Featured articles on coins and coin collecting from Coin Update News. These articles often cover significant product releases or announcements from the United States Mint and other world Mints, content from monthly or weekly columns, and other worthwhile reading for coin collectors.
Editor’s Note: This is the last of a three-part article about direct and dealer submissions to the top two third-party coin grading companies, with the first installment covering the basics; the second, direct PCGS submissions; and the third, NGC dealer submissions. Read Part One and Part Two.
In previous installments, we covered reasons why you should [...]
The United States Mint recently published the pricing for their upcoming 2010 annual set offerings. These products include long time collector favorites like the annual Mint Set and Proof Set, as well as separate sets for the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters.
The 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set will be priced at $14.95. The [...]
Collectors are still waiting for the new America the Beautiful Quarters series to begin. Recent developments finally put a time frame on when the designs for the first five quarters will be unveiled and when the first quarter will be launched.
The new quarter series traces its origins back to H.R. 6184: America’s Beautiful National Parks [...]
The latest weekly US Mint sales report shows lull in buying activity. In the past week, there were no new product releases to spur sales and recently released products have shown expected sales declines. Most collectors tend to order US Mint products soon after release, resulting in ebbing sales after the initial rush to buy.
The [...]
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part article about direct and dealer submissions to the top two third-party grading companies, with the first installment covering the basics; the second, direct PCGS submissions; and the third, dealer NGC submissions. View Part One. View Part Three.
After analyzing benefits of the PCGS Collector Club and the [...]
Bills have recently been introduced in the House and Senate which seek one ounce silver medals struck in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.
H.R. 4684 was introduced in the House of Representatives on [...]
Recently, the German television station ProSieben ran a news story covering W. C. Heraeus in Hanau, Germany, the world’s largest privately owned refinery. In the story, Wilfried Hörner, the head of the gold foundry, shows a 500 gram bar (16.0755 troy ounces) received from an unidentified bank. The bar had the right physical dimensions [...]
Last year the United States Mint released one of their most anticipated products in years, the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin. The coin is a digitally reproduced version of Saint-Gaudens’ original 1907 ultra high relief $20 gold piece, which is viewed as one of the nation’s most beautiful coins ever minted.
The Ultra [...]
Today February 25, 2010, the United States Mint began sales for new commemorative coins issued to honor disabled American Veterans. The silver dollar coins were authorized under Public Law 110-277, which was signed into law on July 17, 2008.
The obverse of the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar was designed and sculpted by [...]
Editor’s Note: This is a three-part article about direct and dealer submissions to the top two third-party coin grading companies, with the first installment covering the basics; the second, direct PCGS submissions; and the third, dealer NGC submissions.
Hobbyists and investors pay premiums for coins encapsulated by Professional Coin Grading Service and Numismatic Guaranty Corporation, but [...]
