Welcome to Something About Coins! It may be easier to find 2010 dated coins, especially Lincoln cents, than 2009 dated coins. The first article shows the U.S. Mint's coin production is up from last year. Speaking of finds, the second article describes a stash of 80 gold Double Eagle coins that were found in the U. K. Other treasure hunts are also linked. Enjoy!
US Mint September 2010 Coin Production: Cents Top 3 Billion, Quarters Change, CoinNews.net
The U.S. Mint was less active in September, producing fewer circulating coins for a third straight month as levels fell toward those from May, according to the latest data. The pace was off 7.2 percent from August and down 24.9 percent from June — the busiest month in 2010 when the United States Mint had capped a string of four consecutive monthly increases. Two significant milestones were achieved last month. 2010 Lincoln cents topped the 3 billion marker. And with pennies as the major contributor, 2010 coin production surpassed 5 billion coins ... Click for coin article
Antique American coin haul found in Hackney back garden, hackneygazette.co.uk
A treasure trove of antique gold coins has been dug up in a Hackney back garden. The stash of 80 gold $20 coins was found by two residents of the property in Stamford Hill who decided to do a bit of gardening with friends. After breaking through the earth, the friends stumbled across the coins, ranging in date from 1854 to 1913, and then took them to the Portable Antiquities Scheme. An inquest is currently being held to determine whether or not the haul qualifies as treasure. The inquest has been adjourned and is due to be at the Poplar Coroner's Court ... Click for coin article
Could a rusty coin re-write Chinese-African history?, bbc.co.uk
Professor Qin Dashu shows off some of his finds It is not much to look at - a small pitted brass coin with a square hole in the centre - but this relatively innocuous piece of metal is revolutionising our understanding of early East African history, and recasting China's more contemporary role in the region. Continue reading the main story "Start Quote Two fish in relief This is a wonderful and very important piece" End Quote Professor Qin Dashu Peking University A joint team of Kenyan and Chinese archaeologists found the 15th Century Chinese coin ... Click for coin article
Coin Find Points to Early Chinese Trade With Africa, NumisMaster.com
At least one coin found in an archaeological context suggests the Vikings may have arrived in North America long before the voyage of Columbus. Now Chinese coins of the Yongle Period of the Ming Dynasty may likewise support oral history that a fleet from China may have arrived in western Africa about 600 years ago. The legendary sunken ships of the Zheng He fleet may not be legendary. The epicenter of this appears to be the village of Mambrui in Malindi, Kenya. There archaeologists have recently uncovered an undisclosed ... Click for coin article
Frome Roman coin hoard worth £320,000, bbc.co.uk
A hoard of more than 52,500 Roman coins found in a field in Somerset has been valued at £320,250. The coins were discovered in April by Dave Crisp, from Wiltshire, who will share the sum with the landowner. Mr Crisp, said: "I'm very, very happy with that. I think it's a fair valuation." Somerset County Council hopes to buy the hoard, one of the largest finds of Roman coins in Britain, for display at the Museum of Somerset. The Treasury Valuation Committee was responsible for determining a value for the find. The council's heritage service has received ... Click for coin article
$200K in gold, silver coins linked to tax evader, knoxnews.com
There's gold in them thar hills — really. Just ask IRS Agent Jack Bumgardner of the agency's criminal investigations unit who last week dug up an estimated $200,000 or more in gold and silver coins in the Cherokee National Forest as part of an ongoing probe into the tax evasion scheme of Greeneville nurse anesthetist Edward K. Eastwood. Assistant U.S. Attorney Helen Smith has long contended Eastwood, convicted earlier this year of using a mail-order bride from the Republic of Kyrgystan and her daughter as asset shields in a decade-long scheme ... Click for coin article
Salem man finds 2,000-year-old shekel on the shore, salemnews.com
What a builder thought was a quarter has turned out to be a 2,000-year-old shekel, the kind of coin Judas was paid to betray Jesus. The coin was found during the reconstruction of a Manchester wharf in the spring of 2006, and now the finder and property owner are trying to solve the mystery of how it got there. Phillip Pelletier of Salem was reconstructing the wharf at 7 Norton's Point Road in Manchester when he found what he thought was a quarter in a small hole in the sand. He pocketed the change without thinking twice and set it aside when he got ... Click for coin article
Commemorative coin sets missing after Smolensk crash, thenews.pl
Only 114 of a total of 160 gold and silver coins which the President of the National Bank of Poland Slawomir Skrzypek took to Katyn have been recovered after the Smolensk crash. The National Bank of Poland (NBP) issued the coins to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. There were 80 sets of coins each containing 10-zloty silver coin and 2-zloty coins made of Nordic gold. Head of the Bank, Slawomir Skrzypek brought the coins on board of Tu-154 in two black bags, and was to hand them to ... Click for coin article
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