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Susan's Coins Blog October 2008 Archive

By Susan Headley, About.com Guide to Coins since 2006

Coin and Bullion Investing Insights

Wednesday October 29, 2008
For the past several weeks, I have been getting an increasing volume of email asking for more information about investing in coins and bullion. This spate of inquiries is ... Read More

Mint Error News #25 is Published

Tuesday October 28, 2008
Mike Byers has published another excellent edition of his free Mint Error News Magazine. The current issue is cram-packed with more than 250 pages full of information and photos ... Read More

New Coin Dealer Review Feature!

Wednesday October 22, 2008
The folks at About.com have just released a new site feature that I think will be a very useful and important one for our Coin Collecting Community here. The ... Read More

Design Extensions Puzzle Variety Experts

Monday October 20, 2008
Leading variety coin experts have been puzzled for several years by a type of minting process error called "design extension." Design extension, an example of which is pictured here, ... Read More

Things Shipwreck Coin Sellers Don't Want You to Know

Friday October 17, 2008
Treasure coins present an interesting investment challenge: generally, you are buying the coin because it came from a certain famous sunken ship, rather than because of the coin's numismatic ... Read More

Got a Question for the U.S. Mint?

Tuesday October 14, 2008
Do you have a burning question that you have always wanted to ask the U.S. Mint, but could never figure out who to go to? Maybe you have a ... Read More

What are State Quarters Worth?

Saturday October 11, 2008
Despite each coin in the State Quarters series being minted in the hundreds of millions of coins, the venerable Statehood Quarters program is one of the most widely collected coin ... Read More

World Coin Trading

Wednesday October 8, 2008
Do you hate to pay for coins, but want to build a collection of international scope? Try world coin trading! Although coin trading has never really taken off ... Read More

Is the U.S. Mint Running Out of Coins?

Monday October 6, 2008
Is the U.S. Mint running out of coins? Surprisingly, the answer is, "yes!" As many collectors are aware, the Mint has had trouble keeping up with demand for ... Read More

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