Ultra High Relief Ceremony @ Phila Mint-1
Part 1 of 2 – Remarks by United States Mint Director Edmund. C Moy at the Philadelphia Mint ribbon cutting to commemorate the public release of the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle gold coin. Recorded on February 3, 2009 by Jason D. O’Grady from the Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS) www.accoins.org … US Mint Coin Gold Double Eagle Numismatics Edmund Moy Philadelphia
US Mint Product Schedule Update for September
For the second time in two weeks, the US Mint has updated its 2009 Product Schedule.
Last week the schedule was revised to include dates for August offerings. Thursday the Mint provided specific dates for collector coin and set releases through to September.
Captivatingly within the new schedule are several coin products the Mint has mentioned but not yet fully described:
- 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent Proof Set
- United States Mint Braille Education Set
- United States Mint Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set
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Gold Rises as Oil Surges and Dollar Drops, Silver Advances
Gold broke away from a two-day losing streak Thursday as markets reversed directions from the day prior. The U.S. dollar fell with a thud as crude-oil recovered with a rallying frenzy and U.S. stocks jumped to near nine-month highs. Silver and platinum also gained.
In New York trading futures for bullion:
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Silver for September delivery gained 22.7 cents, or 1.7 percent, to $13.485 an ounce.
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Gold for August delivery rose $7.70, or 0.8 percent, to $934.90 an ounce.
- October platinum climbed $16.80, or 1.4 percent, to $1,189.00 an ounce.
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Szasz to be Honored with ANA’s Numismatic Art Award
Merlin Szasz is the 2009 recipient of the American Numismatic Association’s Numismatic Art Award for Excellence in Medallic Sculpture. The Rhode Island artist will accept the honor Aug. 8 at the ANA World’s Fair of Money® in Los Angeles.
Born in Lima, Ohio, Szasz earned a bachelor’s degree in art education from Bowling Green State University and a master’s in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He received the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award for Sculpture (1964-65) and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching (1996). Szasz is currently a professor of design in Foundation Studies at RISD.
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David Lange, Diane Piret to Receive ANA’s Lifetime Achievement Awards
Hobby contributors and advocates David W. Lange and Diane Piret will both receive the American Numismatic Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award on Aug. 8 during the World’s Fair of Money® in Los Angeles.
Lange resides in Florida and is a numismatic researcher and author who serves as Research Director at Numismatic Guaranty Corporation. His studies of U.S. coin series have received numerous awards, and his books have become standard hobby guides.
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Numismatic News: Most Hyped Coin, First Spouse Gold Coins, Battleship Note
July 30: Four numismatic news or coin blog articles are referenced on CoinNews every Tuesday and Thursday. These articles are not authored by us, but we recommend coin collectors read them for their unusual or interesting content. Here are today’s coin articles:
The Most Hyped Coin in History
Susan Headley | About.com: Coins
Have you ever wondered why some error coins are so well-known and worth so much money, while others are virtually ignored? Take, for example, the 1937-D 3-legged Buffalo Nickel. The missing leg was caused by a Mint worker being careless while cleaning a coin die; he accidentally erased part of the leg. This sort of accidental erasure is known to exist on most circulating coin types to a greater or lesser degree. Why do we know about the 3-legged Buffalo Nickel, and why are specimens worth many hundreds of dollars or more? ..
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US Mint Coin Sales: Proof Sets Dominate, Silver Eagles Reach Record
Proof sets could hardly perform better for the US Mint and bullion silver eagles continue to flash forward at a striking pace. The numbers do the talking…
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In a single week, 37,232 more Mint Proof Sets sets were sold, bringing the total to 888,329 since June 1.
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As of July 17, collectors purchased an arresting 350,572 Silver Proof Sets with 79,200 added in a week.
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And to top it off, American Eagle Silver bullion coins sprung past 16 million for the year and 2,585,000 for a yet to be completed July — already registering the second best month and continuing at a record-setting yearly pace.
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Heritage to Offer Two Spectacular Mercury Dimes at the Platinum Night Auction Tomorrow
July 31, 2009 by admin
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At the upcoming Heritage Platinum Night sale taking place July 31st in Los Angeles, two exceptional Mercury Dimes are being offered.
1916-D 10C MS67 Full Bands NGC. Lot 1074 The 1916-D, as the most famous key date in the Mercury dime series, is popularly called a rarity. In most grades, whether or not it deserves to be called “rare” depends on one’s perspective; the early series collector, for example, who delves into the minutiae that differentiate the die pair with only five known from the one with thousands of survivors, might scoff at the idea of the 1916-D dime, a 20th century issue with a mintage of slightly over a quarter-million pieces, being considered rare.
At the MS67 Full Bands level, however, its condition rarity must be respected. This coin is one of just two MS67 Full Bands representatives certified by NGC, tied with six others graded by PCGS for the finest known (6/09).
Key-date coins so fine rarely change hands, and the appearance of this remarkable, sharply struck Superb Gem at auction is an event. Heritage has offered an MS67 Full Bands example only once before, in its April 2001 Central States auction, which saw the PCGS-certified William Dominick specimen hammered down for a six-figure sum. In the eight years since, demand for Mercury dimes, particularly the key dates in top grades, has only grown.
This is the first 1916-D dime sold in the top grade of MS-67FB, PCGS or NGC in at least 8 years. The last time such a top graded 1916-D 10c was auction was from the Dominick collection in April 2001
1945 10C MS67 Full Bands NGC. Lot 1078 The 1945 Full Bands dime is the most famous “strike rarity” in American numismatics. Mint State 1945 dimes are sufficiently common that they are sometimes available by the roll. But invariably, the majority of pieces are weakly defined on the all-important central bands. This issue has an original mintage exceeding 159 million pieces, but Full Bands examples account for a tiny percentage of all Mint State survivors.
Specifically, NGC and PCGS combined have certified fewer than 125 1945 dimes with Full Bands, primarily in the near-Gem to Gem levels of preservation (6/09). Needless to say, high-grade, sharply struck, pristine 1945 examples are among the more highly prized coins in this 20th century series.
The present 1945 Full Bands offering in the lofty grade of MS67 may well be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Mercury dime aficionado. It is the finest Full Bands specimen graded by NGC, and one of the four finest seen by both services.
The last 1945-P MS-67FB to be auctioned was in April 2001
Gold Falls with Oil as Dollar Gains, Silver Slides
Gold stepped back Wednesday for a second straight day as the U.S. dollar surged and crude-oil prices plunged. Platinum and silver also fell. In other market news, U.S. stocks ended modestly lower.
In New York trading futures for bullion:
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Silver for September delivery plummeted 48 cents, or 3.5 percent, to $13.26 an ounce.
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Gold for August delivery fell $11.90, or 1.3 percent, to $927.20 an ounce.
- October platinum dropped $24.40, or 2.0 percent, to $1,172.20 an ounce.
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Ronald Reagan Gold and Silver Coins Proposed
The relative silence on the coin legislation front was broken Friday with the introduction of a new bill seeking to celebrate former President Ronald Reagan’s life with gold and silver coins.
The Ronald Reagan Commemorative Coin Act of 2009, or H.R. 3341 for short, is the first bill in July and one of only a handful in the last three months that have been brought forward in the U.S. House of Representatives.
H.R. 3341 would authorize the United States Mint to strike up to 50,000 $5 gold coins and a maximum of 300,000 $1 silver coins in 2013. It was introduced by Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH] and has the current support of 29 cosponsors.
In atypical fashion, the bill is more succinct than most when it comes to coin design. The obverse or heads side of the coin would bear an image of Ronald Reagan as most would expect. The unusual details comes with specific directions for the opposite side of the coin.
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