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Please excuse me while I allow my ego to write this post!If you are subscriber to Numismatic News and received your copy of the March 27, 2012 edition, there is a story with an interesting by-line featured on front page. Yes, this is the article about the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin launch that was written by your favorite blog hos...
The U.S. Mint announced that they are creating four new numismatic product options for the Presidential $1 Coin program. For collectors, the U.S. Mint is adding a âFour Coin Setâ for $9.95, a 100-coin bag for $111.95, 250-coin box for $275.95, and a 500-coin box for $550.95. The bulk options will cotton unmixed coins of each design.All previous...
What will they think of todayâs coinsThe âtheyâ I am talking about are the collectors 50 and 100 years from now.By that time, those of us who remember non-clad coins will be long gone or elderly. But what would our successors in this hobby say about us?For the last few years, I have been putting together a set of Barber coinage to cover the 2...
I just sent out a bid for another craigslist collection, mostly consisting of silver: mix of halves (Walker and Kennedy), quarters, dimes ('Mercury' and Roosevelt), as well as a Buffalo nickel. My offer was just above the current melt price, as without condition or precise mint mark data, anything else would not work... fingers crossed!
I know the blog has been quiet... not a lot of coin activity at the moment. An article or two on CoinUpdate here, a box of dimes there, finding 2012 Lincoln cents as well, but not much of anything really.
It was just an ordinary trip to run some errands. It was not a special shopping sprees except that it included essentials to get through the next week. After all, it was the weekend and I really wanted a little rest. I was not expecting to find anything remarkable.In the first store, I was handed three very brilliant Lincoln Cents. I looked at the ...
Item: Americaâs Founding Fathers 2012 Currency Set Type: Premium Set Price: $19.95 ($16.95 for quantities of 50 or more) BEP Item Number: 1596 Denomination: $1 and $2 Series: 2009 ($1) and 2003 ($2) District: Minneapolis (I) Issue date: February 21, 2012 Number of sets issued: 9,000 Number ...
The following is the full version of the article that appeared in Numismatic News.Eighty-one years (and two days) after President Herbert Hoover signed he law that make âThe Star-Spangled Bannerâ the United Stateâs official national anthem, the U.S. Mint and Maryland dignitaries came to Fort McHenry to launch the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Com...
Today, March 5, 2012, the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins will go on sale with a launch ceremony at the the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. Program is scheduled to begin at 11:00 A.M. at the Visitor Center and sales to begin at 11:30 A.M.According to the media release from Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commissi...
While watching the Super Tuesday results, numismatists were treated to a new potential collectible: the Idaho Caucus Coin.The Idaho Caucus Coin, part of a new process this year, was used during the caucus in Boise, Idaho. Caucus goers were given a specially made coin to drop it in a closed canister for the candidate of their choosing. When the voti...
Today, March 5, 2012, the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins will go on sale with a launch ceremony at the the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. Program is scheduled to begin at 11:00 A.M. at the Visitor Center and sales to begin at 11:30 A.M.According to the media release from Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commissi...
Coin collectors love a good story, even if it is not true. New research substantiates some myths and refutes others. Many myths and popular stories include some elements of the truth or historical events. Some are simple historical events, others concoctions to make the inventor seem more important, or to pump up the value of a coin or collection.T...
When I went to college for my undergraduate degree, the universityâs programs did not include the ability to âminorâ in a subject. Aside from the core courses, we were allowed to take eight classes in our major and four electives. Along with other requirements fill-ins I was able to take history and political science classes that would qualif...
For the second time in a year I read a fiction e-book because its premise is coin-related. This time, I read Wild World by Ginger Rapsus. Rapsus is the author of United States Clad Coinage published in 1992 and is currently a columnist for Numismatic News. Her website says that she began writing fiction âa few years ago.âWild World is the story...
There is an old adage that the two things you should not talk about in polite company is sex and politics. While it is easy to avoid talking about sex when discussing numismatics, it is nearly impossible to avoid the periodic discussion of politics when discussing what happens before United States coins are manufactured. All other countries, the mi...
