Coin News Daily – Recent Numismatic Headlines

By CoinLink on Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Filed Under: Coin News Daily

Rare Coins: Family Treasure or Ill-Gotten Goods?
New York Times
Roy Langbord had guessed that someone in his family might have hidden away a great treasure decades before, but not until his mother had him check a long-neglected safe-deposit box did he realize just how great it was. Inside the box, opened in 2003, he found an incredibly rare coin, wrapped in a delicate paper sleeve. It was a gold $20 piece with Lady Liberty on one side, a bald eagle flying across the other and, at Liberty’s left, the four digits that made it so valuable: 1933.
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Hoard of 10,000 Roman coins found
BBC – UK
At least 10,000 coins believed to be from the Roman era have been uncovered in Shropshire. Officials from Shropshire Council’s Museum Service said the coins, thought to be from 320 AD to 340 AD, were found in a large storage jar. They said the haul, found by an amateur treasure hunter, had been sent to experts in London to examine.
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United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program Announced
US Mint
The United States Mint today announced the nation will honor 56 national sites to be honored through the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Program. In 2010, the first year of the program, the agency will mint commemorative quarter-dollar coins honoring the Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Yosemite National Park in California, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon.
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Records Smashed with PCGS-Certified Coins at Holmes and Naftzger Auctions
Donn Pearlman – PCGS
Early American copper coins certified by Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) sold for record prices in the auctions of the Dan Holmes Collection of early date large cents (1793-1814) and the Ted Naftzger Collection of late date large cents (1840 – 1857), held September 6 and 7, 2009. The eagerly-awaited auctions were conducted in Beverly Hills, California by Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctions in association with McCawley and Grellman Numismatic Auctions. “This was the first time a large cent has ever sold for over $1 million in a public auction,” said Don Willis, President of PCGS.
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Time to Start Hunting for Low-Mintage Gold
PCGS – Video
The Dan Holmes Collection of U.S. Large Cents represents a unique accomplishment in American Numismatics. It is the most complete Large Cent collection by date and die variety ever formed either publicly or privately. The product of over 35 years of collecting, Mr. Holmes’ collection lacks only one unique early-date cent, the 1793 NC-5 (impounded in the ANS museum), and one late date, the unique 1851 N-42, for completeness.
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE OF THE FORMER ANA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
E-Sylum
Christopher Cipoletti, who was ousted as executive director of the American Numismatic Association, has been ordered to pay $53,500 in arbitration fees and costs to the ANA. Well, the “fees and costs” are pretty hefty. Although my E-Sylum headline was “ARBITRATOR ORDERS FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PAY ANA $53,500″, ANA Governor Joe Boling writes:
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