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13 October 2008

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1880 Gold Dollar - Coin Man

Two weeks ago I was paging through the Red Book and I was looking for potential sleeper coins when I saw that the 1880 gold dollar was priced similarly to higher mintage coins but a mere 1600 were coined. This struck me as odd (pun intended) since most other coins with mintages that small would command huge prices in the marketplace.

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AE Proof Platinum back on sale - Coin Man

Late last week I noticed on the Mint’s website that the AE Proof Platinum coins were re-listed for sale. If I remember correctly, they had been removed from the website in late June as platinum prices were moving higher.

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Writing an honest to goodness letter to Edmund Moy - Coin Man

Finding the contact information for senators and representatives is quite easy, I could find no such contact page for the director of the US Mint, Edmund Moy. Thus I wrote him an honest to goodness letter and will mail it soon. I’m not sure about the address.

The two addresses listed on the US Mint’s website were for customer service issues and the other was for questions regarding history/coin programs/etc.

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Coin News Asks Some Good Questions - Coin Man

There was an article posted to Coin News yesterday asking a good question, “Should the Senate follow suit [and pass the National Parks Quarter Dollar Bill]?”

Other good questions are posited. I will give my spin on them in order to become one of those who would get mad if this became law.

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