Welcome back to Something About Coins! Hundreds stood in line to buy the new Gettysburg quarter two days before it goes into circulation. All of the 2010 Proof American Gold Eagle Coins sold out from the U.S. Mint. The 2011 Army Commemorative Coins launch this Monday, January 31. Thoughts of sharing counterfeit detection tips is being argued on NumisMaster, and Holocaust Coins will go on display at the the Ground Zero Museum Workshop in New York City next month. Enjoy!
25¢ affair, gettysburgtimes.com
Gettysburg quarter is available. The official release of the new Gettysburg quarter Tuesday drew hundreds to the Gettysburg Battlefield Visitor Center, where people waited in line for an hour to purchase the new coin. Park Superintendent Bob Kirby, U.S. Mint Associate Sales Director B.B. Craig and Pennsylvania First Lady Sue Corbett unveiled the coin during a half-hour ceremony at 11 a.m., before a packed house in the Visitor Center lobby. The new quarter honors the 6,000-acre Gettysburg National Military Park with a depiction of ... Click for coin article
All US Mint 2010 Gold Eagle Proof Coins Sell Out, CoinNews.net
The United States Mint today moved the two remaining collector 2010 American Gold Eagle Proof Coins to the sold out, or no longer available, section of its website. The US Mint launched the four different sized 22-karat gold coins and the set containing one of each coin back on October 7. The largest one-ounce Gold Eagle was the first sell out, dropping from availability on the final weekend of the launch month. The one-half ounce was next to sell out on December 22. That was followed by the four-coin set on January ... Click for coin article
2011 U.S. Army Commemorative Coins Release Details, CoinCollectingNews.org
The United States Mint announced today that it will begin accepting orders for the 2011 United States Army Commemorative Coins at noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 31. Public Law 110-450 authorizes the United States Mint to mint and issue a maximum of 100,000 $5 gold coins, 500,000 silver $1 coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins to recognize and celebrate the founding of the United States Army in 1775. Pricing for the 2011 United States Army Commemorative Coins is as follows: ... Click for coin article
Protect Counterfeit Detection Info, NumisMaster.com
After reading F. Michael Fazzari's response to my Sept. 7, 2010, "Viewpoint" I felt compelled to respond. Let me open by saying that I have much respect for Mr. Fazzari and his knowledge of numismatics, in particular professional grading. That being said, I must respectfully disagree with his assessment of my thoughts regarding counterfeit detection. To summarize my "Viewpoint," I stated that making information regarding counterfeit detection public helps counterfeiters improve their products, thus hurting the numismatic ... Click for coin article
What will you want to buy?, blog.numismaticnews.net/buzz
It may seem a little strange to talk about the rising price of bullion during the present market correction, but that is what is being thought about by the various coin issuing authorities gathering in Berlin for the World Money Fair. Prices may be down over the past week, but compared to one year ago, they are through the roof. Rising prices are a coin marketer's nightmare. Familiar silver coins are becoming too expensive. Comfortable price points at which buyers readily snap up new commemorative issues have been surpassed ... Click for coin article
9/11 Museum to Display Rare Holocaust Coin, ibtimes.com
A rare $20 Gold St. Gauden's coin, one of 200 sewn into a leather jacket by a Jewish family and smuggled out of European territory that was about to be occupied by the oncoming Nazis in 1940 has been gifted to the Ground Zero Museum Workshop in New York City by prominent rare coin dealer John Albanese and will be on display starting in February, 2011, says Museum Founder Gary Marlon Suson. The 200 coins, now labeled and graded as the "World War 2 Exile Hoard" by Numismatic Grading Services (NGC) in ... Click for coin article
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