The following is re-posted with permission from the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta It’s Atlantic hurricane season. Depending on where you live, you might choose to get some extra cash to weather uncertain times. If you’re like most people, though, you’ll sit tight. Most consumers don’t get extra cash in advance of predicted […]
Q&A: Selling online
The following is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers Selling your coins yourself in online auctions can be fun if you have the time and talent to do it. This typically requires some skill with scanning or photography (buyers like to examine potential purchases). Each auction site has its own rules and policies, […]
More coin auctions request wire transfers
Increasingly, Internet sellers on Proxibid, HiBid, and Live Auctioneers are asking for wire transfers for payment of coins when the amount reaches a certain threshold, as low as $200 in some cases. Here’s an example: This bypasses seller transaction fees leveled by credit card companies. But again, the buyers […]
CIT: Daydreamer — Future
Description of the Coin One side depicts a man pulling aside a curtain to reveal a futuristic scene. A robot, a suspension railway, and a flying vehicle can be seen as well as a rocket and innovative high-rise buildings; in the exergue is the inscription DAYDREAMER / FUTURE 2022. The other side presents the coat […]
Palau: New silver Proof coin features ocean blue “COLOUR-EYEzed” design, highlighting the technology behind the process
The Treasury of Palau, in conjunction with CIT, have released a new collector coin that highlights the technology of colourisation which has been applied to minting. It is also exactly 30 years ago when in 1992 CIT issued the world’s first colour coin on behalf of the Treasury of Palau. For 2022, the focus for […]
CIT: Year of the Rabbit — Sweet Silver Rabbit
Description of the Coin One side features a crouching rabbit from the front, the right ear folded. The other side depicts the same crouching rabbit from the back, in a slightly deepened circle the coat of arms of the Bank of Mongolia; below in Cyrillic script is 1000 Togrog, and below in Latin script MONGOLIA […]
All about Project Hamilton
What might a central bank digital currency (CBDC) look like? And how would it work? Eight Caribbean countries and Nigeria are the only countries so far that have fully launched a CBDC. As many as 90 other countries are at some stage of evaluation. While the Federal Reserve Board of Governors has not expressed any […]
Over a half million in bitcoins and cryptocurrency sold by Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Costa Mesa, CA (April 26, 2022) — Over $500,000 in physical bitcoins and other cryptocurrency was sold by Stack’s Bowers Galleries in their Spring 2022 Showcase Auction, contributing to nearly $37 million in overall prices realized for the sale — a 60% increase above the pre-sale estimate. The Stack’s Bowers Galleries Spring 2022 sale was the largest […]
Canada: Super incused Maple Leaf designs feature on new one-ounce gold and silver coins
The Royal Canadian Mint has released new gold and silver Proof-quality coins which incorporate new minting technology, resulting in greater depth and detail with incused strikes. After introducing double-incused Maple Leaf coins in 2018, they were followed by gold (2019) and black rhodium-plated (2020) versions. The art of Super Incuse strikes had been taken to […]
CIT: Big City Lights — New York
Description of the Coin One side of the silver coin features the illuminated skyline of Manhattan with the Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground, above is BIG CITY LIGHTS. The small gold coin depicts the skyline of Manhattan, too, but from a different point of view; in the background are the stylized rays of the rising […]
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