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WASHINGTON - The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony today [March 10] in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center.

Women Airforce Service Pilots Medal (Click to Enlarge)

Women Airforce Service Pilots Medal (Click to Enlarge)

Both surviving members of the WASP, as well as representatives of deceased members of the organization, participated in the ceremony.  The medal, presented by the Congressional leadership, honors WASP members for their pioneering military service that led to reform in the U.S. Armed Forces.

The WASP was composed of the first women in history to fly American military aircraft.  They flew more than 60,000,000 miles in every type of aircraft and on every type of assignment flown by their male counterparts except combat missions.  During that time, 38 women pilots lost their lives. [click to continue…]

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Canadian $1 and $2 CoinsOttawa, Ontario — As part of the Government of Canada’s budget announcement to modernize Canada’s currency , the Royal Canadian Mint will change the composition of one-dollar and two-dollar coins, using the Corporation’s cost-effective patented multi-ply plated steel technology.

The current composition for the one-dollar coin is bronze plated nickel, while the current composition for the two-dollar coin is, for the inner core, aluminum bronze (copper, aluminum and nickel), and for the outer ring, pure nickel. The primary new composition of both coins, to be launched at the beginning of 2011, will be multi-ply plated steel ...

Full Article: Canadians to Change Coin Compositions - CoinNews

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One of the most engaging aspects of numismatics is its versatility. The number of different groupings or sets is limited only by one's imagination.

One collection that has always intrigued me is a set of coins of a particular denomination, bearing the same date, but of an entirely different type. Because new designs were ...

Full Article: Same Date, Different Type - Professional Coin Grading Service

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"Beautiful Places: Landmarks and Mintmarks" is the theme for he 87th annual National Coin Week, April 18-24. Activities will celebrate the beautiful and historic places that have inspired designs on coins and paper money.

A "Road Trip" treasure hunt is now under way, taking participants on a virtual cross-country adventure from West Coast to East Coast. The American Numismatic Association is ...

Full Article: Coin Week offers ‘Road Trip’ hunt - Numismatic News

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ANAThe ANA Museum Showcase will make its National Money Show™ debut March 25-27 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. This spectacular gallery gives visitors a unique chance to see some of the world’s most beautiful and valuable coins.

The showcase will be located just inside the bourse entrance, and features several numismatic treasures. The Smithsonian Institution’s exhibit, "Good as Gold: America’s Double Eagles," explores the history of the U.S. $20 gold piece. The display includes the first (1849 pattern) and last (1933) double eagles ever produced, and a 1907 Saint-Gaudens ultra-high-relief $20 pattern coin that President Theodore Roosevelt gave his daughter Edith for Christmas that year ...

Full Article: ANA Museum Showcase at Ft. Worth National Money Show - CoinNews

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In the ancient world it was Ptolemaic Egypt that produced the largest gold coins. During the early modern era it was Mogul India that surpassed the coins of ancient Egypt. Today Canada is arguing it has more recently produced the largest gold coin ever to be issued.

Well, there is yet another contender ...

Full Article: Who Has the Largest Gold Coin of Them All? - NumisMaster

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The one-cent denomination is unique in our nation’s monetary history. It was first struck in 1793, the year that the Philadelphia Mint, located on Seventh St. between Market and Arch, began minting coins for the new nation. With the exception of ...

Full Article: This 19th Century Cent Coin Design Lasted For Only One Year - CoinLink

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Whatever goes up either must or might come down. It’s probably one of those scientific rules I never bothered to learn in school, but it certainly is true. More often than not something that goes up will either come down or at minimum it will not keep going up at the same pace.

I have seen it happen over and over again and so have you whether it’s a NASA rocket or the stock you just bought that could not lose. Interestingly enough, however, where coins and coin prices are concerned we have many times acted like prices had only one direction and that was up ...

Full Article: Peak Prices Don't Always Remain that High - NumisMaster.com

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A limited collector coin replicating the design of the historical Sydney Cove Medallion has been unveiled at the Museum of Sydney by Lord Wedgwood of Barlaston, the seventh generation descendant of Josiah Wedgwood, whose company created the original Medallion in 1789.Sydney Cove Medallion High Relief Silver Proof Coin

Struck by The Perth Mint from 1oz of 99.9% pure silver and issued as official Australian legal tender, the coin features a special ‘high relief’ representation of the celebrated Medallion’s allegorical design portraying ‘time’s opening scenes’ in the colony of New South Wales.

With four classical figures on the shores of a bay, the scene was called Hope encouraging Art and Labour under the influence of Peace to pursue the employments necessary to give security and happiness to the infant colony. Beneath the figures in raised lettering was inscribed ETRURIA 1789, the name of Wedgwood’s Staffordshire factory ...

Full Article: Sydney Cove Medallion Coin - CoinNews

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Showcase to debut at National Money Show

March 11, 2010

Some of the world’s most famous and valuable coins and paper money, including a multi-million dollar nickel, rare $20 gold pieces and $100,000 bills, will be on display at the 2010 American Numismatic Association’s National Money Show March 25-27 at the Fort Worth, Texas, Convention Center.
The event will offer exhibits, a wide range of educational [...]

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Little Coins Get a Little Bit Bigger

March 11, 2010

By size (though not value), the dime is the smallest coin used regularly in the United States, with a diameter of just under 18 millimeters. In the past, particularly during the 19th century, this wasn’t always the case. The half dime (same face value as today’s nickel, but made out of silver) was just 15.5 [...]

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Philadelphia No Motto Half Eagles

March 11, 2010

The Philadelphia mint began producing the familiar Liberty Head half eagle design in 1839. After a quick modification in 1840, this issue continued without change until 1866 when the motto IN GOD WE TRUST was added to the reverse.
The branch mint No Motto half eagles from the 1840’s are very popular with collectors. But their [...]

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The Norweb-Bass MS66 1911-D Quarter Eagle

March 11, 2010

The Norweb Collection was a legend while still owned by its namesake family, and while two decades have passed since the three auctions that dispersed most of it, time has only added to its importance to collectors.
Quality and rarity are the chief watchwords; no discussion of early copper, colonials, proof silver, or early and Southern-Western [...]

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US Mint Sales: Bullion Coins Slow, DAV Commemoratives Top 131K

March 9, 2010

Coin demand declined almost across the entire United States Mint product lines, according to the latest weekly sales figures.
The week-over-week gainers can be counted on three fingers:

Proof Anna Harrison First Spouse Gold Coins rose 56 over the previous 33
The 2009 US Mint Set climbed 7,385 versus 3,616
John Tyler Presidential $1 Coin Covers increased 29 [...]

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‘Orphan’ Dime More Hype Than Substance

March 9, 2010

It is hard to be objective when it comes to the 1844 Seated Liberty dime, otherwise known as “Orphan Annie.”
The best place to start with is with its low mintage of 72,500. That, at least, cannot be disputed. Just about everything else can be. With that mintage, the 1844 Seated Liberty dime is a better [...]

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