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Coin News for March 5, 2010
American Numismatic Society Digital Publications Project
Ancient World Online Blogspot
The American Numismatic Society is developing an infrastructure for the digital publication of numismatic catalogs, exhibitions, articles, and other materials. As a general rule, this system will take advantage of existing standards and tools whenever possible. This means that texts will be encoded using the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and that the Text Encoding Initiative’s (TEI) xml dtd’s and schemas will be used where appropriate. Further information about the TEI is available at its web site. There are many good starting points for learning about xml, including www.xml.org and the much more technical World Wide Web consortium’s xml site.
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David Lawrence Rare Coins Acquires “King of Barber Coinage”
Stella Coin News
As the auction moved along, the lots moved quickly to the Barber quarters and after a few other items sold, the 1901-S approached. After spirited bidding, the coin dropped for a total of $327,750 including the buyer’s premium. As enthusiastic as I was to be the bidder, I believe that John was even more excited as he was on the other end of the phone as we celebrated the victory. If you had the opportunity to view the piece at the Bowers and Merena Auction lot viewing or have seen it previously, you understand the importance of this coin and realize that you are in the presence of greatness.
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CCAC Backs Three New Commemorative Coins
Numismatic News
Commemorative coins honoring “The Star Spangled Banner,” Dr. Martin Luther King and fallen firefighters have been endorsed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. A 2012 coin would mark the bicentennial of “The Star Spangled Banner,” a 2013 coin would mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, and a 2014 coin would recognize the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. The recommendations are contained in the CCAC 2009 annual report, which was acted upon when it met Feb. 23.
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Canadian Currency To Go Plastic Next Year
The Star
Paying with plastic will take on a whole different meaning next year as the Bank of Canada begins introducing plastic dollar bills. The federal government announced in its budget yesterday that it is “taking steps to modernize Canada’s currency and protect against counterfeiting,” introducing a new currency printed on a polymer material. Plastic bills have proven to be more durable than the current cotton-based money, reportedly lasting four times as long. Polymer money has other benefits too: it is cleaner, cheaper to produce and harder to counterfeit than cotton-based paper bills.
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Buckingham Gold Hoard
Coins Weekly
Around midday on Saturday 16 December 2006 two metal detectorists strolled onto a field near Buckingham and within a few minutes picked up a valuable gold coin that was lying on the surface. By the end of the weekend 42 had been found. By 11 March this year a total of 70 iron age gold staters, mostly minted by the local Catuvellauni tribe over 2,000 years ago, had been harvested from this fertile field. A piece of good luck? Far from it. This significant gold hoard was recovered from the wet winter soil as a direct consequence of a piece of good planning and many weeks of meticulous metal detecting, responsibly conducted with the prior permission of the landowner and with the knowledge of local archaeologists, and fully reported at each stage to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS).
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Submitting Coins to PCGS With Direct Submissions
Coin Update News
After analyzing benefits of the PCGS Collector Club and the NGC Collector Society, I decided to go with the former, not necessarily because one is superior to the other, but because I already was a member of the American Numismatic Association, which has a partnership with NGC allowing direct submission privileges. There was another reason, to be explored in more detail in the final installment: NGC encapsulates a wider array of coins, including ancients, for which I needed my dealer’s expertise to enhance my own on certain submissions.
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About the Author
Tim Shuck is a life-long Midwestern resident, and started collecting coins after finding an Indian Head cent on the ground at his childhood farm home. Additional encouragement came from looking through a collection of well-worn late 19th and early 20th century coins kept by his grandfather in an old leather coin purse. Current collecting interests include U.S. types from the Civil War era through the early 1930's, and Colonial and Early American coins.
