Welcome back to Something About Coins! More details about the Glacier National Park Quarter's release ceremony and the latest US Mint sales have been published. Two of the newest 2011 America the Beautiful 5-ounce bullion coins will emerge this month. March was third best in American Silver Eagles sales. PCGS enhanced their certification verification process to include more information. Enjoy!
Glacier National Park Quarter Ceremony Details, coincollectingnews.org
The United States Mint has provided further details on the public launch ceremony for the Glacier National Park Quarter. The 2011 Glacier Quarter is the second 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters® issue and the seventh since the series debuted in 2010. The US Mint in late March offered launch ceremony dates, times and locations for this coin and the third in the series, but the new information provides a few more specifics, including some of the officials who will ... Click for coin article
US Mint Sales: Native American Dollars, Johnson Covers Debut, coinnews.net
The US Mint introduced three coin products last week, and the agency has provided the debuting sales figures for two of them in its latest weekly report. 2011 Native American $1 Rolls debuted first with their launch on Monday, March 28. By Sunday, April 3, debut sales combined to 19,056, split out at 9,655 for the 25-coin (P) rolls and 9,401 for the 25-coin (D) rolls. An apple-to-apple comparison with last year’s rolls is not realistic as their debut sales covered ... Click for coin article
2011 5-oz sale starts April 25, blog.numismaticnews.net
Sales of the 2011 America the Beautiful 5-ounce bullion coins will begin April 25 when the Mint begins taking orders for the Gettysburg National Military Park and the Glacier National Park designs from its Authorized Purchasers. The quantity of each design that will be available is 126,500 coins. That's up 1,500 coins from the last reported number and the Mint says that will serve as the baseline figure for all five designs. The Mint also reserves the right to strike ... Click for coin article
2011 Silver Eagles Post Third Best March Sales in Bullion Coin Series, silvercoinstoday.com
The 2011 American Silver Eagle bullion coin managed to land the third spot among the highest March totals over the last 25 years, according to United States Mint sales figures. Last month, US Mint Authorized Purchasers bought 2,767,000 Silver Eagles, which lagged behind March 2009 at 3,132,000 and March 2010 with 3,381,000. The .999 fine silver bullion coin has gotten off to a fast start, even though March's final number retreated from this year's ... Click for coin article
New Cert Verification Feature Helps Confirm Authenticity, pcgs.com
PCGS certification verification has been enhanced to help you determine if a coin being offered to you is genuine. Now when a certification number is verified, not only will the system provide the basic coin information such as type, date, and grade, but the system will also search the PCGS database of almost two million auction records and will provide a link to any auction that the coin has appeared in. Also, if the coin is in any current or retired Registry set a link to it will ... Click for coin article
Fakes could cost Burnsville coin firm, startribune.com
A California company that certifies coins wants the local firm to cough up profits allegedly made by selling counterfeits. Robert Webber says he spotted the 1845 U.S. silver dollar as a Chinese counterfeit the minute he saw it. Webber, of Goldsboro, N.C., returned the bogus coin to Burnsville Coin Co. last year for a refund of $449. He included a note warning that the other two coins he had ordered, at a cost of $12,400, must be certified as authentic by the ... Click for coin article
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