Daily Archives: March 9, 2009
Gold Drops, Silver Below $13
2009 Lincoln Cent Rolls for $8.95
The first redesigned 2009 Lincoln Cent will be released in a two-roll set on Friday, March 13, the United States Mint said in a press release Monday.
Coin collectors (and the public enlarge) will be able to buy the first of the four new 2009 Lincoln Pennies -- all of which celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth and the 100 anniversary of the cent -- for $8.95, plus $4.95 for shipping and handling.
The set includes a roll of 50 coins from Denver with the "D" mintmark and another roll from Philadelphia with the "P" mintmark.
2009 American Eagle Silver Coins Suspended
Rare 1876-CC 20 Cent Piece Leads Heritage Baltimore Event
Dallas, TX – A coin that was the result of the perfect confluence of partisan politics and poor planning in Reconstruction-era America, an 1876-CC 20 Cent piece graded MS64 by NGC, is among the highlights of Heritage Auction Galleries' March Baltimore, MD Signature® US Coin Auction, March 28 - 31. The coin, from The Belle Collection of Carson City Coinage, is one of less than 20 known surviving examples from a mintage of 10,000.
The 1876-CC 20 Cent piece, produced at the legendary Carson City mint, was an oddity even in its own time. For more than 80 years, quarters had been one of the nation's principal subsidiary coins. The idea of the 20 cent piece, however, hearkened back to the days, and ideas, of Thomas Jefferson.