Monthly Archives: July 2009
Transformers Collectible Silver Coins Launched
Available now from the Perth Mint are two coins that are ready to slug it out against each other, like the figures they represent. The Transformers Silver Proof Collector Coins, one featuring the heroic Autobots leader Optimus Prime and the other depicting the evil Deceptacon leader Megatron, were minted with the approval of Hasbro and Dreamworks.
Sure to capture the interest of coin collectors, movie fans and more importantly the eye's of the young who may step toward a new hobby in numismatics, each coin is struck in an ounce of silver and in collector proof condition.
Bill Seeks to Reduce Taxes on Precious Metals Coins
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US Mint Sales Figures: 2009 Proof Sets Surge, Pennies Rise
UK 20p Undated Error Coins Commanding Huge Premiums
News of an error in UK's Royal Mint 20 pence coin (20p) blasted through the media this week, creating an intensified fervor in collectors trying to find and buy the coins.
Prices for the coin, which have a face value of about 33 cents US, have shot up with auction bidding reaching as high as several hundred dollars. (See current eBay auctions.)
According to reports, the Mint issued tens of thousands "year-less" 20p coins toward the end of 2008.