Welcome back to Coin Update!
We are back for one more round up of coin collecting news to take you into the weekend. First, this past week has actually been National Coin Week and there were a few articles and events to mark the occasion around the internet. Also, the next 2009 Lincoln Cent Two Roll Set, the latest coin legislation, most valuable US coins, Argentina coin shortage, the 2010 Lincoln Penny design, completing your coin set, and notable auctions. On to the links…
This week is National Coin Week. I have not seen very many mentions around the internet. Here are the ones that I was able to find: The ANA held a scavenger hunt for coins related to Abraham Lincoln. The US Mint’s HIP Pocket Change provides a numismatic activity for each day of the week. Dave Harper mentions an event held in Brockton Massachusetts. The U.S. Coin Collecting featured a series of puzzles. And here’s a review of children’s books dealing with coins along with lesson plans and activities. Any other National Coin Week articles, events, or activities out there? Please post them in the comments.
The US Mint officially announces the launch date for the second 2009 Lincoln Cent Two Roll Set for the “Rail Splitter” penny design. There will also be a few other places you can get the new cents at face value.
The latest commemorative coin proposal is one that has already been attempted several times before. It seeks to authorize coins for the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefields.
What are the ten most valuable US Coins? Here’s the list from Forbes.com along with a nice image gallery.
The Wall Street Journal revisits the coin shortage in Argentina. A group of shop owners have decided to issue their own “money” in the form of tickets redeemable for 110% face value at the customer’s next visit.
The Commission of Fine Arts has selected a bundle of wheat stalks as their preferred design for the 2010 Lincoln Cent. The image represents unity and carries the inscription “ONE NATION.”
An article about the process of buying a key date coin to fill the last hole in your collection, aptly titled, Finish the Set but Don’t Let it Finish You.
And now for some notable auctions.First, the 2008-W Uncirculated Gold Eagle 4 Coin Set. This will be the last year for the Uncirculated “W” fractional coins and all have low mintages.
Next, a complete set of Buffalo Nickels. The coins are circulated, but all coins show a full date.
Last, a 1978 Washington Quarter struck on a nickel planchet. The coin is certified by PCGS with the high grade of MS66.
That wraps up another week. Enjoy your weekend!
It has been brought to the attention of U.S. Coin Collecting and other numismatic social groups that the design “recommended” by the fine arts commission is basically a reworking of a older design featured in several Communist and Socialist countries of the past. Is this the best they can come up with? It looks like the south side of a north bound turkey.
I ask you, the collecting community, should we readily accept this design which instead of reflecting what America stands for, depicts what it’s always stood against? Obviously the fine arts council did not do their homework! They are apparently not numismatists, and are probably political appointee’s.
Since we leave politics to the politicians why not leave coin design recommendation’s to the numismatist? We deserve better than what we’ve been getting on our coins! I say give us a design America can be proud of, like one of the Shield designs in reference to the “Shield of the Union” and do away with coins that promote anything like communism or socialism.