Ancient Coins
Gold Coins, Rare Coins, Assets
Welcome to Something About Coins! Much interest has been focused on gold coins, and now the U.S. Postal Service is investigating certain gold coin purchases. Doug Winter lists 20 undervalued rare gold coins, and Steve Roach comments on the rare coin versus rare art debate. India is losing a coin, and some ancient coins are [...]
Ancient Coins, Dahlonega Dollars, Royal Wedding Commemoratives
Welcome back to Something About Coins! Today’s articles cover ancient coins, Dahlonega Mint gold dollars, and the 1859-S Seated Liberty dollar. New coin issues will be Royal Wedding commemorative coins and a rupee coin featuring the Sri Lanka Air Force. Enjoy! NGC Ancients: Ten Reasons to Consider Ancients, ngccoin.com Since at least the early 14th [...]
Gold and Silver Coin Prices, Ancient Greek Coins
Welcome back to Something About Coins! The U.S. Mint raised their gold coin prices yesterday. Rare coin dealer Doug Winter believes there is a coin drought, and David Vagi of Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) talks about ancient Greek coin designs. The last few articles linked below examine silver coin prices. Enjoy!
2010 Silver Eagles, 2009 Quarters Set, Fake Roman Coin
Welcome back to Something About Coins! Today’s coin news circles the world. The 2010 American Silver Eagles are on track to become the highest selling coins of the series, per the first article. The second article discusses the 2009 Silver Quarters Proof Set’s second chance at the U.S. Mint, and evidence of forgery during ancient [...]
Grand Canyon Quarter, Silver Proof Set, Roman Coins
Welcome back to Something About Coins! The U.S. Mint is gearing up for another quarter release, on the heels of launching the popular Silver Proof Set, according to recent coin news. The impact of recovered coin hoards on the market is also examined, such as the Roman coin find in Britain, as well as premiums [...]
America the Beautiful Silver, World Trade Center Medals, Ancient Gold
Welcome to Something About Coins! Today’s news cover unique coins from all over the world, but first is the upcoming silver 9-11 medals from the U.S. Mint. The next articles describe the latest news about the five ounce silver coins coming out this fall and new coin albums for park quarters. Then we talk about [...]
Dollar Coins, Rare Gold Coins, $10 Pattern Coins
Welcome back to Something About Coins! Native American dollars, rare James I gold coins, and $10 Pattern coins are three of the eight coin topics in the articles linked below!
2010 Gold Proofs, British Sovereigns, Counterfeit Detection
Welcome to Something About Coins! Gold remains the hot topic. The U.S. Mint is kicking off their 24 karat gold proof Buffalo coins later this week, and British gold sovereigns are currently being hoarded in Greece. In other news, PCGS stepped up the fight against coin doctors, and a shout-out to Congress about counterfeit coins [...]
Boy Scouts Dollars, Canadian Pennies, Coin Fraud
Welcome back to Something About Coins! The web was buzzing about Boy Scout Silver Dollars, Cleopatra’s underwater temple, and the future of Canadian pennies. Those topics plus more are covered in the articles below!
Pierce Dollars, Most Valuable Coin, Largest Gold Coin
Welcome back to Something About Coins! Today’s news covers world coins, old and rare coins, and some new coins. Please check out the nine articles below!