The 25th Mint Directors Conference was held in South Korea. Some 350 people from 48 nations, including central bank officials and representatives of coin minting machine companies were in attendance.

Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has introduced legislation to mint commemorative coins in honor of Mother’s Day. The purpose is recognize the important role of women in our community, but also help to fund scientific research into cancer and brittle bone disease. Sorry “fathers”, maybe next year. Perhaps we could have an entire series of commemoratives celebrating ALL of the fake commercial holidays !

Chet Krause of Krause Publications fame has written his autobiography at his sister’s insistence. It was reported that the proceeds from the book, “I’m Chet” will go to the Iola Historical Society in Wisconsin.

The Denver Post had an article on the new Adams Presidential Dollar and how it is going to help highlight National Stroke Awareness Month . I never even knew there was a Stoke awareness Month. Go figure.

An article appeared on Kitco by Howard Ruff, who among other things tries to explain Why Wall Street Hates Gold and Silver. The article is very entertaining but I have a hard time buying into the extreme apocalyptic scenarios. He may very well be right, but God; I think I will just go kill myself right now! (more…)