What’s a great treat you can hand out for Halloween that thrills a child and can strike their interest into a new hobby? Coins! Coins stand out from the ton of normal treats a child receives, and they’re great for parents who have to worry about safety. So what is a good coin treat? That’s [...]
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It’s evening, you’ve already browsed around the Internet for your daily online fix, nothing’s good on TV and you’re otherwise bored silly but don’t feel like going out. What do you do? As a collector, there’s something that just feels good about relaxing with a great coin book or magazine in hand. If you’re like [...]
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New United States Mint products have emerged for sale following the announcement of the Mint’s holiday and gift catalog. The 2007 American Legacy Collection is the standout. Legacy sets are now in their third year of production and this year’s collection is sharp to the eye. The collection includes available U.S. Mint coins and sets [...]
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The coin carried a look of age and a lure of value. But instead, it was a replica and comparable piece of junk. The story retold by the News Post Leader relays how a treasure-hunter discovered what he hoped to be an old gold coin in Choppington, an England village in Northumberland. There was no [...]
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Packing coins into house walls apparently was an "in" thing during times of old. Earlier this month there was the account of ancient roman coins found within a blacksmith’s wall in Portugal. Now, there’s another case of rare coins found in an old home and wall in Pennsylvania. This latest batch of coins are not [...]
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The time, effort and expense of counterfeiting one dollar coins just doesn’t make sense. It’s easy to at least understand a criminal’s motivation in counterfeiting rare and valuable coins. But the incentive to forge a daily and common circulating coin? It defies logic. Yet, that’s exactly what happened with a New Zealand dollar coin. And [...]
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Two days ago, on October 24, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) released 25-cent alpine skiing coins to the public. These coins commemorate the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Today, the RCM has confirmed reports that some coins made for collectors have a 2008 date on the obverse (heads) side instead of the correct [...]
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His gifts? They’re already in the works – hundreds of millions in new cents and up to 500,000 commemorative silver dollars. Similar to the state commemorative quarters and Presidential $1 Coins, the Lincoln cent is getting a redesign. Four cents – each with a different theme and release date – will start flowing into your [...]
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Today, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) released a new coin commemorating the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The commemorative 25-cent pictures alpine skiing. The coin is the fifth in a series of 17 circulating coins to be made, and the last one to be released this year. The RCM press release announcing the [...]
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Every third week in April the American Numismatic Association (ANA) promotes the study and collecting of coins and currency through National Coin Week. The week of celebration is filled with a series of activities ranging from sponsored school events to numismatic exhibits and public gatherings. To help "send out the call", the ANA provides ideas, [...]
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