Welcome to Something About Coins! There will be a coin launch ceremony for the Gettysburg Park Quarter on January 25. American Silver Eagle's set a new record and will likely continue to break it for the remainder of the month. The 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar proved to be a popular coin, and NGC announced that one of their certified 1907 Rolled Gold Edge Eagle coins sold for $2.185 million recently. Enjoy!
Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter Launch Ceremony Details, CoinCollectingNews.org
Officials from the United States Mint and the National Park Service will launch the Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter on January 25, 11 a.m. Eastern Time (EST), at the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center. Invited guests include Governor Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Manbeck Corbett. Following the ceremony, the public can exchange their cash for $10 rolls of the Gettysburg National Military Park America the Beautiful Quarter at face value. Children 18 years and younger will receive a new Gettysburg ... Click for coin article
American Silver Eagle Monthly Record Broken, worldmintcoins.com
Bullion American Silver Eagles have proven to be extremely popular as of late with investors. So much so, in fact, that sales of the coins this month have already surpassed the previous monthly record for the strikes. Considering the kinds of numbers needed to achieve that goal, this feat was quite amazing. Especially when you also consider that this month's numbers are current only as of the Mint's most recent sales figures released on January 19th leaving well over a week for the new record to grow to an even higher level ... Click for coin article
American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars History, SilverCoinsToday.com
The 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars are officially no longer available from the United States Mint. They went off-sale on December 13, 2010, at 5PM ET to allow the US Mint a window of two weeks in order to fulfill any outstanding orders before the end of last year, which the Mint is required by law to do. Sales of the silver commemorative coins began earlier in the year on February 25. They were struck to honor American Veterans who were disabled for life as a result of their duty. This includes those who died ... Click for coin article
Silver Coin Sales Point to Dollar Worries: Pro, cnbc.com
Silver coin sales have been on a tear in recent months and can be used as an economic indicator to show a lack of confidence in the U.S. monetary policy, said Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist at ConvergEx. “Silver coins have become the proxy for people’s confidence and worry about the U.S. dollar. Gold's gotten so expensive that folks can’t afford it, and the mint is minting fewer fractional gold coins, so many people have migrated to silver,” Colas told CNBC ... Click for coin article
NGC-Certified 1907 $10 Rolled Edge Eagle Realizes Nearly $2.2 Million, CoinNews.net
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that a NGC-certified 1907 Rolled Gold Edge Eagle sold for $2.185 million during Heritage Auction’s Platinum Night offerings at the FUN 2011 Convention in Tampa, Fla. The 1907 $10 Satin PR 67 with Periods Rolled Edge was one of five gold coins in the sale that belonged to Mint Director Frank A. Leach. Over 6,700 bidders participated in the auction. Greg Rohan, president of Heritage Auctions, called the Leach specimen "the single finest example of the ... Click for coin article
Auctions show continued resilience at top of market for rare coins, CoinWeek.com
Things continue to be rosy at the top end of the rare coin market. Looking at the results of the recent Florida United Numismatists convention auctions reveals that collectors are paying strong premiums for coins that are part of great collections or are new to the market, while being selective on less fresh coins. One of the highlights of the Heritage FUN auctions was a set of 24 circulation-strike Indian Head gold $5 half eagles consigned by Dallas collector Jim O’Neal, who sold his set of Indian Head $10 eagles at the 2009 FUN show ... Click for coin article
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