Coin Collecting News and Articles

Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) will display the award winning ESM Collection of early proof copper coins during the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo held September 23-25, 2010. PCGS will also provide on-site authentication and grading services at the Expo. Show Service submissions will be accepted starting with dealer set-up on Wednesday, September [...]

Today September 2, 2010, the United States Mint began sales of the 2010 James Buchanan’s Liberty First Spouse Gold Coins and bronze medals, which feature the same design. Because Buchanan served in office without a spouse, the coin and medal carry a depiction of Liberty taken from a circulating coin of the era paired with [...]

Since our series “Crossover, cross-under and cross-out” began this summer, no coin from third-tier grading services has successfully crossed over from its holder to one by PCGS. Last week marked my first success of the year, with this PCI 1896 Morgan Dollar crossing over to what many consider to be the hobby’s premier grading company [...]

When the price of gold settled at $1,248.30 at the COMEX close on August 31, that set an all-time high close for gold on the last trading day of any month (ignoring inflation, of course). This result sends a major signal to technical traders that gold is preparing to break upward in the near future. [...]

The Perth Mint of Australia will soon release the 2011 Silver Kookaburra coins, which feature a fresh interpretation of the native bird.  The 99.9% pure silver coins will be available worldwide in three different bullion weights starting on September 14, 2010. The reverse of the 2011 Australian Silver Kookaburra features an depiction of the bird [...]

On August 26, the US Department of Labor issued a news release (http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/2010/ebsa082610.html).  It lists the agenda for the joint hearings being held with the Department of Treasury September 14-15, 2010 on what is euphemistically called “lifetime income options for retirement plans.”  The hearings are being conducted by the Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration. [...]

Few people had heard of the United Future World Currency movement until Russian President Dimitri Medvyedev held up one of the prototype coins in support of the concept of an alternative world currency to the US Dollar. He was heard to comment, “Here it is, you can see it and touch it. This is a [...]

This week’s report of the United States Mint’s numismatic product sales includes the opening figures for the 2010 Silver Proof Set. Other points of interest include a jump in sales for previously available annual sets and the one ounce proof 2010 Gold Buffalo. Sales of the 2010 Silver Proof Set began at the US Mint [...]

On September 1, 2010, the Bulgarian National Bank will release a partially gold plated silver commemorative coin for “125 Years of the Unification of Bulgaria“. The obverse of the coin features the Bulgarian National Bank logo with the year “1879″ included on the ribbon. Surrounding inscriptions include ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank), the year [...]

The monthly COMEX silver options expired on Tuesday this week.  For several years, there has been a suspiciously consistent trend that the prices of gold and silver get clobbered coming up to and going into the close of the COMEX on the days of the COMEX and the Over The Counter (OTC) options expiration. For [...]