Coin Collecting News
For the second time this year, the United States Mint has increased the prices for the numismatic gold coin offerings. The last price increase took place two weeks ago. Since early 2009, the US Mint has utilized a flexible pricing policy for numismatic gold and platinum coins that allows adjustments to be made as frequently [...]
The Government of the British Virgin Islands have re-launched (20th January) a series of coins which celebrate the XXX Olympiad to be held this year in London from July. Struck by the Pobjoy Mint UK, the set was previously issued in 2011 and are now re-issued with the year of the Olympiad “2012” on the [...]
The latest weekly report of United States Mint numismatic product sales includes the debut figures for the recently released 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set. Other areas of focus include the 2011 Proof Platinum Eagle and the America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins. On January 17, the US Mint began sales of [...]
The Treasury of the Falkland Islands Government have announced (16th January) the launch of their first collector coin for 2012, which features the Life Cycle of the Butterfly. Struck by the Pobjoy Mint in the United Kingdom, this coin is the fifth in the Silver & Crystal coin series first issued in 2007 featuring the [...]
The National Bank of Hungary have issued (12th January) a collector’s coin to mark the 150th anniversary of the first publication of The Tragedy of Man, written by Imre Madach (1823 – 1864) eminent writer, poet, lawyer and politician who was born in Alsósztregova (presently Dolná Strehová in Slovakia). The Tragedy of Man is considered to be [...]
The United States Mint plans to expand the number of numismatic product offerings for the American Silver Eagle in 2012. This will include an uncirculated version of the coin struck at the San Francisco Mint and potentially two other collector coins only available within a special set. The American Silver Eagle was introduced in 1986, [...]
El Yunque National Forest, located in northeaster Puerto Rico, was previously called Luquillo National Forest, and the Caribbean National Forest, and is the only tropical rain forest in the United States. It was originally set aside by Spain’s King Alfonso XII in 1876. Its 240 inches of annual rainfall create a lush environment for plants [...]
The Treasury of the Government of the Isle of Man have issued (9th January) a set of new crowns which mark the start of the European Championships 2012, also known as “EURO 2012”. Scheduled to kick off in both Poland and Ukraine on the 8th June, it is the first time for both countries to [...]
Every now and then Coingrader Capsule has to return to basics, reminding sellers of coins–especially online sellers–about routine numismatic terms, especially associated with grades. In my personal blog, I routinely monitor coin auctioneers selling on the Internet portal Proxibid, paying special attention to photography and lot descriptions. Only a few auction houses (mostly coin dealers [...]
Rampant Public Deception
A major theme in my writings is that the mainstream media is not doing its job. Far too often, the media is taking spoon-fed economic and financial headlines from governments and their major trading partners and passing along the information as being true. There are too many instances where the underlying information negates or contradicts [...]