Welcome to Something About Coins! The public will soon see new quarters featuring Mt. Hood in Oregon from the U.S. Mint. The Mint is also releasing several more products this month, as the second article below explains. David Ganz has been following the lawsuit about the ten 1933 Double Eagle coins and posted a new update, also linked below. Happenings from the Mint of Finland and the Franklin Mint are also discussed. Enjoy!
2010 Mount Hood National Forest Quarter Bags and Rolls, americabeautifulquarters.com
Bags and rolls of the Mount Hood National Forest Site Quarter will go on sale from the United States Mint on Monday, November 15, 2010, at noon Eastern Time (ET). The quarters will also enter public circulation via the Federal Reserve Bank system the same day, while the official launch ceremony for the new quarters will follow on Wednesday, November 17. The Mount Hood Quarter Two-Roll Sets are $32.95. One roll of 40 circulation quality quarter-dollars will have the "P" mintmark for Philadelphia and the other 40-coin roll will have "D" for Denver ... Click for coin article
US Mint November 2010 Product Schedule Features Long Awaited Releases, CoinNews.net
The remaining US Mint products scheduled for release this year will be trimmed significantly in just a few days. This week is the busiest in 2010 for United States Mint product launches. For many collectors, it is also the most anticipated week as issues include the last of the 2010 quarters, the desired Abraham Lincoln Presidential Dollar and the popular 2010 Proof Silver Eagle. US Mint Product November 2010 Schedule: 11/15 Mount Hood National Forest Quarter Bags and Rolls, Gift Sleeves ... Click for coin article
US Mint Gift Sleeves for Proof Sets, CoinCollectingNews.org
The United States Mint today announced that it is again offering gift sleeves to help customers personalize proof sets purchased for special occasions. The United States Mint Gift Sleeves will be available with the sentiments "Happy Birthday," "Happy Holidays" or "Congratulations." Customers may begin placing their orders for these items at noon Eastern Time (ET) on November 15. The gift sleeves will accommodate proof sets containing one lens or three lenses. The one-lens sleeves fit the ... Click for coin article
Trial Likely for Langbord 1933s, NumisMaster.com
Resolution of the legal positions of the U.S. Mint and the descendants of Israel Switt over the fate of 10 genuine 1933 double eagle coins moved one step closer to trial on Oct. 28 with release of a 20-page decision by U.S. District Court Judge Legrome Davis Jr., from the federal court on the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A trial would occur in late 2011 or in 2012. Both sides have been battling since September 2004 when Switt’s daughter, Joan Langbord, and her two adult sons, contacted the Mint’s counsel, Daniel Shaver, to ask if the Mint would authenticate ... Click for coin article
Finland Children and Creativity Silver Coin Issued, SilverCoinsToday.com
The Mint of Finland recently released the Children and Creativity silver coin, the second issue in its "Ethical Collector Coins" series. A few milestones are represented by this strike, including the fact that its design was the first chosen by popular vote. Over 1,000 visitors to the Mint of Finland's website selected it over ten others that were submitted by students attending special senior secondary schools dedicated to the arts. Secondly, and perhaps more important for the life of the designer, it marked the first work of seventeen year old ... Click for coin article
Mysteries of the Mint, online.wsj.com
Even though I stifled it, I have to admit I was slightly miffed when my photographer and I arrived at the Franklin Mint's Midtown offices only to discover that the coin we'd come to see—the 2.2-pound, solid gold Taj Mahal, with 60 Cartier diamonds—was in transit from the New York Stock Exchange, where Walter Kole, the Mint's chief numismatist, was showing it off on CNBC. My understanding had been that I was getting the exclusive on the giant coin's arrival in the city—not that my coverage of a coin, even if it was so big they had to roll it in ... Click for coin article
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