Coin Collecting

What’s New this Monday on CoinLink ……..

Headline News

With all the turmoil in the financial markets you would think the rare coin market would be on its death bed. Laura Sperber of Legend Numismatics provides her take : THE COIN MARKET AS WE SEE IT.

Important Liberty double eagles from the Baltimore Collection contributed $3.6 million towards Heritag’e $13 million Signature® Auction held Oct. 23-25 in Dallas. Significant rarities across most U.S. denominations were also featured.

If you are like most people, the last few months have been tough on your pocketbook let alone your psyche. Doug Winter provides some advice on COLLECTING COINS IN DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES

The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) and PNG member-dealer, Kevin Lipton, are jointly offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of rare coins and paper money stolen from Lipton’s Beverly Hills, California offices.

‘Exceptional’ Roman coins hoard found. One of the largest deposits of Roman coins ever recorded in Wales, has been declared treasure trove.

The United States Mint closes the book on one of the most successful coin programs in U.S. history Today, November 3, 2008, when the final commemorative quarter-dollar coin in the 50 State Quarters® Program, honoring Hawaii, is released into circulation.

The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) will conduct its inaugural “PNG Dealer’s Deal” in December in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the first in a planned series of “new concept” shows.

Continuing with News across the web, we have a new posting of - Coin News Daily - providing short excerpts and links to other news across the web that we have found, and which you may find of interest. We also provide Daily Updates on Precious Metals in The Bullion Report, with Charts, Video Headlines and News.

You can access ALL the News Here

What’s New this Wednesday on CoinLink ……..

Headline News

With all the turmoil in the financial markets you would think the rare coin market would be on its death bed. Laura Sperber of Legend Numismatics provides her take : THE COIN MARKET AS WE SEE IT.

On the eve of Remembrance Day commemorations and the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, the Royal Canadian Mint has issues its latest coloured circulation coin which features the iconic red poppy, Canada’s flower of remembrance.

The last in a year-long, nationwide series of Professional Numismatists Guild “Share the Knowledge” educational seminars for collectors and dealers will be conducted at the upcoming November Whitman Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention.

Unusual Items : Enigmatic 1839-O Specimen Dime. It is much easier to state what we do not know about this apparently unique striking than what we do know.

Doug Winter Market Report: Liberty Head Double Eagles Set Records - To paraphrase that esteemed numismatist Mark Twain, the reports of the death of the coin market seem greatly exaggerated. That is, at least, if you take a look at the prices that Heritage got for a nearly complete set of Liberty Head double eagles that was sold at their Dallas auction on October 24.

Continuing with News across the web, we have a new posting of - Coin News Daily - providing short excerpts and links to other news across the web that we have found, and which you may find of interest. We also provide Daily Updates on Precious Metals in The Bullion Report, with Charts, Video Headlines and News.

You can access ALL the News Here

What’s New this Monday on CoinLink ……..

Headline News

Bowers and Merena Auctions finishes strong for 2008 as Official Auctioneer of the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention for the third time this year, with their upcoming auction scheduled for November 18-22, 2008, at the Baltimore Convention Center. Highlights Include Exceptional 1870-CC Double Eagle Rarity and One of the Two Highest-Graded 1802 Quarter Eagles, Along With a New Discovery 1795 Reeded Edge Cent.

Odyssey Marine Exploration and Arqueonautas Partner in offering silver treasure coins from the 1622 Portuguese shipwreck of the São José . The São José carried an impressive cargo, the legendary silver treasure of Philip III, King of Portugal, that had been handed over to Francisco da Gama on his way to India. The shipment included nine chests filled with thousands of silver reales coins produced in both the Old and New World mints.

Unusual Items : 1925 Norse American Medal in Gold One of 100 struck in gold, 53 of which were melted unsold, leaving a net mintage of only 47. After 83 years, the larger part of this surviving mintage has been lost or destroyed, leaving a mere handful of gold Norse pieces in existence for today’s collectors.

Stack’s sale of The Haverford Collection, is an auction event that has been rightly called a “boutique” sale. The sale, in conjunction with the CoinFest show in Stamford, Connecticut, will offer two significant collections of U.S. paper money are joined by a healthy dose of U.S. coinage.

What’s Up with Gold? Certainly not the price. Gold hit a 13 month low this week (October 23rd). It seems obvious the government can’t continue to bail out banks to the tune of trillions without causing the dollar to decline and gold to ascend. By Pinnacle Rarities

New Content

We have two new US Type Coin Profiles in the Coin Guide.

• Liberty Cap Cent, 1793-1796
• Capped Bust Dime, Small Size, 1828-1837

Continuing with News across the web, we have a new posting of - Coin News Daily -  providing short excerpts and links to other news across the web that we have found, and which you may find of interest. We also provide Daily Updates on Precious Metals in The Bullion Report, with Charts, Video Headlines and News.

You can access ALL the News Here

What’s New this Tuesday on CoinLink ……..

Headline News

The St. Louis Silver Dollar coin show was held last week and Doug Winter gives his thoughts on the show and more importantly, the 81 Eliasberg Gold coins offered up in the Scotsman Auction. Good Read !

The Japan Mint has released a silver medallion featuring Himeji Castle (designated as National Treasure of Japan)as part of the National Treasure Medallion Series started last year with the Horyuji Medallion.

Dealers, collectors and law enforcement have a free resource to assist in the investigation of crimes related to coins, paper money, tokens and medals. The Numismatic Crime Information Center.

New Content

We have four new US Type Coin Profiles in the Coin Guide.

• Capped Bust Dime, Large Size, 1809-1828
• Liberty Seated Half Dollar, No Motto, With Drapery, 1839-1866
• Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Motto, With Drapery, Arrows, 1873-1874
• Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Motto, With Drapery, 1866-1891

Continuing with News across the web, we have a new posting of - Coin News Daily - This provide short excerpts and links to other news across the web that we have found, and which you may find of interest. We also provide Daily Updates on Precious Metals in The Bullion Report, with Charts, Video Headlines and News.

You can access ALL the News Here