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VIP Visitors at Busy September 2008 Long Beach Expo

A virtually non-stop flow of bourse floor traffic, nearly $35 million of coin and bank note auctions and visits by California's Attorney General and...

Counterfeit Pound Coins Double, How to Detect a Fake £1

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The number of counterfeit £1 coins in circulation has doubled in the last five years, according to new figures released by the Royal Mint...

PNG President Praises New Penny, But Doubts Practicality

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(Edina, Minnesota) – The introduction next year of new designs for the common Lincoln cent is being praised by a coin expert, but he...

Lincoln Penny Design Images for 2009 Circulating Cents

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2009 Lincoln penny design images were revealed by U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy Monday morning during a news conference at the Lincoln Memorial. The four reverse designs celebrate a different aspect of Abraham Lincoln's life: his birth and childhood in Kentucky, his formative years in Indiana, his professional life in Illinois and his Presidency in Washington, D.C.

2009 Lincoln Penny Reverse Design Images

 

"This is a momentous occasion in the history of our Nation's coinage because these designs represent the first change in the Lincoln cent in half a century," said Director Moy. 

"These coins are a tribute to one of our greatest Presidents whose legacy has had a lasting impact on our country.  He believed all men were created equal, and his life was a model for accomplishing the American dream through honesty, integrity, loyalty, and a lifetime of education."

 

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