Coin News Daily September 24, 2008

By CoinLink on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Filed Under: Coin News Daily

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee Meets Today
US Mint
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m. (ET) on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at United States Mint headquarters at 801 9th Street NW, Washington D.C. 20220. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct business related to the CCAC’s responsibility to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on themes and designs pertaining to United States coinage.
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Namibia: Shipwreck Explorers in Race Against Time
By Werner Menges – All Africa
Two and a half weeks more – this is the only time a multinational team of archaeologists have left to salvage what they can from the site where the remains of a centuries-old shipwreck emerged from the ocean floor near Oranjemund on April 1.
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Dollars Aren’t Only Coins Not Circulating
By Dan Knauth, Numismatic News
It’s been reported that the Mint is going to be encourage people to use the dollar coin in targeted cities. They’re probably paying a marketing company hundreds of thousands instead of facing facts. Other than a few coin collectors, people do not like the dollar coin. They should change the dollar coin, or just give up on it.
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How to spot a counterfeit pound coin
Mirror.UK
We might have no trouble spotting a phoney fiver or a bent tenner. But how easy is it to tell whether the pound coins in your pocket are, er, the full shilling? Not very, according to this week’s news from the Royal Mint, which revealed that as many as one in every 50 pound coins is counterfeit.
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The new Lincoln pennies are dishonest about Honest Abe
By Jason Cochran, Wallet Pop
The U.S. Mint is officially the P.T. Barnum of currency. It’s addicted to showmanship. Yesterday, in a heartwarmingly goofy ceremony at Washington DC’s Lincoln Memorial, an actor dressed as Abe unveiled its four new designs for the penny, all of which will be released in 2009 to commemorate the 200th birthday of the put-upon Civil War president. They’re just the latest pocket party favors for our ongoing patriotic fervor.
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Spain claims ‘proof’ of Spanish origin of Odyssey treasure
Canada.com
Spain’s government said Tuesday it has proof of the Spanish origin of treasure recovered from a wreck in the Atlantic by deep-sea explorer firm Odyssey, and demanded the U.S. company hand it back.”Spain yesterday (Monday) presented to the court in Tampa (Florida) the proof” that the treasure came from the wreck of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, the culture ministry said in a statement.
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Experts Predict News Record Highs for Gold
By Pat Heller, Market Update
In the past week or so, the spot prices of gold and silver have risen more than 20 percent and 25 percent, respectively, from their recent lows. The prices of gold and silver bullion-priced products have gone up by even higher percentages as buyers scrambled to purchase any coins or ingots they could find.
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