Welcome to Coin Update! Here’s your Thursday morning round up of coin collector news from around the web. First up, point and counterpoint on the “New Gold Rush.” More reactions to eBay’s fee changes, Oklahoma Quarters, a rare coin fetches a top price, the Museum of Finance moves, and more. The Wall Street Journal recently [...]
January 31, 2008: The New Gold Rush, Oklahoma State Quarters, 1870-S Seated Liberty Dollar
January 30, 2008: eBay Fee Decrease/Increase, Coin Dealers, Coin Recessions
Good morning and welcome to another edition of Coin Update! Readers will remember that eBay announced that they would be reducing some of their fees for sellers. Well, they did decrease fees, but increased commissions. Another coin related video, coin dealers, and recession. Ebay follows through on their promise to decrease fees, but at the [...]
January 29, 2008: Gold and Platinum Rise, “Doctored” Coins Appear, 1913 Liberty Nickels, Error Coins
Good morning and welcome to Coin Update! As usual, we will be taking a look at some of the most important and interesting coin collecting news and information from around the web. Gold and platinum continue their run. “Doctored coins” submitted for third party grading significantly increase. If you can’t get your hands on a [...]
January 28, 2008: US Mint Apology, Sacagawea, Brittania, Coin of the Year
Welcome to another edition of Coin Update. Here’s the daily (and weekend) round up of coin collecting news from around the web. First, there’s finally some closure around the recent issues with the US Mint’s website. A power issue leads gold higher, another 1969-S Double Die Lincoln Cent surfaces, Brittania, Sacagawea, and the Coin of [...]
January 25, 2008: Gold Bubble, eBay reduces fees, PCI for Sale, Sunken Treasure Dispute
Good morning and welcome to Coin Update! After taking a daily survey of the web, Coin Update will bring you a round up of the most important or interesting items for Coin Collectors. Today’s items include speculation that the Fed might be causing a Gold Bubble, good news from eBay, sunken treasure, and a one [...]
January 24, 2008: US Mint Back Online, Meg Whitman Retires, ANA, FUN
Welcome to another edition of Coin Update! Today there’s some good news for anyone who has been waiting for the US Mint to get back online so they can place their orders for the new Bald Eagle Commemoratives. Also a couple of stories around eBay, one of the most popular markets for coins. The US [...]
January 23, 2008: US Mint Website Outage, Gold, Cable TV, State Quarters
Welcome to your Wednesday edition of Coin Update! Here’s a round up of coin collecting news from around the web. Susan Headley finally gets some answers about the ongoing US Mint Website Outage. The Price of Gold reverses course after an emergency rate cut. Detecting counterfeit coins based on sound. An interesting article about how [...]
January 22, 2008
Welcome to today’s Coin Update. Here’s your daily round up of coin news from around the web. Fire at the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg. Coin Collector’s Blog explores George T. Morgan’s design for an unreleased $100 Union Gold Coin. Gold and other precious metals decline with equities. Can you guess the value of coins [...]
January 21, 2008
Hello and welcome to the second edition of Coin Update! Here’s a run down of some notable coin related stories from around the web. The price of gold has been soaring. How is this affecting jewelery sales? Guam launches a project to design the 2009 Guam Quarter. This humorous video about new George Bush Coins [...]
January 20, 2008
Welcome to the first installment of Coin Update! You can visit the site each day for round up of coin collecting news from around the internet. Coin Collector’s Blog weighs in on The Mint’s Web Crash. Insider trading in Odyssey Marine Exploration stock. Are you collecting the new Bald Eagle Commemoratives? A surcharge on each [...]