The United States Mint sold 2.13 million Silver Eagles and 82,000 Gold Eagles during the month of August. Pretty impressive. Still, if these numbers seem lower than those from July or June, that’s because they are.
From that fact alone, it would be easy to conclude that gold and silver eagle coin demand is on the retreat. But that wouldn’t exactly be accurate.
An analysis of the historical record shows that August often tends to be a weaker month for bullion American Eagles. Any decline, should therefore be almost expected and certainly not a surprise...
Full Article: Bullion Eagles Make Records in August - CoinNews
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - The United States Mint celebrated the launching of the American Samoa commemorative quarter-dollar coin today at the Samoana High School Gym in Pago Pago, the territory's capital city.
United States Mint Deputy Director Andy Brunhart and American Samoa Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono led the celebration of the fourth coin in the 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program.
"This beautiful quarter-dollar coin honoring American Samoa's vibrant traditional culture and rugged beauty is a welcome addition to American coinage," Brunhart told the crowd.
The reverse (tails side) of the American Samoa quarter, sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Charles L. Vickers, features the ava bowl ("tanoa"), whisk and staff in the foreground, with the shore featured in the background. [click to continue…]
Being in charge of their busy lives, most people would find the enticement of other activities that would fill the emptiness that stress and pressures could bring into their existence. The sense of being able to create something that not all people share the same degree of gratification would simply pertain to an activity that simply entails what fun really is.
This particular kind of activity is known as a hobby. Exaggerations aside, a hobby is something that reflects a person’s strong inclination or interest to something. And by merely engaging into such activity, he is able to fulfill the shallowness that they sense deep within...
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A Frederic teen was jailed after trying to cash in an allegedly stolen coin worth $4,500.
Staff at Fifth Third bank in Grayling became suspicious when the 19-year-old tried to redeem the $20 gold piece for $20 on Aug. 24, said Sheriff Kirk A. Wakefield...
Full Article: Frederic teen jailed after trying to cash in rare antique coin - MLive.com
I’ve recently had a few collectors ask me a similar question; one that has given me some pause to think. Basically, these are people whose main collecting focus is an expensive, very challenging series.
Due to lack of availability (of funds), their purchases may be very infrequent. But they still love coins and the thrill of the hunt. What, they’ve asked me, can they play with as their “back-up” set?...
Full Article: Assembling a "Back-Up" Coin Collection - RareGoldCoins.com
In 1639 Charles had masterminded a grand design intended to bring the Scots to heel and teach the Covenanter rebels their place in his realm, spiritual and temporal.
Unfortunately, matters did not quite work out as planned, in large measure due to the anxiety of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and chief advisor to the king, to prevent the Scots, the Catholics (and any other potential rivals), but especially Randall Macdonnell, earl of Antrim, from making any gains at his expense...
Full Article: Aberystwyth Remained Loyal During Civil War - NumisMaster
One of the most popular American pattern coins, a spectacular 1879 Flowing Hair stella in gold, Judd-1635, graded PR67 by NGC, is the anchor lot at Heritage Auction Galleries’ Sept. 10-13 Long Beach, CA Signature® U.S. Coin Auction.
The auction action will take place at the Long Beach Convention Center, 100 S. Pine Avenue, in Long Beach.
"The various gold stella patterns have been immensely popular with collectors almost since their creation," said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage, "and the 1879 stella with Flowing Hair portrait, with its relatively higher mintage and relatively greater availability to numismatists, has become the most popular of all. We expect this coin to bring $250,000 or more."
At the PR67 grade level, the 1879 Flowing Hair stella is...
Full Article: 1879 Flowing Hair Stella at Long Beach Coin Auction - CoinNews
