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Showing results 41 - 50 of 72 for the tag: Coins.
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Makeover for Sacagawea Dollar – 2009 Heralds New Reverse (7/7/08)
 A new design for the reverse of the Sacagawea dollar coin is mandated by Congress. The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee viewed many designs in June and selected a female Indian planting maze (corn) in a field. This design is intended for use on the 2009 dollar coin, the first featuring a Native American theme. Each year thereafter a different Native American design will appear.
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Kate Moss, Latin Art, a Gold Rush Coin, & Insuring Collectibles (7/7/08)
In eccentric collectibles, model Kate Moss drops a hair extension in Berlin that results in bids on eBay and in fine art, a contested painting sets a new record for a Latin work. Iowan floods that brought the heartbreaking loss of a baseball legend’s memorabilia prompts an article on sports collectibles insurance, a Gold Rush-era coin is put on display, and a doll hits the big screen.
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Mint Offers Presidential Dollars at Face Value (7/1/08)
 Presidential dollars are now available directly from the U.S. Mint at face value. Collectors and others can now order up to $500 in rolls of Uncirculated Presidential dollars for each president as the coins become available. The Mint will pay the standard shipping costs.
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Wood’s Hibernia Coinage (6/23/08)
 England consistently ignored the American Colonists and made no effort to provide gold or silver coins, or small change in any form for their convenience. The English Mercantile System relied on exports from the colonies and sought to control trade by limiting the amount of hard money paid.
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Rare World Coins Coming into their Own (6/17/08)
 A gold aureus of Severus Alexander showing the colosseum realized $800,000 in the Mellennia sale auctioned by Ira and Larry Goldberg May 26. The auction realized $23,024,765.00. The firm said this might be the highest single-day world coin auction total ever.
A gold aureus of Brutus realized $575,000.00. The coin was graded Choice AU by NGC.
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Quality Coins Bring Record Prices at Goldberg and Heritage Auctions (6/17/08)
 High-grade gold from the Ohringer Family Trust collection and other consignments brought an 11 million dollar windfall at the Ira and Larry Goldberg May auction. The 1930-S gold $20 alone in MS-64 PQ was bid to $130,000 in the Goldberg sale.
A specimen 1891 quarter sold for $161,000 in the Heritage Long Beach sale. The 1794 silver dollar sold also for $161,000 at this same auction.
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At the 2008 Whitman Coin and Currency Convention (6/11/08)
 Gold and silver, platinum and kids. The 36th Annual Coin and Currency Convention in Baltimore, Maryland last weekend had quite a lot of all that, plus so much more. This is where you can both be a long time collector and still enjoy learning like a kid. That’s what I found out when I followed the kids to see Patti Jagger Finner at the Kid’s Korner.
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