Welcome back to Coin Update!
We’re back to bring you a round up of coin collecting news and articles from around the internet! Sorry for the brief lack of updates, we’ll try to catch up with all that has happened with this expanded update. First, the US Mint announces the sites for the new America the Beautiful Quarters Program. Also, the price of gold briefly moves above $1000 per ounce, first time metal detectorist strikes it big, early and modern commemorative coins, Dan Holmes Large Cent Collection, Cash4Gold vs the internet, the Redfield hoard, and notable auctions. On to the links…
The US Mint has announced the full register of 56 National Parks and National Sites which will be featured in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program starting in 2010.
See the America The Beautiful Quarters News Roundup from Coin Update.
News of the upcoming quarter series was distributed far and wide and even reached USA Today. The title of the article refers to “National Park Quarters”, as most collectors have been referring to the series until now.
As we get back up to speed, here are some additional quick US Mint News updates from Mint News Blog.
This week the price of gold moved above the $1,000 level for the first time this year. While looking for an interesting article to link, I came across this one with some noteworthy quotes from former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan: Rising prices of precious metals and other commodities are “an indication of a very early stage of an endeavor to move away from paper currencies.”
An amateur metal detectorist finds more than 10,000 Roman coins. Amazingly, the coins were discovered on his first ever treasure hunt.
Coin Values Online examines the market for modern commemoratives from the low mintage issues like the 1995-W Jackie Robinson $5 to the lower mintage phenomenon for uncirculated versus proof coins.
As a nice complement, here’s the story of one of the early commemorative coins. When all was said and done, the Oregon Trail Commemorative was released over 13 years with 14 distinct issues.
Some highlights of the Dan Holmes Large Cent auction with a linked video. The results included a record breaking $1,260,000 paid for the 1795 Reeded Edge Shelton-79.
A nice look at the Washington Quarter series, within the context of collecting the series from pocket change during te 1960s.
Cash4Gold has filed lawsuits against internet website the Consumerist and a former employee who had spoken out against some of the company’s practices. I recently wrote my own Cash 4 Gold Review – someone from the company did stop by to comment on the article.
A Paul Green article which examines the Redfield Silver Dollar hoard along with a bit of biographical information about LaVere Redfield.
And now for some notable auctions. As mentioned in one of today’s articles, the 1997-W Jackie Robinson $5 Gold Commemorative, uncirculated version. The auction runs with no reserve.
The low mintage 2006-W Uncirculated $50 Platinum Eagle graded NGC MS 70.
A 2009 Professional Life Lincoln Cent, which attained the lofty grade of NGC MS 68 RD.
Last, a 2000 Sacagawea Dollar Error Coin. It features a 130 degree rotated die and grades PCGS MS65.
