Get Government Out of Coin Manufacture
By George Selgin, Numismatic News
Coin dealers and collectors are still reeling from the U.S. Mint’s announcement that it had run out of American Eagle gold coins. But what ought to surprise every American isn’t that a government agency came up short. It’s that the U.S. government should be making little metal discs at all. Coin shortages are nothing new. A few months before running out of gold Eagles, the U.S. Mint had to ration silver Eagles. Not long before that, pennies were in very short supply.
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Bank of Latvia releases new ten-lat bills
Baltic Course
Starting October 1 2008, the Bank of Latvia will release new ten-lat bills with improved security features, LETA learned from the Bank of Latvia. According to the Bank of Latvia press secretary Martins Gravitis, the Bank of Latvia supplements the coin and bill stocks to meet the demand for the respective coins and bills, and each time it happens the new bills and coins have improved security.
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Romania Coins Issued Fitfully Under Reign of Carol
By Bob Reis, World Coin News
The Russian claim to be the “protector” of Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman empire was promulgated in the mid-19th century as a pretext for acquisition of territory on Russia’s borders. This national urge to control buffer states is probably a psychological thing: the Chinese built walls, the Russians occupied their neighbors. The results have frequently reshaped the map.
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Where are all the sets?.
By Mark Ferguson - COIN VALUES
Just a few years ago, date sets in a wide assortment were commonly offered by mail-order merchants and at coin shops. Collectors had their pick of Brillant Uncirculated sets such as 1934 to 1958 Lincoln cents, 1938 to date Jefferson 5-cent coins, 1941 to 1964 Washington quarter dollars and the complete set of Kennedy half dollars. Kennedy half dollar sets usually included Proofs.
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