Ottawa, Ontario, December 21, 2007 – Under the theme Our Values, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) will be launching an all-new ad campaign for Quebec on December 27, 2007. The campaign’s spokesperson will be none other than popular TV host and producer Véronique Cloutier, who has signed on to represent the RCM for three years. [...]
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Special Note is the First Graded Superb Gem New 69 of Any Large Size Type
IRVINE, Calif. – Teletrade, America’s largest fully automated Internet auction company for certified coins and currency, announces the record-setting sale of an 1899 “Black Eagle” Silver Certificate. Bidding on the note advanced to $30,000 during Teletrade’s December 10 auction, but the note did not meet the reserve. A day after the sale, Teletrade sold the note to a private buyer who was previously unavailable during auction bidding.
Teletrade is not releasing the final price the buyer paid or the identity of the buyer, but will confirm the sale price was in excess of $30,000. According to Ian Russell, president of Teletrade, “This note sets records as the highest price paid for a non Serial Number One ‘Black Eagle,’ and it is the second most expensive for the type.”
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The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has their next public meeting Jan. 15. CCAC’s main responsibility is to review themes and design proposals for circulating coinage, commemorative coins, bullion coinage, Congressional Gold Medals and other medals. It’s for this purpose they’ll next meet. According to the announcement, their main objectives in the meeting will be [...]
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The surging Canadian dollar known as the loonie struck many headlines throughout 2007 and now it gets at least one more – the selection by Time magazine as the Canadian Newsmaker of 2007.
The loonie started the year at 87 cents US and hit a peak on November at $1.10. Most notable for the loonie, however, was Sept. 20, 2007 when it struck parity with the US dollar for the first time in nearly 31 years.
Imports were cheaper for Canadians due to the rise. However, a large percentage of Canadian exports enter the US, resulting in painful constraints in sectors like manufacturing.
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In a blaze of actions and to get home for the holidays, the Senate and House tossed together a several hundred page bill named, The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008. The bill has been given to the President and while there’s no guarantee, the signing of it seems likely.
Even with the latest and greatest computer, the digital document takes seconds to load. Reading it in its entirety… well, that’s hours of tedium. Thanks to modern search tools, quicker inspection is possible. And upon review, the bill contains a few nuggets of interest for coin collectors.
SEC. 622 amends the law to include six more "state" quarters in 2009. The word, state, is in quotes as the new quarters are really for districts and territories. To cut to the chase, the six new quarters are for:
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Chester Endress, a 73-year old coin collector and owner of Chet’s Coins, was robbed over the weekend in Akron, OH. Based on video footage provided by WKYC-TV, the thieves made their entry by cutting through Mr. Endress’s wall from an empty and adjacent store. A torch was then used to slice into the safe holding [...]
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Alan Goldberg, an Austin, Texas entrepreneur, has set out to create a new definition for Jewish coins. Alan has founded SoulCoin Co. and is marketing the company’s first coins—the Humility and Joy Coin Set—as “Coins of the Spiritual Realm.” “It was during the month before the Jewish High Holidays, when we think a lot [...]
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Copper used to be the problem step-child of metals. It was either not thought about or considered in a negative context, like the mental picture of paying for the repair of copper piping underneath the sink. For some, copper has turned to gold. And better, it wasn’t purchased first – it just found its way [...]
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Website and Catalog Feature Exclusive Input on Select Coins by PCGS Founder and Director, David Hall IRVINE, Calif. – Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin auction house, kicks off festivities in Orlando on Tuesday, January 8, 2008, with the Bowers and Merena Orlando Rarities Sales, featuring 670 rare and desirable coin lots sure [...]
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