2009 October
Monthly Archives: October 2009
ANA Approves Balanced Budget
COLORADO SPRINGS – The American Numismatic Association Board of Governors has approved a balanced operating budget for the 2010 fiscal year (November 1,...
ANA Offers Digital Photography Seminar
The American Numismatic Association's Florence Schook School of Numismatics is coming to New Hampshire Oct. 24-25. "Fundamentals of Digital Photography" is offered in...
US Mint Gold Coin Price Increases… Again
Unless the London gold price average on Wednesday falls below $1035 an ounce, the US Mint will again increase the price of its gold...
2009 US Mint Uncirculated Sets Blazing Toward 400K
The 2009 US Mint Uncirculated Set continues to experience exceptionally strong collector demand with sales already at 43 percent of the final levels of the 2007 and 53 percent of the 2008 mint sets.
Between their launch on noon Thursday, Oct. 1, and to the following Sunday, coin collectors purchased an incredible 297,842 sets. Flash forward another week to Sunday, Oct. 11, and new sales reached 392,007 for a weekly gain of 94,165.
At $27.95 a pop for the set of 36 satin finished coins struck in uncirculated condition, the US Mint has generated nearly 11 million in sales in less than 1 1/2 weeks.
Braille Education Set Opening Sales Figures
The US Mint launched the Braille Education Set on Thursday, Oct. 8, at noon ET, and it has just released opening sales figures through...
Gold Strikes All-Time High at $1,065, Silver Touches $18
New York gold futures jumped to a new all-time high Tuesday as the US dollar continued to weaken against other world currencies...
$22,000 Reward Offered in New Jersey Coin Theft
(Fallbrook, California) – The Professional Numismatists Guild and six individual dealers are offering a combined total of $22,000 cash reward for information leading to...
Lincoln Coin & Chronicles Web Site Launched
Continuing the tradition of providing Web sites with quality up-to-date information in an easy to understand layout, CoinNews Media Group LLC is happy to...
First Child Ever to Design UK Coin Revealed
Nine-year-old Florence Jackson, from Bristol, was today revealed as the first child ever to work with the Royal Mint to design a UK coin.Florence...
Ponterio & Associates Offers 1,250 Lots of World Banknotes in Baltimore
IRVINE, Calif. -- Ponterio & Associates, a division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, will bring 1,250 lots of world paper money to Baltimore, Md.,...