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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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The 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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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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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:
Sales of 2010 American Disabled Veterans Silver Coins are settling in -- which is normal -- following their brisk opening numbers. Collectors picked up another 24,784 of the proofs and 8,692 of the uncirculated silver dollars, bringing their combined total to 131,834 since their official release on February 25, 2010. They have reached nearly 38% of their allotted 350,000 mintage. [click to continue…]
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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 date. Over the years, however, some have sought to make the 1844 seem better than it really is...
Full Article: 'Orphan' Dime More Hype Than Substance - NumisMaster.com
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Recently a reader asked why common-date certified Mint State 65 Morgan dollars retail for around $150, when 1-ounce silver rounds retail for several dollars over the spot price of an ounce of silver. The answer is that a finite number of Morgan dollars is available, while availability of silver rounds is generally unlimited.
The increased interest in bullion over the past year has had a mildly ...
Full Article: Relative value key point - Coin Values
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The fifth major numismatic product to contain this year’s America the Beautiful Quarters Program coins is the 2010 United States Mint Silver Proof Set™.
As the name of the set indicates, several coins are struck from 90% silver, a composition in the days of old referred to as coin silver. The pieces minted from the precious metal are the Kennedy Half Dollar, the Roosevelt Dime and the newly designed 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters.
The five 2010 quarters include 0.904 ounces of silver while the 50c and 10c pieces have respective silver weights of 0.36 ounce and 0.07 ounces. Combined, the silver set includes 1.34 ounces of silver which is an intrinsic value of $22.75 at a silver spot price of $17.00 an ounce ...
Full Article: 2010 US Mint Silver Proof Set with America the Beautiful Series - CoinNews
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This article is the fourth in a series to briefly detail the various U.S. Mint offerings that include 2010 quarters.
America the Beautiful QuarterThe United States Mint is introducing a new series of coins as a follow-up to the successful 50-State Quarters and last year’s District of Columbia & US Territories Quarters. Dubbed the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, these new strikes will also be included within several major numismatic products released by the Mint, including the 2010 United States Mint Proof Set®.
The US Mint has yet to publicize the official price that will be charged for the 2010 Proof Set, which it has scheduled for release in July or August.
Last year’s set sold for $29.95, but it included 4 more coins than what will be found in the 2010 set. Previous years’ sets had 14 coins like this year’s set and ...
Full Article: 2010 Proof Set includes America the Beautiful Series - CoinNews
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