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Coin Collecting NewsCoin News Daily June 23, 2009
The Dubious Mint Marks
By Mike Sargent – PCGS
In this article, we will look at a few examples of added mint marks. Added mint marks are commonplace with several series of U.S. coins. The easiest way to distinguish between genuine and added mint marks is to know the subtle nuances of an original coin. For instance, on Morgan dollars, there is a significant difference in luster between dollars produced in San Francisco and those minted in Philadelphia, as well as the strike of the coin. An “S” mint mark adhered to a Philadelphia dollar is the most commonly encountered Morgan counterfeit.
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Official 2009 World’s Fair of Money Medals Now Available
ANA
The official medal for the American Numismatic Association’s 118th Anniversary Convention, August 5-9 in Los Angeles, is now available. Designed by Garrett & Michelle Burke and Alex Shagin, the medal celebrates the convention’s host city and the grandeur of numismatics.
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Danes Arrested for Bringing Coins to Russia
By Bob Reis, World Coin News
I started writing this survey of Russian numis-history just about the time the bubble burst. Russian coins and notes had been on a roll, price-wise, for getting on seven years. The rise had been built by Russian prosperity – the top end by the numismatic vanity of Russian nouveaux riches, the lower end, where I live and work, dragged along by rising middle class prosperity and investor me-tooism.
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Is old better than new?
By Steve Roach for COIN VALUES
Collectors’ appetite for Morgan dollars seems to be heartiest at the high and low levels of the market, leaving the middle wanting for activity, as evidenced by activity and auctions at the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo in June. Bowers & Merena conducted an auction with many mid-range Morgan and Peace dollars. Nearly all of these traded around wholesale levels, although a high sell-through rate shows that buyers are actively stocking up at these lower prices.
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Reeds on dollar
by Ken Potter
A 2007-P George Washington Presidential dollar with a serrated edge that seems to defy logic has been reported to me by Rodger L. Poole of Fairborn, Ohio. The coin appears to have a serrated or reeded edge as you would find on a Roosevelt dime, Washington quarter or Kennedy half dollar and last seen on a business-strike dollar on the Susan B. Anthony coin.
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Royal Canadian Mint celebrates bobsleigh with launch of latest 25-cent coin
Royal Canadian Mint
Although snow isn’t readily available in most parts of Canada at this time of year, the Royal Canadian Mint is inviting Canadians to celebrate an exciting winter sport with the latest circulation coin in its Vancouver 2010 collection – the 25-cent coin featuring bobsleigh. To celebrate the launch of the coin, a special coin exchange will be held today in Calgary at the RBC Branch on Stephen Avenue Mall with special guest, Canadian bobsleigh athlete and RBC Olympian, Shelley-Ann Brown.
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INTERVIEW WITH ART OF COUNTERFEITING AUTHOR
E-Sylum
Two weeks ago I excerpted a review of the new book by Jason Kersten, The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter. An E-Sylum reader forwarded this story, a TIME magazine interview with the author. -Editor But the U.S. Treasury Department was no match for Art Williams, one of the most inventive and prolific counterfeiters of recent decades. After learning the craft at 16 from his mother’s boyfriend, Williams, the product of a tough neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, went on to print an estimated $10 million in fake money by outmaneuvering the government’s ever-tightening security measures.
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ANA’s World’s Fair of Money Tours Highlight History and Glamour of Los Angeles
PCGS
Attendees of the American Numismatic Association’s 2009 World’s Fair of Money®, August 5-9 in Los Angeles, can take advantage of special tours that explore the glamour and culture of one of the world’s most exciting cities. Tours include visits to famous museums, sports venues, restaurants and Hollywood hotspots. Bus tours and walking tours depart from the Los Angeles Convention Center, where the convention takes place. Take advantage of early discounts through July 10. To register for a tour or event, visit www.worldsfairofmoney.com and select the “I Want to Attend” button. For more information, call 719-482-9857 or e-mail convention@money.org.
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