Coin Chat Radio starts off this week with a couple of recent news events on Bob Van Ryzin’s ‘What’s In The News.’ First story is about the US Mint again raising its household order limit for 2009 UHR $20 Gold pieces, this time to a maximum of 25 per household. The prior increase was set [...]
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A bipartisan bill was introduced Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives that would authorized the United States Mint to strike silver dollars in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Congressman Jerrold Nadler [D-NY], representative of Ground Zero and Lower Manhattan, introduced the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Commemorative Coin Act of 2009, H.R. 3549.
The legislation would authorize the US Mint to issue up to 2,000,000 silver coins during 2011 to commemorate the 9/11 anniversary, and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.
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The Washington Pattern Coinage of Peter Getz includes a meticulous census of all specimens known, accompanied by pedigrees, auction records, weights, diameters, condition, detailed descriptions, and other pertinent data. George Fuld, Alan Meghrig, and George Frederick Kolbe are pleased to announce publication of a new book listing in detail all known specimens of the Silver [...]
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The Royal Mint has presented HRH The Prince of Wales, with a special gold edition of a medallion struck to commemorate the golden anniversary of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Cavalry) who have been serving in Afghanistan recently. The Prince of Wales is Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, but [...]
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To conclude its six-coin series "Austrian Railways" the Vienna mint is now issuing a 20-Euro silver commemorative coin dedicated to the "Railway of the Future." In the little over 150 years of its existence the railway has revolutionised the transportation and through it, the economies of the world and the life styles of its peoples. [...]
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Four numismatic news or coin blog articles are referenced on CoinNews every Tuesday and Thursday. These articles are not authored by us, but we recommend coin collectors read them for their unusual or interesting content. Here are today’s coin articles: Local coin shop owner awarded Mathew Pellegrion | Santa Rosa Press Gazette Whoever coined the [...]
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The Royal Australian Mint is holding a September Spring Cleaning Collector Auction, marking the first time it has held such an event. Set for September 12, 2009, the auction will occur at the Mint’s location on Denison Street in the Deakin suburb of the Australian Capital Territory. Registration for the event will start at 2:30 [...]
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