Welcome back to Something About Coins! The newest proof American Silver Eagles are selling like hot cakes per the first article, and a South African gold coin, the White Rhino, won the 2011 Coin of the Year Award according to the second article. Other Coin of the Year category winners are listed as well, and more coins of the world are hitting the market. Check them out below!
2010 Proof Silver Eagle Sales Jump Past Previous Issues, CoinNews.net
Collectors are pushing 2010 Proof Silver Eagle sales to impressive heights. Their numbers soared to 707,704 in two weeks and three days, already topping annual sales of sixteen previous issues. They have not only passed the 2008 Proof Silver Eagle which finished at 700,979, but they currently rank as the ninth highest since the series was introduced in 1986. The 2010 Proof Silver Eagle opened strong with three-day sales of 273,212. Those who initially suggested the level was weaker than expected despite easily overcoming prior openings are now realizing the eagle ... Click for coin article
South Africa Gets COTY, NumisMaster.com
South Africa has won the 2011 Coin of the Year Award that will be given Jan. 29 at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany. An international panel of judges pushed a gold White Rhino, 1 ounce, 100-rand coin from the Natura series over the finish line Dec. 7 at the conclusion of voting. The coin has a diameter of 32.7mm and a mintage of 4,000. Obverse of the 2009-dated coin was designed by N. van Niekerk and M.J. Scheepers. The reverse was designed by van Niekerk and A. Minnie. The judging panel selected the coin from a field of 10 category winners ... Click for coin article
Using Ancient Coins to Map Trade Routes in Mediterranean Europe, CoinLink.com
Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton have launched a research project in which nuclear radiation is used to identify changes in metal content among ancient Greek and Roman coins held in a world-class collection amassed at the university since the 1940s. By probing the metal content of coins exchanged thousands of years ago in Mediterranean Europe, the scientists have discovered a new way to map ancient trade patterns, to retrace economic ups and downs at the dawn of Western Civilization and even to shed new light on the collapse of the Roman Empire ... Click for coin article
Euro Collections International Celebrates The Festive Season With Christmas Collector Coins!, eurocollections.blogspot.com
... Euro Collections International has just released it's Christmas offerings for 2010 and they are an eclectic mix of eye-catching, innovative, and sentimental releases, sure to bring a little cheer no matter what sort of collector you are. First cab of the rank is this adorable silver coin struck by the authority of the pacific nation of Palau. Focusing on the more traditional, religious part of Christmas (as opposed to the jolly man in the red suit), the coin features a stunning design off the Star of Bethlehem, which is said to have guided the 3 wise men to the place where Jesus was born ... Click for coin article
Sochi 2014 Coins To Be Released, gamesbids.com
A special series of collectible gold and silver coins dedicated to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are ready for release. The series will present a range of coins featuring Olympic Sports, Mass Sports, Olympic Venues, Cultural Heritage, the uniqueness of the Sochi Region, and others. Twenty-one types of commemorative coins made of silver, 13 gold coins and three coins of non-ferrous metal are to be issued for mass circulation. There will also be one issue of savings coins made of silver, and two types of gold. The coins ... Click for coin article
Loach fish included on Lithuanian bank-minted silver coin, baltic-course.com
A new silver 50 litas collector coin featuring Lithuanian nature was issued in Lithuania by the central bank. The coin has been decorated with a fish – a loach, included in the Red Data Book of Lithuania. The coin was presented to the public at the Lithuanian Maritime Museum in Klaipeda. "This is the 66th collector coin by subject and image issued by the Bank of Lithuania. The coins have perpetuated landmark events in our state and world history, prominent people and architectural monuments. Already five coins of the Bank of Lithuania have been dedicated ... Click for coin article
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