Welcome back to Something About Coins! The U.S. Mint is releasing the Vicksburg Silver Bullion Coin on June 20 but only to their authorized purchasers. Over 20,000 collectors bought the Yosemite 5 oz silver uncirculated coin last week. The U.S. Mint's 9/11 silver medal will launch on June 20. Panda coins have been targeted by counterfeiters. Commemorative half dollars and items in the big Baltimore auction were reviewed by two experts. Enjoy!
US Mint To Release Vicksburg National Military Park Silver Bullion Coin, worldmintcoins.com
The United States Mint indicated today that the 2011 Vicksburg National Military Park Silver Bullion Coins will be made available for ordering to its network of authorized purchasers beginning on Monday, June 20, 2011. This will mark the fourth release of the 2011 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coin™ Program and the ninth in the series overall. Coins in the series each feature a reverse design honoring a specific site of national interest with this coin's reverse depicting a design of Vicksburg National Military Park representing the state of Mississippi ... Click for coin article
US Mint Sales: Silver Coins Lead Mint Products, coinnews.net
Collectors returned to buying coins in larger quantities last week — especially silver coins. The latest US Mint sales figures pegged 61 numismatic products as having outperformed their previous weekly gains. That compares to 21 products from the prior report and 17 from the time before that. Sales of silver coins have been supported by fluctuating silver prices and the newly released Yosemite National Park 5 Oz Silver Uncirculated Coin, which debuted with brisk numbers. Silver coins held three of the top five best seller spots: 1. American Silver Eagle bullion coin ... Click for coin article
September 11 National Medal Release June 20, coincollectingnews.org
In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York, the United States Mint will produce a silver September 11 National Medal. It will go on sale Monday, June 20, 2011, according to the US Mint's official announcement on Monday. The medal will be made of one ounce of silver and struck in proof quality. It will have an initial price of $56.95 until August 18. Afterwards, the price will go to $66.95. The obverse side of the September 11 National Medal will feature Lady Liberty holding the Lamp of Remembrance with two beacons of light behind her ... Click for coin article
Counterfeit Detection: China 2010 500 Yuan Panda, ngccoin.com
Counterfeiters are once again targeting the latest Panda coins. The first Chinese Panda coins were issued in 1982 and this series has since skyrocketed in popularity. Originally struck in gold one ounce, 1/2 ounce, 1/4 ounce, and 1/10 ounce sizes, a gold 1/20 ounce, as well as silver, platinum, and palladium issues, were produced in subsequent years. As demand and prices have increased dramatically in recent years, Panda coins have become a major target of counterfeiters. NGC has received a number of fake Panda coins and continues to find new varieties of counterfeits in submissions. Previous articles by NGC ... Click for coin article
Commem Designs Rated Best, Worst, numismaster.com
The old commemorative half dollars of yesteryear, issued between 1892 and 1954 were an eclectic bunch of silver coins to say the least. These coins are all the same standard size as our half dollar today, all had the same weight and fineness and were legal tender. Just a handful of them ever ended up in circulation or were spent because they were originally sold at a premium to pay for historical celebrations or monuments. Therefore, many of them are found in uncirculated condition or better. Here, I am not going to talk about how the subjects of these half dollars were chosen. In this review, I am going to forgo mentioning ... Click for coin article
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: The June 2011 Baltimore Auction, part 1, copper and silver, coinweek.com/
In my columns of April 6th and of April 13th, I wrote about the first auction by the recently formed Spectrum-Stack’s-Bowers-ANR entity. In my column on The Ten Leading Topics of 2010, I discussed the merger that brought this entity about. Now, I am writing about their second auction. It is in progress at the Baltimore Convention Center. A variety of items were auctioned yesterday, June 14th, and this Stack’s-Bowers auction will end on Saturday, June 18th, when the Ponterio subsidiary will finish its third session of world coins. The topic here is copper and silver U.S. coins ... Click for coin article
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