Welcome back to Something About Coins! A review of recent U.S. Mint sales figures shows the Olympic National Park Quarter sales were kind of slow. The Royal Canadian Mint released another Locomotive Coin. Tips on selling coins and an evaluation of Lincoln cents are also topics of today's coin news. Enjoy!
US Mint Sales: Olympic National Park Quarters Debut, coinnews.net
Collectors were tighter with their money last week, according to the latest US Mint sales figures. Week-over-week product gains trimmed to 20 versus 61 from the previous report — although pick-ups and losses stayed within a very narrow range. Debuting this week are sales of Olympic National Park Quarters. The coins were ceremoniously released on Tuesday, June 14. Bags and rolls of the quarters launched one day earlier. Maintaining a trend that began with the start of the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program in 2010, newer quarter bag and roll debut sales continue to retreat. The following table ... Click for coin article
Canadian $20 D-10 Locomotive Silver Coin Available, silvercoinstoday.com
The Royal Canadian Mint is closing out its Great Canadian Locomotive Series with the release of the $20 D-10 Locomotive Silver Coin. This strike marks the final of four in the series to be issued by the Mint recalling the golden age of Canadian rail. Shown on the reverse of the silver coin is a design showcasing one of Canada's most important locomotive series of the era, the D-10. When first produced, the D-10 proved so dependable and practical that over 500 of the powerful locomotives were constructed for use in the early 1900's. They continued to be the workhouse unit of the Canadian Pacific ... Click for coin article
Woman finds 272-year-old British coin while picking up litter, enctoday.com
With the toss of a coin, Kemila Slade had good fortune. While she and other members of the Pink Sapphire Ladies were picking up litter on a two-mile stretch of Neuse Boulevard, Slade found a 1739 George II farthing coin. The fortune is not coming from the coin, but from Keep North Carolina Beautiful. The coin, which was worth one-quarter of a penny when it was in circulation, is now valued between $6 and $15. That's according to Jeffrey Joyce of THR & Associates. He is in New Bern buying precious metal, coins and antiques. But Slade won $250 as statewide first place prize for finding the coin, which ... Click for coin article
Tips on Selling Coins, numismaster.com
Selling coins is more challenging than buying them. The first thing to remember is you cannot force anybody to buy your coins. There is no automatic process. You have to work at it. The smarter you work at it, the better the result. There are do's and don'ts to follow. There are five tips to keep in mind as you prepare to sell your coins and there are five popular methods of selling coins. Tip 1: Know prices When you want to sell coins, you usually cannot obtain retail coin prices listed in Coin Digest. Dealers have to make a profit on what they buy and you must expect them to offer less than the prices printed here ... Click for coin article
Lincolns show nice upward movement, numismaticnews.net
Precious metals have been in an erratic trading range although they seem to be entering a steady pattern with a slight upward bias. If the Fed does not allow the money supply to contract as QE2 (the second quantitative easing) ends, which I doubt the Fed can risk based on the recent economic data. I strongly feel by late summer we will see some healthy upward action again. Beware: these metals markets will trip you up if you try to trade day to day, so don't risk the mortgage money on them. Better yet, put your excess Federal Reserve Notes into some nice rare coins. I have reviewed Lincoln cent pricing prior to ... Click for coin article
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