the 7th century. Finding old coins in the ground is no great trick in Germany. Indeed, there are small armies of hobby historians who, armed with handheld metal detectors, comb fields ... Click for coin article
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