Monthly Archives: November 2008
Numismatic News and Blog Headlines – Nov 20, 2008
Civil Rights Commemorative Silver Dollar Coin Passes Congress
Adna G. Wilde Jr. Dies
Gold Gains 4.4% as Dollar Weakens
2009 Abraham Lincoln Silver Dollar Coin Designs Revealed
Commemorative 2009 Abraham Lincoln Silver Dollar Coin designs were revealed by the United States Mint on Wednesday during the annual Dedication Day Ceremony at Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The silver dollar will join four newly designed circulating pennies to celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth in 2009.
The ceremony occurred on the 145th anniversary of the dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address in 1863 and also where United States Mint Deputy Director Andrew Brunhart unveiled the commemorative Lincoln coin designs to the public.
Inflation Declines to 3.7% in October, Inflation Calculator Reflects Change
American Eagle 10th Anniversary Platinum Coins Return
Gold Declines as Inflation Pressures Ease
Royal Canadian Mint Launches 25-Cent Figure Skating Coin
Royal Canadian Mint's Vancouver 2010 commemorative circulation coin program continues with 25-cent figure skating coin. Canadians from coast to coast encouraged to hold onto their "lucky" quarters.
OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Mint's newest coin in the Vancouver 2010 collection is here! The sport of figure skating is depicted on the coin, which is the ninth of 17 circulation coins to commemorate the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The launch of the coin was celebrated yesterday in Vancouver with area youth and Vancouver 2010 mascots Quatchi, Miga and Sumi.
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