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The Coin Analyst: U.S. Mint Launches 2013 Coin Program and Increased Focus on Customer Relations
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek …… Customers of the U.S. Mint have frequently complained that they do not have enough notice about upcoming U.S. Mint products. This year, in particular, there were several months when virtually no information... read more »
The Coin Analyst: Are Low Mintage Collector Coins the New Normal ?
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek …… In the last couple of years, particularly this year and in 2011, an interesting trend has emerged in modern U.S. Mint collector coins. The trend is that many coin series have seen the emergence of new low... read more »
The Coin Analyst: U.S. Mint News Update
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek …… First Spouse coin news Initial sales for the first 2012 First Spouse gold $10 coin have been strong. During the first week the coins were available from the Mint, buyers snapped up 1394 uncirculated coins,... read more »
The Coin Analyst: Don’t Let Frustrating Coin Buying Experiences Cloud Your Judgment
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek …… Coin collectors tend to have strong views, especially about the mints and coin dealers with whom they do business. After a bad or frustrating experience, they will often decide not to any more business with... read more »
The Coin Analyst: PCGS First Strike Proof-70 San Francisco Sets Are On Fire
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek …… By the end of October the U.S. Mint plans to complete the process of fulfilling orders for the 2012 San Francisco two-coin American silver eagle proof set. Sometime after that it will announce the final mintage... read more »
Is It Ever Wise to Take Certified Populations for Modern Coins Seriously?
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ……. It goes without saying that certain modern issues benefit tremendously from having only a few examples certified by TPGs in high MS grades. As we’ve written here and here, there... read more »
A MODERN COMMEM WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE
by Al Doyle for CoinWeek.com ………. Even those who claim to be purist collectors want to buy coins that will grow in value. Predicting tomorrow’s winners is a popular topic in numismatic circles, and the choices are usually... read more »
The Coin Analyst: Modern U.S. Coin Update
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek …… 2012 First Spouse series launch On October 2 the U.S. Mint finally announced the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated launch of the first 2012 First Spouse gold coin which honors suffragist Alice Paul. The... read more »
The Commemorative Coins of the 112th Congress
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ……. With so many important issues facing the country, it’s almost a tad impolitic to analyze and discuss Congressional proposals for commemorative coinage. But Hubert and I look back... read more »
The Coin Analyst: New Legislation Aims to Change U.S. Commemorative Coin Program
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek …… On September 21 legislation was introduced by Republican members of congress that could have a major impact on U.S. commemorative coin programs. If passed and ultimately enacted into law, such legislation... read more »
Numismatic Housekeeping
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker ……. From time to time, we find ourselves revisiting articles we’ve published to add in that one last argument we didn’t think of or that intriguing tidbit we left on the cutting room floor. We might... read more »
For Coins, This Is a Postmodern Era (or, R.I.P. The Modern Era: 1932-1982)
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker Don’t worry. This isn’t an essay on literary theory, or some nostalgic lament. Instead, we’d like to take a moment to explain something critical to our understanding of the stylistic and political implications... read more »
The Coin Analyst: The MS70 Debate Revisited
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek …… One of the most hotly contested issues in the modern coin realm concerns third party certification and MS70 coins. A lot of people love slabbed coins, while many others hate them. But at the end of the day,... read more »
The Coin Analyst: First Spouse Series Update
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek …… 2012 has been an interesting year for the First Spouse gold $10 coin series. For the first time in the program’s history the release of the coins has been delayed all year with not a single coin being released... read more »
What’s up with the 1969 Quarter? The Key Date You Didn’t Know About
By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker ………. Walter Breen doesn’t mention it, and in A Guide Book of Washington and State Quarters (Whitman, 2006), Q. David Bowers offers up the generic (“Cherrypicking for quality is advised”),... read more »
New Products – US Mint
- 2013 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL QUARTERS® BAGS AND ROLLS – GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK June 10, 2013The 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters® Bags and Rolls - Great Bason National Park is available today! […]
- The 2013 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin SetTM is available today! June 4, 2013This set features four Presidential $1 Coins; five Quarters from America the Beautiful Quarters® Program; one Native American $1 Coin; one Kennedy half-dollar; one Roosevelt dime; one Jefferson nickel and one Lincoln penny. The 2013 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set is available today! […]
- 2013 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin May 28, 2013The 2013 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin is available today! […]
- 2013 United States Mint Silver Proof Set® May 2, 2013The United States Mint is proud to offer the 2013 United States Mint Silver Proof Set®. This prestigious annual set - showcasing new packaging - is great for collectors and gift-givers alike and is available today! […]
- 2013 United States Mint Happy Birthday Coin Set and Congratulations Set April 30, 2013Two new products just in time for the spring gift-giving season! The 2013 United States Mint Happy Birthday Coin Set - perect for any birthday and the 2013 United States Mint Congratulations Set - a great way to celebrate graduations, weddings, anniversaries, retirements or any special occasions. […]
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