Coin Collecting

The United States Mint has announced that the Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin is now on sale to the public. However the supply of these coins will depend on the availability of gold blanks. The obverse shows Liberty striding forward. A young eagle in flight is depicted on the reverse. The sculptor Augustus Saint - Gaudens originally designed the 1907 Ultra High Relief Double Gold Eagle Coin, which was never put into circulation. The 2009 coin will be mounted in a wood platform and contained within a highly lacquered mahogany wood box. A special companion book will also be included.

WASHINGTON - The nation’s capital now has its own quarter.

The U.S. Mint on Monday released the coin featuring Washington native and jazz great Duke Ellington at his piano. It also has an…

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ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2009) — One thousand three hundred year old Chanukah money in Jerusalem: a hoard of more than 250 gold coins was exposed December 11 in the excavations the Israel Antiquities…

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ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2009) — One thousand three hundred year old Chanukah money in Jerusalem: a hoard of more than 250 gold coins was exposed December 11 in the excavations the Israel Antiquities…

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Italian investigators organised dozens of raids this week and made scores of arrests as part of a nation wide investigation into an alleged criminal network that was said to have produced at least a million fake Euro notes and coins. The police have said that the operation started as a probe into drug dealing and subsequently discovered the counterfeiting network.

Free Encyclopedia of Coins Encourages Editing Like Wikipedia

Professional Coin Grading Service introduces CoinFacts Wiki, a public encyclopedia of U.S. and World coins located at…

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Coins are often used as “index fossils” by archaeologists. An index fossil is a fossil with which paleontologists are familiar that is also known to have lived during a specific time period and in a…

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It is interesting how our view of coins and their importance and rarity has evolved. The 1927-D Saint-Gaudens double eagle was not seen as one of the most important Saint-Gaudens double eagles for…

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“In a struggling economy, … rare coin collection increases in value and demand because coins and precious metals are a better hedge against inflation than sports collectibles.”

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For more than a year, the marine salvage company Odyssey Marine Exploration has been embroiled in a legal battle with the government of Spain over the rights to a site they call…

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