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The Florida United Numismatists convention in January is arguably the most robust show of the year in terms of the value of coins changing hands. The large auctions propel thousands of coins into the marketplace (Heritage's U.S. coin sessions at the 2010 FUN convention realized nearly $37 million) ... A 1907 Saint-Gaudens, High Relief gold $20 double eagle graded Proof 68 by Numismatic Guaranty Corp. realized ...
Full Article: Saints heat up auctions - Coin Values
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At our store we are often asked what we perceive is a good value in gold coins.
Bullion is by far the simplest way to buy gold, but there are other options as well. Numismatic coins are popular and offer a wide range of collecting genres. But one of those genres is our favorite, Carson City gold ...
Full Article: Carson City's gold has both history and value - Nevada Appeal
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The 1926-S Buffalo nickel has to rank as one of the more difficult dates to predict in terms of price in the past century. When a date like the 1926-S seems to defy logic that usually means that there are a number of factors at work and that can make an already interesting date all the more fascinating.
The 1926-S Buffalo nickel has a mintage of 970,000. There were very few coins in the past century that had mintages below ...
Full Article: Buffalo Nickel's Availability Not Logical - NumisMaster
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Buried deep in the proposed Fiscal Year 2011 Budget released by President Barack Obama is one page that could have far reaching consequences into American circulating coinage, and reads as if it came straight from US Mint Director Ed Moy’s Congressional testimony nearly two years ago.
Titled "Other Savings: Coinage Material - Department of the Treasury," the proposed section seeks to grant the Department of the Treasury authority to change the composition and weights of the most common circulating coins: the penny (cent), the nickel, the dime, the quarter and the half dollar.
Stating that the primary cost driver for the United States Mint is ...
Full Article: Obama’s Budget Changes Coin Composition - CoinNews
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Whether or not you need to sell, these five basic steps can help focus your collecting so you can receive maximum enjoyment and profit. Start by getting organized. Next, cull some of the lesser coins from your portfolio. Finally, focus on ...
Full Article: Need Money? 5 Steps To Sell Right - CoinLink
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2010 Lincoln Cent Reverse Design - Click to Enlarge
The public and media are invited to the official launch ceremony for the Nation's new Lincoln "Preservation of the Union" One-Cent Coin, which features a redesigned reverse that will appear on one-cent coins from this year forward.
The coin's reverse design is emblematic of President Lincoln's preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country.
The event will take place at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum on Thursday, February 11, at 9:30 a.m. Central Time (CT). Children 18 years and younger will receive a new 2010 Lincoln "Preservation of the Union" One-Cent Coin to commemorate the event. [click to continue…]
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2010 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set - Click to Enlarge
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint announced today that it will begin accepting orders for its 2010 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set on February 11, 2010, at noon Eastern Time.
The set contains four proof versions of the circulating Presidential $1 Coins scheduled to be released this year, bearing the portraits of Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln.
Each coin has a common reverse design featuring a striking rendition of the Statue of Liberty.
The term "proof" refers to a manufacturing process in which specially treated coin blanks are struck multiple times with specially polished dies to create a brilliant, sharp relief and mirror-like background.
A frosted, sculpted foreground gives the proof coin a special "cameo" effect. The "S" mint mark, representing production at the United States Mint at San Francisco, is inscribed on the edge of each coin. [click to continue…]
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