Collectors will now pay a few dollars more for 3-inch, 1.5-inch and 1.3125-inch bronze medals made and sold by the United States Mint. The US Mint, as mandated by law, produces a variety of medals ranging from Presidential, First Spouse, Historical, Humanitarian, Cultural and Military. The 1.3125-inch First Spouse bronze medals were the first to [...]
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The United States Mint today released the first set of opening sales figures for the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollars. The new commemorative coin sales numbers follow the announcement by US Mint Director Moy that total sales reached 200,000 between their release last Tuesday, March 23, to Saturday morning, March 27. Then, [...]
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This week, the Professional Coin Grading Service announced "The Big One," a service called PCGS Secure Plus — a new service line that will be an option for most collectors except for rare and ultra rare coins which must be certified by PCGS Secure Plus.
The significant part of this service is that PCGS is adding modern computer imaging to coin grading.
Coins grade through Secure Plus will be scanned by an optical device that will map the surface of the coin creating a digital signature of its characteristics that can be used for later reference. The digital signature is a unique identification of the coin that can withstand potential coin doctoring and to prevent the users from removing the coin from the slab to try to have it graded higher. It can also be used to determine if the coin was doctored from its previous submission such as being artificially toned.
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The two-day conference, "Portable Antiquities: Archaeology, Collecting, Metal Detecting", organized by the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) and the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies (ICCHS) was well attended and conducted in a spirit of friendly cooperation. Although withdrawal of the National Council for Metal Detecting (NCMD) prior to the event left questions in [...]
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The United States Mint announced today that it has sold out of the 2009 American Buffalo One Ounce Gold Proof Coins, a statement which does not come as much of a surprise to collectors. The most recent sales figures released by the Mint showed the Buffalos standing at 49,388 sold – a number that would [...]
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The United States Mint on Friday released the Millard and Abigail Fillmore Presidential $1 Coin & First Spouse Metal Set for a price of $11.95. The combination marks the first release in 2010 and the fourteenth since the Presidential dollar and First Spouse coin programs began in 2007. As described in the product name, the [...]
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