The Soviet Union launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, but it didn’t bounce like one.
It’s impact was instead a world-wide event that marked the start of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Setting aside country affiliation and pride, Sputnik was a huge technological achievement and is worthy of celebration on the eve of its 50th Anniversary.
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President Bush signed the Native American $1 Coin Act mandating the redesign of Sacagawea Dollar. Starting in 2009, the Sacagawea reverse will no longer have the soaring eagle depicted.
Instead, it’ll bear a famous American Indian or American Indian event that’ll change each year.
CoinNews.net has discussed the success and various failures of U.S. dollar coins through past opinions and articles.
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Gold is continuing through its extended gains and hit a spot price of $746.30 an ounce early Monday morning. That’s the highest level seen since January 1980.
Will increasing gold prices continue to forestall the resumption of U.S. Mint gold coin sales? To date, it appears that way.
On September 13th, the United States Mint suspended the sale of all their 2007 American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coins.
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All good things come to an end. The 50 State Quarters® Program is near that end. Or, is it?
Next year all 50 states will have been commemorated and, by law, the state quarters series will close down.
However, there’s legislation that has passed the House and is already in the Senate’s hands to change that.
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They’re not the home run makers in the series of Mint coinage but they do make a big hit every now and again… The 2007 Uncirculated Coin Sets are almost up to bat.
They’re on deck, in fact. Standby because on October 9th, you can purchase them through the United States Mint.
Them? In short, a complete set of 2007 uncirculated coins from the U.S. Mints at Denver and Philadelphia. The sets are a special breed of coins many collectors like to own because they’re different.
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There’s nothing better than some variety between coins to peak a person’s interest and excitement. The 50 State Quarters® and new Presidential $1 Coins highlight how changing a coin’s design every few months can kindle passion with at least collectors.
What’s your excitement level when a batch of coins gets minted but a percentage of them have slight variations compared to others in that coin’s series?
Hold your thoughts… In this case, we’re not talking about coins with errors due to mint manufacturing mistakes or unintended die varieties. (Although these are very intriguing for many collectors too.) Let’s dig in a bit more…
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The United States Mint has released the 2007 Wyoming Official First Day Coin Cover.
These limited edition covers hold two Wyoming state quarters that were each minted on the very first day of the coin’s production.
Just like the Jefferson $1 Coin Cover recently released, one coin included is from the United States Mint at Philadelphia while the other is from Denver.
Also placed on the cover is an American Flag postage stamp and a postmark date of September 4, 2007, which indicates the day the Wyoming state quarters were first released to the public.
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America loves their series. First came the 50 State Quarters. Next came the Westward Journey Nickels. Then the Presidential $1 Coins.
Now wait… Be patient… And please hold your horses… Why? Because a new Sacagawea Golden Dollars series is on the way.
Is it just me or is your heart NOT racing? Well, the new commemorative Sacagawea Dollars won’t be out until 2009 so maybe there’s time to build some excitement.
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eBay’s trying to step up efforts to stymie fraudulent numismatic listings and the selling of counterfeit coins.
Last week they implemented an updated policy for how certified coins could be listed in online auctions. What’s changed?
In writing, not much. The policy guidelines aren’t exactly long. However, the changes they detail are significant.
eBay’s policy update for certified coins
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Discover a mysterious shipwreck, give it a cool code name, secretly haul from it a spectacular treasure of coins possibly worth $500 million, and then announce it to all the world.
What do you get? In this day and age, a free trip to court and mounting legal bills!
The Spanish government is battling Odyssey Marine Exploration, a U.S. treasure hunting company, over their discovery of a shipwreck somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.
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