Completing an extensive redesign of American currency, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s (BEP) new $100 bill takes aim at counterfeiters around the world with a goal to stop them in their tracks.
The new Benjamin Franklin note was unveiled Wednesday for the first time by top officials from the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Secret Service and the Federal Reserve
The banknote contains several security features designed to combat counterfeiting. The first and most notable change is a blue 3-D Security Ribbon found on the front. The ribbon contains micro-images of bells and 100s that switch back and forth as the note is tilted.
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Marking the first coin ever to be released under the new America the Beautiful Quarters Program, the United States Mint ceremoniously launched the 2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarters yesterday to a crowd estimated at well over a thousand.
2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter – Obverse and Reverse
The ceremony was held on the grounds of the Hot Springs National Park headquarters building, which is showcased on the reverse (tails side) of the new strike along with the thermal spring fountain located in front of the structure.
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15th winner of annual Heritage Auctions Survey of Clients drawing Dallas, TX — Continuing an annual tradition begun in 1996, Heritage Auction Galleries has awarded a Mint State High Relief [Saint-Gaudens] double eagle to Steven Strom, a collector from Idaho. The valuable rare coin was the Grand Prize in the 15th Annual Survey of Clients [...]
Autoworld Burns Rubber Good Morning, For the nth time this morning, the news feeds became swollen with news about Greece and the putative resolution to its months-long in-limbo financial situation. The very latest (but do not hold your breath over this one just yet) is that the country might ask for the ‘activation’ of the [...]
Winter Park, Florida. — Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC announced this week that their seventh Treasure Auction on April 7-9 realized $1.37 million (including buyer’s fees, same for all prices quoted here) and over 94% of the 2160 lots sold, well exceeding the pre-auction estimate. "Our latest auction proves that world coins and treasure items [...]
In a promising signal that the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollars are headed for a sell out sooner versus later, new weekly U.S. Mint sales figures show the commemoratives almost equaling their prior performance with another 22,261 sold. Since their release on March 23, 2010, 312,653, or 89.3 percent, of the maximum [...]
Funny Money — The Fight of the United States Secret Service against Counterfeit Money opened on Friday, April 9, 2010 at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Counterfeit $5 gold coin, dated 1869, made of gold plated platinum. In the 19th century, platinum was considered of little value in comparison to gold and was [...]
I Can See Clearly Now… Good Morning, Portions of the Icelandic ash cloud and dissipated along with some portion of the concerns about the fate of Greece’s debt overnight. Thus, risk-taking (in the air as well as on market floors) became manifest once again and attempts were made to get back to business as usual. [...]
As the nation prepares to commemorate ANZAC Day the Royal Australian Mint will stop to remember the lost soldiers of Fromelles with a special event at the Mint in Canberra. Lost Soldiers of Fromelles Australian Coin (Click image to enlarge) Guest speakers at the event include Lambis Englezos AM, the amateur historian and advocate whose [...]
The United States Mint today at noon ET began selling bags and rolls of Hot Springs National Park Quarters, the first coin issue in the U.S. Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters Program and the inaugural quarter-dollar in 2010. 2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter Rolls and Bags The offering kicks off the first of a [...]
