Welcome back to Something About Coins! History was made yesterday. The U.S. Mint sold an all-time record high of 28,885,500 American Silver Eagles, and the first two articles explain the milestone in detail. Silver prices is likely driving investor interest, since it has been skyrocketing. The third article provides a silver price history lesson. Another silver coin, more coin collecting advice, and a stolen coin alert wrap up today's news. Enjoy!
2010 Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales Leap to Annual Record, SilverCoinsToday.com
As of Thursday, November 4, the United States Mint had sold more American Silver Eagle bullion coins in 2010 than in any other year of the coin's history. U.S. Mint buyers ordered 3.15 million of the .999 fine silver coins in October, breaking a streak of four straight monthly declines. October sales combined with the already 255,000 sold in November (150,000 of those on Thursday) lifted 2010 Silver Eagle bullion coin sales to 28,885,500. That was enough to topple the 28,766,500 tally which was the previous annual record set in 2009. With nearly two ... Click for coin article
2010 Silver Eagle Sales Soar to Annual Record, CoinNews.net
Contemplated by many, speculated by some and recently confirmed by the United States Mint, 2010 is now officially the record holder as the best year ever for American Silver Eagle bullion coins. The most recent U.S. Mint sales figures as of Thursday place the total number of bullion Silver Eagle coin sales at 28,885,500. That amount exceeds the previous record set just last year by 119,000, a number that will continue to grow as the year still has nearly two full months remaining. Silver Eagle demand spiked sharply in 2008 during the onset of uncertain ... Click for coin article
Ride, ride, ride the wild surf, blog.numismaticnews.net/buzz/
I couldn't get the to Kitco website this morning. Either my Internet connection wasn't working properly, or an awful lot of people are checking it out in the wake of gold reaching nearly $1,400 a troy ounce yesterday and silver surpassing $26. I figure it is the latter possibility because I can reach other websites that I check on routinely. Since silver hasn't been this high since Christmas 1979, perhaps it is appropriate to address what happened then. Silver was trading at right around $11 on Labor Day and by New Year's was at $29.05. That was a heck of ... Click for coin article
Innovative Silver Coins Celebrate 2011 Chinese Lunar Year of the Rabbit, eurocollections.blogspot.com
Struck at The Mint of Finland and released by the authority of the Fijian government as legal tender, these eye-catching silver coins have been struck in uniquely innovative ways to celebrate 2011 as the Chinese Lunar Year of the Rabbit. They are part of a series of coins issued for the Chinese Zodiac, which started in 2010 with the Year of the Tiger coins. Due for release in late November 2010 is the world's first Silver Coin created using the fine jewellers art known as filigree. Entitled "Cabbage Garden Rabbit", the crown-sized coin is struck from ... Click for coin article
7 Ways to Improve Your Coin Collection, CoinLink.com
Someone recently asked me a question that I thought was interesting and that merited a detailed response. To paraphrase this question, they basically asked me this: can you tell me some ways that I can improve my collection while spending little or no money? Are there any actual ways that you can make your collection better without dropping a lot of coin (bad pun intended)? I believe that there are and here are a few that came to mind: 1. Bring Out Your Dead. Every collector has them. Duds. Bad deals. Low end duplicates. You know what I'm talking about ... Click for coin article
Israeli gold coins worth $10,000 each stolen from Toronto home, vancouverite.com
Tens of thousands of dollars including Israeli gold coins each worth $10,000 have been stolen from a Toronto home. Police have not said if the home on Russell Hill Road was specifically targeted by someone who knew about the coins but cops describe the theft as costing "several hundred thousand dollars worth." "Several hundred thousand dollars worth of property was stolen, including Israeli Bullion coins, worth approximately $10,000 each," police said ... Click for coin article
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