Welcome back to Something About Coins! Today's coin news circles the world. The 2010 American Silver Eagles are on track to become the highest selling coins of the series, per the first article. The second article discusses the 2009 Silver Quarters Proof Set's second chance at the U.S. Mint, and evidence of forgery during ancient times is revealed in a unique Roman coin, as reported in the third story. Other topics cover 1796 quarters, South Asia's rare coins, and the South African Mint. Enjoy!
October 2010 Silver Eagle Bullion Coins Surged, Sales Near Annual Record, CoinNews.net
Sales of American Silver Eagle bullion coins surged in October 2010, breaking a string of four straight monthly declines and reaching near an all-time annual high. Going back to the series introduction in 1986, there has only been one other October where the eagles scored better. United States Mint buyers purchased 2.6 million Silver Eagles during the month, topping previous monthly sales in September and those from August. U.S. Mint published sales figure reveal 28,080,500 of the bullion coins were ordered between January and October 2010 ... Click for coin article
2009 Quarters Silver Set Returns from Sell Out, SilverCoinsToday.com
The U.S. Mint is again selling the 2009 DC & US Territories Quarters Silver Proof Set. It had moved to the Mint's "sold out" column last Tuesday, but has since returned for the same $29.95 price. The quarters silver set received extra attention in October as its melt value had been reaching closer to its selling price and its sales began to outperform prior weekly gains. The Mint in the distant past has returned products to store shelves after they had be listed as sold out. In that sense, the 2009 Quarters Silver Set return is not unique. However, it has become ... Click for coin article
The Roman Del Boy: The clumsy ancient forger whose dodgy coin (with wrong emperor and spelling error) came to be valued at £3,000 two millennia later, dailymail.co.uk
A unique Roman coin found by a metal detector which was made by an ancient ‘Del Boy’ forger who could not spell and did not know his emperors. The silver denarius, an average day's pay for a Roman worker, was modelled on coins struck to commemorate the Battle of Actium of 31 BC. The famous battle saw the combined forces of Roman General Mark Antony and Egyptian Queen Cleopatra defeated by Octavian, who went on to rule as Emperor Augustus. Experts said it was made a few years after Actium but was a terrible fake, probably created ... Click for coin article
1796 Quarters Preserved in Hoard, NumisMaster.com
The 1796 quarter had an important place in history and this, combined with its very low mintage, results in it being very valuable. Its current prices are $11,000 in G-4, $82,500 in MS-60 and $235,000 in MS-65. The fact that there even is an MS-65 price for a 1796 quarter indicates that there is more to the story since most often we do not even see prices listed in MS-65 for coins of 1796. The quarter was authorized along with the other denominations on April 2, 1792, but production of the quarter and dime was delayed until 1796. Apparently they ... Click for coin article
City numismatists introduce rare coins from South Asia, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Gold and silver coins, dating back between 4th and 12th Century AD, from as many as seven dynasties in South Asia, were the focus of a presentation made by Devdutt Angal, secretary of the Numismatic Society of Maharashtra, Pune, at the 94th annual conference of the Numismatic Society of India held at Bhubaneshwar from October 19 to 21. Several gold and silver coins belonging to dynasties in present-day Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, a part of Angal's private collection, were presented for the first time as important coinage at the prestigious conference ... Click for coin article
Making a mint out of circulation coins, energydigital.com
Recognised as one of the most advanced manufacturers of circulation coins, numismatic products in the world, The South African Mint has a long-running history of success. The South African Mint produces coin and coin blanks for South Africa and the international market. The company’s history dates back to 1892 when the first state mint in South Africa was built in Pretoria in a project pioneered by the then president Paul Kruger. The South African Mint is a wholly owned subsidiary of the South African Reserve Bank. “We offer a one stop shop ..." Click for coin article
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