Welcome back to Something About Coins! Prices for silver coins are even higher than last week. For example, a Franklin half dollar was $8.29 but as of Thursday it was worth $8.86 thanks to the rising price silver, according to the first article below. Two more articles provide additional silver value perspectives. In other news, a new coin will be produced by the U.S. Mint in 2013, the 5 Star General Commemoratives, as seen in the fourth article. Enjoy!
Silver Coin Melt Values Skyrocket, CoinNews.net
U.S. and world coin melt values have skyrocketed as silver prices this year keep soaring to fresh 30-year highs. As of Thursday, silver has gained $7.50, or 44.1 percent, since the end of 2009, lifting intrinsic values of old coins containing the precious metal to astonishing new levels. Examples include the 1964 Roosevelt Dime and 1964 Kennedy Half-Dollar which have seen their silver melt values surge to $1.77 and $8.66, respectively. Even non collectors will hoard old coins found in circulation because they know their values can be worth much more than ... Click for coin article
Mine your collection for cash, blog.numismaticnews.net/buzz
What would you do with a little extra money to spend in your hobby? Crazy question in the face of this recession? Perhaps not. Every collector has coins that were stupid purchases to start with, didn't perform according to hopes, or that have simply been forgotten or interest has been lost. Now might be the time to pull them out and get rid of them. Did you put together sets from circulation in the 1950s or 1960s? Those ordinary circulated silver coins of the time are now worth 16.8 times face value. If you have old books of dimes, quarters and half dollars ... Click for coin article
Profit may be in your change, ctpost.com
Talk about a return on investment -- if you ever get a silver dime in change again, you'll be making a 1,667 percent gain simply by accepting it. Silver values on the spot market have skyrocketed recently, propelled by global economic and political issues that are ultimately being seen in the run-up of metal prices and the eroding value of the dollar. For coin collectors, the metal is now worth more than the money. "For the most part, the rise in the price of silver has wiped out the numismatic value of many coins," said Bob Walter, owner of Sam Sloat Coins Inc.... Click for coin article
5-Star Generals Silver Commemorative Coins for 2013 as Act Becomes Law, SilverCoinsToday.com
Silver coin enthusiasts will have another option to add to their collection in 2013 thanks to legislation signed into Public Law 111-262 by President Obama on October 8, 2010. Known as the 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act, the law authorizes the U.S. Mint to strike commemorative silver dollars that honor five United States Army 5-Star Generals: George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry 'Hap' Arnold, and Omar Bradley. The silver coins will be issued in 2013 to celebrate the 132nd anniversary of the founding of the ... Click for coin article
New currency for space travellers, news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists have come up with a new currency designed to be used by inter-planetary travellers. It is called the Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination, or Quid. It is designed to withstand the stresses of space travel and has no sharp edges or chemicals that could hurt space tourists. It was designed for the foreign exchange company Travelex by scientists from the National Space Centre and the University of Leicester. "None of the existing payment systems we use on earth - like cash, credit or debit cards - could be used in space," said Professor George Fraser ... Click for coin article
Weiman's Silver Masterpiece, NumisMaster.com
Adolph Weinman created a masterpiece when he designed the Mercury dime. People may have misunderstood its symbolism, but there could be no question of its beauty. Like the Standing Liberty quarter and the Walking Liberty half dollar, the Winged Liberty Head or "Mercury" dime resulted from a design competition announced in late 1915. Hermon MacNeil's entry became the Standing Liberty quarter. Adolph Weinman's entries were chosen for the other two coins—the Walking Liberty half dollar and the Mercury dime. Albin Polasek was ... Click for coin article
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