Welcome back to Something About Coins! Collectors can purchase Gettysburg quarter 100-coin bags and two-roll sets today. The history of British coin decimalisation is described, and Stack's-Bowers is going to display the finest known 1792 Half Disme at the Long Beach Coin Show that starts on February 3. Enjoy!
Gettysburg National Military Park Quarters Available, CoinNews.net
United States Mint bags and rolls of the 2011 Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter were released today at noon ET. The design on the reverse of the coin honors the national park which is in Pennsylvania. The Gettysburg quarter two-roll set is $39.95. One roll contains 40 quarter-dollars minted in Philadelphia, and the other is filled with 40 strikes from Denver — both facilities are responsible for producing America's circulating change. The face value of the two ... Click for coin article
Mint customers vent, numismaticnews.net
The U.S. Mint lost 25 percent of its customers last year, but don't blame it all on high prices. A Numismatic News poll question in the last issue asked readers if high prices kept them from buying Mint products. Dozens of readers responded with a decisive "Yes," while others cited the economy, quality, customer service and difficulty obtaining desired products as reasons for cutting back on orders. "As a long-time collector, I think the Mint is just putting too ... " Click for coin article
The day Britain lost its soul: How decimalisation signalled the demise of a proudly independent nation, dailymail.co.uk
Although we all have money worries, especially at a time of such economic austerity, few of us ever spare a thought for the coins that jangle in our pockets. We take them for granted; usually we barely even bother to look at them. Yet next month will mark the 40th anniversary of one of the biggest ruptures in our recent past — a moment that marked the greatest transformation in the history of British money. On Monday, February 15, 1971, Edward Heath's ... Click for coin article
Stack's-Bowers to Display Finest Known 1792 Half Disme, numismaster.com
A classic early American rarity, the rainbow-toned 1792 half disme, graded NGC MS-68, will be exhibited during the first two days of the Long Beach (California) Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 3 and 4, 2011. This historic coin is the finest known surviving 1792 half disme and was acquired in 2007 by the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation of Sunnyvale, Calif., for a record $1.5 million. It will be displayed courtesy of ... Click for coin article
Somerset County Museum tries to keep Frome's Roman coins, news.bbc.co.uk
Time is running out to raise enough money to keep a famous hoard of Roman coins in Somerset. The Frome Hoard is the biggest single collection of Roman coins ever discovered in Britain. They were unearthed by a metal detector and have been valued at £300,000. Somerset County Museum has launched a public appeal to help buy them, as BBC Points West's Clinton Rogers reports ... Click for coin video
Michael McCullough briefs on CBP / ICE policies, accg.us
Michael McCullough, a New York based attorney specializing in Customs issues spoke to ACCG members at the NYINC open meeting of the Guild on January 8, 2011. McCullough began working in the art market in 1998 when he was recruited by Sotheby's to help build a trade compliance program for international trade in art. He explained how the Schultz case in 2002 changed the importance of provenance in significant cultural objects. This case codified ... Click for coin article
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