Coin Collecting

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

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Heritage will be offering one of only two known 1825/4 Half Eagles as part of the Signature sale to be held at the Baltimore ANA. The 1825/4 is a part of the Capped Head half eagle type, one of the rarest series of American coins.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will hold a public meeting at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Friday, August 1, 2008. Design Candidates for 2009 American Eagle Platinum Proof Reverse Slated for Review

The Royal Spanish Mint has issued a 5 coin set commemorating the Bicentenary of the War of Independence that brought Spain into combat with the forces of the First French Empire and triggered the uprising of May 2, 1808.

One of the two known 1861-P “Paquet Reverse” Double Eagles will be displayed during the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money. The $20 denomination gold coin, graded NGC MS-67, is owned by Brian Hendelson, President of Classic Coin Co. of Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Well-known numismatic firm, Kagin’s, Inc. (www.Kagins.com) of Tiburon, California, founded in 1933 by Arthur M. “Art” Kagin, will celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary during the upcoming American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money convention in Baltimore.

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

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Templeton Reid is one of the more enigmatic figures associated with the so-called Territorial gold coinage and Heritage will be auctioning off one of his 1830 Quarter Eagles in Baltimore.

The 2008 Canadian Numismatic Association Convention will take place this week starting on Thursday the 17th and running through Sunday the 21st in Ottawa. There is also a full days educational symposium scheduled

Doug Winter discusses the Strategy of Collecting Key Dates in All series and bring some focus on the subject illustrated by using rare date gold as examples. A great read and very informative.

PCGS has made a video interview available between David Hall, PCGS Founder and Stewart Blay the collector who built the legendary Red Copper Collection.

The United States Mint announced that it will begin accepting orders for fractional weights of the American Buffalo Gold Coin, now available in proof and uncirculated versions, on July 22,

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We have added another Coin Guide US Type profile on the Liberty Head No Motto Eagle, 1838-1866

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What’s New this Friday at CoinLink ……..

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Steve Contursi from Rare Coin Wholesalers will be bringing the 154-year-old $20 gold piece known as the Kellogg Twenty to Baltimore this month for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Historic American Bank Note printing press plates used in the process of producing multi-subject 19th century “obsolete” paper money for ten different banks will be offered by Stacks in thier upcoming auction on July 27-28th in Baltimore.

The American Numismatic Association will debut a new feature, Artists & Authors Alley, at the 2008 World’s Fair of Money in Baltimore. Located in aisle 900 of the convention’s bourse floor called Artists & Authors Alley

We have a quirky story about an elderly woman who walked into the American Saving Bank in Munster, Indiana recently to make a deposit, a $2000 deposit that consisted of two 1934 $1000 Federal Reserve Notes.

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Our Featured Article comes from Dan Duncan at Pinnacle-Rarities on the Original Commemorative Quarter

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