Visit our NEW SITE at www.CoinWeek.com

In an exclusive partnership, David Lisot of CoinTelevision.com and Scott Purvis of CoinLink have merging to create a new website called CoinWeek.com

The NEW site will offer the same great online rare coin news covering all areas of the numismatic hobby, but we will be adding New Video content with industry leaders and prominent collectors featured in VIDEO segments, interviews and articles contributed by numismatic experts.

Major sections of the site include:

• CoinWeek  Rare Coin and Currency News

• CoinWeek US and Canadian Directory

• CoinWeek United Kingdom Directory

• CoinWeek European Directory

• CoinWeek Australian Directory

• CoinWeek Video Library

Coverage will highlight all the major coin conventions including auctions and market reports with a focus on delivering the most current and unbiased information for both new and advanced collectors.

We are in the process of converting over the 6000+ existing articles presently offered on CoinLink, and until this is completed, CoinLnk Will Remain On-line for archival purposes.

ALL NEW Articles and News will now appear on CoinWeek

We are also happy to announce that CoinWeek is introducing a NEW Dealer Directory, in fact 4 new directories, One for the US and Canada, One for the UK, One for Europe and One for Australia. We have over 5200 listed Web sites and numismatic resources available.

We also have a NEW Events Calendar which will be listing virtually ALL rare coin shows and Auctions worldwide.

Finally we are most proud to offer the CoinWeek Video Library. This is a subscription based Video Archive which will draw from over 1000 video titles produced by David Lisot of Coin Television.

Presently we have over 100 hours of video content, and we will be adding in 40-50 hours of NEW content each month

For the past 25 years, David has been producing numismatic Video content of Seminars, Presentation and educational material, and the New CoinWeek Video Library will be presenting this unique and important content to our subscribers.

Content includes Interviews with historic numismatic figures such as Walter Breen, Aubrey Bebee, Q David Bowers and Eric Newman, along with the best educational presentation ever produced. This material is NOT Available anywhere else on the web, and will be a major resource for collectors of all interests.

We invite you to Visit our New site, send us comments and become part of the largest and most comprehensive online rare coin news and resource site.

Greg Reynolds gives the ten leading topics of 2010. “This is my last column of the year 2010. It seems appropriate to list the ten leading topics of the year, starting with number ten.”

Steve Roach asks, “are rare coins investments?” in his blog. “Are rare coins an investment class? They are according to the Wall Street Journal.”

PMG will begin use of a new generation holder on January 3, 2011. All notes encapsulated after that date by PMG will automatically be placed in the new holder. Additionally, the new holder will be used for on-site grading during the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) convention in January.

Laura Sperber gives her opinions and predictions on the 2011 year for coins. “Consolidation in reverse! I expected a few firms to fold and smaller dealers to shut. Out of the blue comes the mega merger of Stacks and Bowers and Merena.”

Vic Bozarth gives advice on how to build a meaningful set of U.S. coins. “During the holiday season I often reflect on the many blessings I have in my life. One of those blessings is the joy I receive from handling and looking at rare coins. In fact, I love my job. I get to look at coins virtually every day as a coin dealer.”

Doug Winter writes on the proof-only double eagles dated 1883, 1884 and 1887. “Continuing my fascination with Proof-only issues, I’d like to discuss the rare Proof-only double eagles dated 1883, 1884 and 1887.”

Heritage Auctions has announced that we will be auctioning The Dr. Norman Jacobs Collection of Korean and Japanese Coins, the most important collection of its kind, from one of the most famous Asian numismatic experts to have lived. This collection will be featured in our September 2011 Long Beach Signature Auction.

NEW & UPDATED – Our coverage of rare coin and currency news has expanded with Austin Purvis taking over as Editor of Coin News Daily. This is a special section of CoinLink where we scour the web for items of interest related to numismatics and post a short excerpt and link to these “off site” resources.

We have also made changes to The Bullion Report with daily news and article updates, and a monthly analysis of the “Premiums Over Spot” for Gold and Silver Bullion products.

View all the latest rare coin news here

Spectrum Group International, Inc. (SPGZ.PK) announced today that its subsidiary Bowers and Merena Auctions, one of the world’s pre-eminent auctioneers of rare coins and currency, has entered into an agreement with Stack’s, the oldest rare coin retail and auction company in the U.S., to combine their operations.

In his weekly column, Greg Reynolds discusses topics that include the FUN auctions and the Henry Miller collection.

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX) a pioneer in the field of deep ocean exploration, was named in several U.S. State Department cables obtained by WikiLeaks and furnished to the media worldwide.

Director of the United States Mint Edmund C. Moy announced today that he has submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama, effective January 9, 2011.

Bowers and Merena, one of the world’s preeminent auctioneers for rare coins and currency, will conduct the January Rarities Sale as its first event of 2011. The single-session sale on Jan. 4 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay will offer nearly 1,700 lots of rare and desirable United State and Colonial-era coinage.

Coin profile on the unique 1834 original half dollar. “Only a few proof 1834 half dollars are known, mostly restrikes from the dies used to produce the Crushed Lettered Edge coins.”

Two rare early proof sets and a remarkable set of six pattern coins associated with the famous “Stella” coinage experiment are important collective highlights of Heritage’s Tampa FUN Platinum Night U.S. Coin Auction, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011.

Doug Winter writes: The presence of a number of important Type Three Proof Liberty Head double eagles in the upcoming 2011 FUN auction got me to thinking about . What are these coins, why are they important and do they deserve the market premiums they enjoy?

Steve Roach on the FUN auction: For the past few years, arguably the main annual event for the rare coin market has been the massive Heritage auctions at the Florida United Numismatists convention, a major coin show that will take place during the first week of the new year in Tampa Jan. 6 to 9.

Ponterio & Associates, a division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, is pleased to present the January 2011 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on Jan. 7-8. The auction will feature 2,558 lots including Part I of the Len Novotny Collection of Mexican Coinage, the Michael Demling Collection of Ancient Coinage, David Ian Wright Collection of Italian Banknotes and a superb selection of Fussli specimens.

The world-famous Medallic Art Company announced today a new web site, www.medallic.com , designed to better display its 100+ years of minting excellence and to provide ready access for customers and art historians to numerous product categories, galleries, and historic slide presentations and custom minting information.

NGC has certified a very interesting group of Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles that have remained in the possession of a family since prior to World War II. When purchased in Europe last month, their unusual history was revealed to the buyer.

NEW & UPDATED – Our coverage of rare coin and currency news has expanded with Austin Purvis taking over as Editor of Coin News Daily. This is a special section of CoinLink where we scour the web for items of interest related to numismatics and post a short excerpt and link to these “off site” resources.

We have also made changes to The Bullion Report with daily news and article updates, and a monthly analysis of the “Premiums Over Spot” for Gold and Silver Bullion products.

View all the latest rare coin news here