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		<title>Their Market is Dead: &#8220;Early&#8221; Commemorative Silver Half Dollars Can Now Be Bought For &#8220;Pennies on the Dollar&#8221;!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Ferguson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFrarecoins.com In my last column I wrote about “early” United States Mint commemorative coins struck between 1892 and 1954.  These are legal tender silver half dollars, struck by the U.S. Mint, which also include a silver quarter from 1893 and a silver dollar from 1900, as well as 11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austrian Mint Announces First New Coin Issue of 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 14, 2011 – The Austrian Mint will issue the first coin of 2012 today. The coin celebrates 200 years of the “Society of Music Friends, in Vienna”. This coin also marks the return of the classic coinage metal of copper, which was used for many centuries around the world. Pure copper was the choice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Coin Analyst: Time to Cool the Rhetoric on the Mint’s Handling of Anniversary Sets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louis Golino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commentary By Louis Golino for CoinWeek In a recent online comment Numismatic News editor David Harper suggested that it was time to “dial down the rhetoric” when it comes to how coin collectors view the Mint. Mr. Harper asked “Has Mint bashing simply become a form of social greeting among collectors for whatever the problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Mint &#8220;Early&#8221; Commemorative Legal Tender Coins Offer Eye-Catching Investment Potential</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Ferguson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com Virtually all collectors of rare coins want to ultimately profit from their investment in their collections. Many collectors choose to collect those coins they think have long-term investment potential. And right now “early” United States commemorative coins offer eye-catching potential. These are legal tender coins struck by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Praises 11th Hour Medal of Honor Coins Purchase</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CoinWeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) &#8212; With the United States Mint&#8217;s mid- December sales cutoff deadline approaching, the President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation (www.cmohfoundation.org) is praising an 11th hour effort by a prominent Texas coin dealer to boost lower-than-anticipated sales of the commemorative 2011 Medal of Honor uncirculated silver dollars. By law, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chinese Coin Collection of Dr John Snell</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Fraser Collectibles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Fraser Collectibles Lost for three quarters of a century, John Snell&#8217;s Chinese coin collection is has now re-surfaced John Abner Snell was born in Knife Falls, Minnesota on October 28, 1880, the fifth of eight children. When he was around five, his family made the long trek from northern Minnesota to central Florida, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s Nature, Culture and History Boldly Displayed on Royal Canadian Mint&#8217;s Newest Collector Coins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Royal Canadian Mint</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New gold and silver coins echo Boreal Forest, Wood Bison, Orca and Peregrine Falcon commemorative circulation coin program unveiled in October 2011; other collectibles feature a one-kilo pure gold Lacrosse coin; the Nova Scotia Coat of Arms in 14-karat gold; holiday themes in colour and pure silver; and the upcoming 25th anniversary of the Loonie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Coin Analyst: Grading Service Guidelines and Clarification on Bullion Coin in 25th Anniversary Silver Eagle Sets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louis Golino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Louis Golino for Coin Week Since my last column on the 25th anniversary silver eagle sets was published, there have been a couple more significant developments that merit discussion. Collectors who ordered their sets during the first couple hours of sales on October 27 have either already received their sets, or their sets have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Royal Canadian Mint is hosting Online Coin Exchanges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Royal Canadian Mint</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian Mint Did you know that the Royal Canadian Mint’s high-tech plant in Winnipeg produces over 1 billion circulation coins every year? That’s like 20 million coins per day or 750 coins per second! Even though the Mint has produced coins for more than 70 countries in the last 35 years, this post is all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Coin Analyst: U.S. Mint Lowers Prices on Some Silver Coins for First Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louis Golino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Louis Golino for Coin Week Perhaps it just comes with the territory when you are the world’s largest coin dealer, but the U.S. Mint just can’t seem get a break from coin collectors and investors no matter what it does. Pick up any leading print coin publication, or read the typical coin blog or [...]]]></description>
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