Bullion & Business Weekend Report – July 19
NASA Commemorative Coin Bill Passes Twice in House
Royal Canadian Mint’s “Million Dollar Coin” on Display at CNA Convention
Gold Gains, Silver and Platinum Drop with Oil
Platinum Uncirculated American Eagle Coin Sale Officially Announced by Mint
Platinum Night Rarities Shine in Heritage’s July 2008 Baltimore ANA Signature...
Dallas, TX. Significant and classic rarities from all series in American numismatics are available in Heritage's Platinum Night catalog for the Official Auction of the Baltimore 2008 ANA World's Fair of Money®. The auction will be held in Baltimore July 30 - Aug. 3, with Platinum Night on July 31, 2008. The auction is now posted by Heritage Auction Galleries on their HA.com website, and all lots are available for inspection and bidding.
"The great rarities included in this auction are dazzling," commented Heritage President Greg Rohan, "and in such a strong market, we predict that many records will be set.
The Baltimore ANA contains rarities from 400 consignors, but I must call special attention to the magnificent gold in Part Five of the Stephen Stokely Collection (his $20 Saint-Gaudens Registry Collection) and the Pierson MacDonald Grieve Collection, the Large Cents of the Joshua Collection;
Bush Signs Disabled Veterans Silver Dollar Coin Act into Law
Royal Canadian Mint Releases 2008’s Third Issue of Collector Coins
Ottawa, Ontario, July 16, 2008 – History and innovative design combine to produce yet another outstanding series of Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) collector coins with the introduction of fine silver rectangular coins emulating a long-lost currency of our past: New France's playing card money.
The innovation and design creativity continues with a new crystal-embedded fine silver raindrop coin, a new Royal Effigies Series coin featuring King Edward VII, as well as gold and silver coins celebrating yet another Canadian Achievement, the world-famous IMAX film standard, among several others captivating themes.
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