2008 July
Monthly Archives: July 2008
PNG Honors Award Winners, John Dannreuther Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
(Baltimore, Maryland) – The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to well-known researcher, author and rare coin dealer John "J.D." Dannreuther...
2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin Preview Images
The United States Mint will reveal the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin at the ANA World's Fair of Money® this week, but excited collectors don't need to wait to see what the gold piece looks like. The U.S. Mint has provided high resolution images of the coin's obverse, reverse and edge.
While highlighting the beauty of the 1907 Augustus Saint-Gaudens' $20 Double Eagle liberty design, the coin photos makes the width of the gold piece immediately apparent. In piedfort like style, the $20 gold coin is about 50% thicker than other US Mint one-ounce gold coins.
Gold Hits One-Month Low with Oil, Stocks and Dollar Rise
New York silver, gold and platinum dropped Tuesday as investors sold the metals in light of falling crude oil prices, a sharply rising...
Super-Sized, Eight Ounce Silver Park Quarters Proposed
The latest congressional National Parks Quarter proposal calls for a massive three-inch, eight ounce silver collector coin.
An amazing size that would quite easily...
ANA World’s Fair of Money® Coin and Event Highlights
The American Numismatic Association World's Fair of Money® convention is packed with exciting collector opportunities and coin exhibits. Beginning Wednesday, July...
Mint Error News Magazine, Issue #24 is Published
The newest edition of Mint Error News Magazine, issue #24, is now available for free viewing and download. The quarterly magazine is published by...
Previously Unaccounted 1943-S Bronze Cent Acquired by Rare Coin Wholesalers
(Dana Point, California) -- A previously unrecorded 1943-S Lincoln cent, erroneously struck on a bronze planchet and found in circulation by a teenaged collector...
Bullion & Business Weekend Report – July 26
Gold took its negative direction this week from tumbling oil prices and a stronger US dollar. Platinum faired worse by reaching toward six-month lows...
BEP Prints 649.6 Million Notes Worth $15.5 Billion in June
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was slow in reporting June printed banknote totals, but they picked up the pace in bottom line...
Platinum Proof Coins Resumed, Prices Outrageous… What Was the Mint Thinking?
The United States Mint resumed sales of 2008 American Eagle Platinum Proof coins Thursday and the new prices are mind-blowing. One coin's premium is...