Welcome back to Something About Coins! More news is coming out about the popular 2011 American Eagle bullion coins from the U.S. Mint. Coin World provided the Wall Street Journal with their rare coins investment index, and Greg Reynolds takes a look at rare coins at the Winter FUN Convention in Tampa, FL. The New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) opens this Friday, January 7. The Panama-Pacific $50 coin is examined, as are the 10 Top S-Mint Coins. Finally, a metal-detecting enthusiast recounted her rather large rare coin find. Enjoy!
2011 American Gold Eagles and Silver Eagles Released, CoinNews.net
The United States Mint began taking orders for its most popular bullion American Eagles on Monday, January 3, 2011. 2011 American Gold Eagles and 2011 American Silver Eagles will begin making their way into the secondary market within days. US Mint Authorized Purchasers started the new year by ordering 8,500 of the one-ounce 22-karat Gold Eagles and 1,696,000 of the .999 fine Silver Eagles. A portion of those totals include old 2010-dated inventory as the US Mint is requiring its AP’s to purchase them proportionally until their supply is gone. Currently, the ... Click for coin article
Are rare coins investments?, coinvaluesonline.com
Are rare coins an investment class? They are according to the Wall Street Journal. For the past several years, Coin World has provided a "Classic U.S. Rarities Key-Date Investment Index" for use in the Wall Street Journal's investment scoreboard. The scoreboard tracks investment groups in the categories of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, bank instruments (bank certificates of deposit and money market accounts), money market funds, precious metals and residential real estate. Coins are listed in the category, "Rare Coins, top investment grade," in the year-end survey. The ... Click for coin article
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: The Fun Has Begun, CoinLink.com
While the Summer ANA Convention includes a wide variety of items of interest to collectors of U.S. coins, paper money, tokens and medals, plus some coins of the world, the Winter FUN Convention is the leading event of the year in the field of rare U.S. coins. Today’s discussion will be a little shorter than usual as I am busy in Tampa viewing coins, witnessing events and gathering information during FUN week. Yes, the winter FUN Convention formally begins on Thursday, at the Tampa Convention center. Coin related events, however, have already occurred. I attended ... Click for coin article
New York International Coin Show, coins.about.com
The New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) opens to the public this Friday, January 7 at 10:00 am. Held at the legendary Waldorf Astoria Hotel in downtown NYC, this prestigious coin show features all of the activities that make such shows so much fun. There are several world-class firms holding auctions, numerous presentations and coin collector meetings, and of course a bourse floor packed with coin dealers displaying and selling coins from all over the world ... Click for coin article
$50 investment potential not yet realized, NumismaticNews.net
It is hard to tell whether the stories about the Panama-Pacific International Exposition $50 are better than the coin itself. Since the Panama-Pacific $50 had the lowest sales totals in the history of U.S. commemorative coins, that is saying a great deal as the Panama-Pacific $50 is an awfully good coin. The best place to start is with the Panama-Pacific commemorative program itself. How those supporting the program managed to convince Congress to approve a half dollar, gold dollar, gold $2.50 and two $50 gold coins is one of those little mysteries of life. In fairness, the ... Click for coin article
10 Top S-Mint Coins, NumisMaster.com
Since Its beginning in 1854, the San Francisco Mint has had an illustrious history. In fact, it has produced so many great coins that the biggest problem facing a numismatic writer is deciding which 10 S-mint coins to write about as the Mint’s best products. One possibility is to select 10 pieces from Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth’s 100 Greatest U.S. Coins. After all, these experts have already done the necessary leg work. Of the 100 winners discussed in the book, 12 were produced at the San Francisco Mint. All I would have to do to use Garrett and Guth’s work is to delete two ... Click for coin article
Marjorie Dandy, 75, finds rare coins in field near York, yorkpress.co.uk
An elderly metal-detecting enthusiast has told how she found a hoard of 3,600 coins dating back to the third century in a field near York. Marjorie Dandy, 75, of Thornton-le-Clay, near Malton, said the bronze coins had been buried inside three pots, one of which had survived intact. She was speaking after coroner Michael Oakley declared at an inquest that the coins, described as rare survivals of the period by experts at the British Museum, were treasure trove. Mrs Dandy, who has been metal detecting for 15 years, said she was out walking her pet dog Tiny just over ... Click for coin article
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