Welcome back to Something About Coins! The U.S. Mint will launch their Yosemite Park Three Coin Set tomorrow. The European Union reported fake euro coins rose in 2010 compared to 2009. The Royal Canadian Mint plans to strike wedding coins in honor of Prince William and Kate Middleton. A nice hoard of Roman silver coins found in a North Suffolk field will be up for auction in June. Enjoy!
Yosemite National Park Quarter Three Coin Set, coincollectingnews.org
The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set - Yosemite on March 3, 2011, at noon Eastern Time (ET). The set, priced at $14.95, includes one uncirculated Yosemite National Park quarter dollar from the United States Mint at Philadelphia, one uncirculated quarter from the United States Mint at Denver and one proof quarter from the United States Mint at San Francisco. Orders will be accepted online at http://www.usmint.gov/catalog and at ... Click for coin article
Counterfeit Euro Coins Climb in 2010, coinnews.net
Recent numbers show that counterfeit euro coins continue to be a problem in the European Union, albeit a relatively small one. In 2010, authorities removed a total of 186,000 counterfeit euro coins from circulation. This was an increase on the previous year of 13,900 coins, but still well under the numbers recorded in 2007 and 2008. While 186,000 fake euros may seem like an enormous amount, put into context the number is surprisingly small. According to the European Union, there is an estimated 16 billion genuine ... Click for coin article
Mint to issue royal wedding coin, torontosun.com
The Royal Canadian Mint will issue a collector coin for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The coins will include an "eye-catching technological feature" that will be revealed closer to the April 29 wedding date, the mint said in a release. "The Royal Canadian Mint has a long history of honouring royal milestones through finely crafted collector coins and the upcoming wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton is a priceless opportunity to celebrate Canada's pride in royal tradition," said mint president ... Click for coin article
Windfall Expected From The North Suffolk Hoard of Roman Silver Coins, coinweek.com
A chance find of a single Roman silver coin in a North Suffolk field is set to bring a cash windfall to two metal detectorists and the farmer on whose land it was discovered. Instead of one coin, retired Suffolk enthusiasts Norman Howard and John Halles eventually unearthed a hidden store of 206 denarii dating from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD. The coins include issues of such famous historical personalities as Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, Mark Antony, Augustus, Caligula, Claudius and Nero and there are ... Click for coin article
Counterfeiters Expand Their Wares to Varieties, ngccoin.com
Counterfeiters produce Indian Cent variety, while there is no genuine cent of that date with matching characteristics. The list of known counterfeit USA coins continues to grow, but with a new twist. Not content to produce simply every possible date/mint combination, the fakers have now added a unique Indian Cent variety. This coin appears to be an 1869 with a boldly repunched 9 in its date, yet there is no genuine cent of that date having such a spectacular spread between the first and second numerals. Such a ... Click for coin article
The World of Rare Coins: The Dollar With the Hole In It, luxist.com
You've probably never seen a U.S. coin like this before. The U.S. Mint began experimenting with different gold dollar patterns in 1852. The problem was simple, gold dollars were small and easily lost. And so the Mint tried out creating pattern gold dollars in 1852, producing the patterns now known as Judd-136 to Judd-148 which have a larger, more convenient diameter. Instead a more practical solution eventually was decided on. The amount of silver was reduced in most subsidiary coinage in 1853, which returned the silver ... Click for coin article
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