Coin News Daily December 4, 2008

By CoinLink on Thursday, December 4, 2008
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Royal Canadian Mint puts a shine on Montreal Canadiens Centennial Plaza opening
CNW Group
Today the Royal Canadian Mint joined the Montreal Canadiens hockey club at the unveiling of the Centennial Plaza at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Four special gold coins to be permanently displayed at the foot of monuments honouring team legends Howie Morenz, Maurice Richard, Jean Béliveau and Guy Lafleur were also unveiled.
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China to issue commemorative coins for 30th anniversary of reform
Xinhua
The People’s Bank of China, the central bank, said on Thursday it would issue a set of gold and silver coins on Dec. 10 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up drive. The set includes two varieties of gold coins — one weighing a quarter ounce while the other weighing five ounces — and one type of one-ounce silver coin, it said.
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PCGS Launches ‘CoinFactsWiki.com’
PCGS
Professional Coin Grading Service introduces CoinFacts Wiki, a public encyclopedia of U.S. and World coins located at www.CoinFactsWiki.com. The “wiki” concept allows users to create and edit virtually all pages on the website, subject to oversight by system administrators. This capability allows large volumes of up-to-date information and images to be added to the website in a short period of time, creating a massive database of information that is useful to buyers, sellers, researchers and anyone else interested in numismatics.
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Van Buren Edge Errors Reported
By Ken Potter, Numismatic News
Collectors looking for Martin Van Buren dollar error coins have been rewarded. I have a report of a 2008-P Van Buren dollar with a shifted edge inscription and other Van Buren error dollars. This continues a series of errors that began with the Washington coins. In the July 29 issue of Numismatic News I reported on a shifted edge inscription error found on a George Washington Presidential dollar. I reported upon the error type again in the Aug. 26 issue for the John Adams and James Monroe dollars and then again in the Sept. 23 issue for the Andrew Jackson dollar.
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U.S. Mint Director Rumors
Susan Headley About.com
The rumors have been flying fast and furious ever since Election Day: Who will be the next Director of the United States Mint? The U.S. Mint Director’s job is a political appointment, and most such positions traditionally change hands when a new president is elected. There has been some confusion among the members of the coin collecting community about whether the current U.S. Mint Director, Ed Moy, would have to automatically tender his resignation effective Jan. 20, 2009 (Inauguration Day).
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2008-W Platinum Eagles Gone, Order Cancellations Mount
Mint News Blog
Today, the last of the 2008-W Uncirculated Platinum Eagle offerings available from the US Mint went dark. The last to go was the one ounce coin priced at $1,069.95. Yesterday, I mentioned that this coin was listed as back ordered and might soon officially sell out. However, even if you did place an order before your the coins went off sale, you still might be out of luck.
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