Year-End Round-Up From the Web
Tuesday December 30, 2008
As I have been putting together my own coin-related year-end round-up coverage, I can't help but notice some of the truly outstanding summations being published by other numismatic writers. ... Read More
Wear Your Coins With Pride!
Wednesday December 24, 2008
The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) is offering a really neat collectible as part of their Vancouver Olympics 2010 coin program - wearable coins. The way it works is that ... Read More
National Parks Quarters Act Becomes Law
Tuesday December 23, 2008
Mike Unser over at CoinNews.net is reporting that the America's Beautiful National Parks Coin Act has been signed into law today by President Bush. This is the series of ... Read More
New Ancient Coins Magazine
Monday December 22, 2008
Alfredo De La Fe of Imperial Coins & Artifacts has recently begun publishing a surprisingly good (and 100% free) ancient coins related online magazine. Although many coin dealers publish ... Read More
Secret Codes on U.S. Gold Coins?
Friday December 19, 2008
For some reason, maybe the economy, I have been getting a couple of questions a week from folks asking about the "secret codes" or "special symbols" on U.S. gold coins. ... Read More
New State Quarters Program Awaits Signature
Tuesday December 16, 2008
Update: The National Parks Quarters bill was signed into law on Dec. 23, 2008.
Coin World is reporting in its Dec. 29 issue that the National Parks Quarters program (HR ... Read More
Fun With Money - Where's George?
Thursday December 11, 2008
Many coin collectors also collect banknotes. After all, banknotes are another form of money, so coins and bills go hand-in-hand. Since I've had a few readers request that ... Read More
Cleaning Coins Which Have PVC Residue
Monday December 8, 2008
PVC damage on coins is caused by the breakdown of the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) that is found in inexpensive plastic coin packaging. The most common source of PVC damage ... Read More
Coin World Releases Chinese Counterfeiting Series
Thursday December 4, 2008
Early this year, I began tracking the coin counterfeiting activity that was coming out of China. A sometime blogger by the name of "BiddlesBank" had posted photos of a ... Read More
U.S. Mint Director Rumors
Wednesday December 3, 2008
The rumors have been flying fast and furious ever since Election Day: Who will be the next Director of the United States Mint?
The U.S. Mint Director's job is a ... Read More
PNG Issues Warning About Obama Coins
Monday December 1, 2008
The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) issued a press release this afternoon warning consumers about investing in Obama coins. Although a few marketers were hawking coins of this type before ... Read More