Teletrade Hosts Special Friday Online Auction on June 27 with PCGS...
IRVINE, Calif. – Teletrade, America's largest fully automated Internet auction company for certified coins and currency, will host a very special Friday online auction on June 27, 2008, in addition to their regularly scheduled three weekly auctions on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday.
This is Teletrade Auction 2549 consisting of more than 200 exclusive certified coin lots, and will be live at www.teletrade.com from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. eastern time. Bidding is open now and the complete catalog is viewable on the Teletrade website.
American Eagle Day: Highlights Bald Eagle Coins Supporting AEF
ANA Board Acknowledges Lamp of Knowledge as Official Seal
D.C. Quarter Design of Duke Ellington Wins
District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty announced Thursday the winning Washington, D.C. quarter design featuring historical jazz legend, Duke Ellington. The Mayor officially communicated the selection to United States Mint Director Edmund Moy.
On May 23, D.C. residents were given three quarter design concepts and asked to vote for their favorite. Public voting ended Wednesday, June 18. Over the four week voting period, 6,089 District residents cast online, mail or telephone votes. The voting was close across each, but the winning quarter design of Ellington won by 3 percentage points.
Government Wants Presidential Coin Lawsuit Dropped
The U.S. Treasury Secretary wants a federal judge to dismiss a Florida man's lawsuit seeking to place 10 men on Presidential $1 coins who, he says, were presidents before George Washington.
The United States Mint was placed under the auspices of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States in 1981.
Stanley L. Klos of Palm Beach, Florida wants Treasury Secretary Paulson to use his authority to have coins minted for the men who were Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled under the Constitution of 1777, also known as the Articles of Confederation as adopted in March of 1781.
Royal Canadian Mint’s 25-Cent Breast Cancer Circulation Coin Honoured
Royal Mint Offers 2008 UK Queen Elizabeth I £5 Piedfort ...
The British Royal Mint has announced the sale of the extremely limited 2008 UK Queen Elizabeth I £5 Piedfort Platinum Proof Coin, and only days after releasing the four-coin silver proof Piedforts.
The platinum coin, like its sister silver version, has the piedfort-style double weight and thickness. It's on sale for a whopping £5250 (~$10,264 USD). Too high? Set aside the coin's beauty and consider only its limited 150 issuance and 3 ounce platinum content. You might just reconsider.
House Approves Disabled Veterans Amendment, Coin Surcharges to a Troubled Charity?
California Fractional Gold Coins Sparkle with History, Teletrade Sale – The...
California fractional gold coins are up for sale in Teletrade's live auction this Sunday, June 22. As Teletrade aptly described the coins in a recent announcement, "these tiny enigmatic gold pieces are shrouded in historic controversy, celebrated by curiosity, and are sought-after favorites of many collectors."
Click Each Coin Image for More - Fractional Gold Highlights
These round or octagonal "Old West" gold pieces were privately issued in denominations of quarter-dollars, half-dollars and dollars. Early coins were essential in combating small change shortages, even though they were not minted by the government. And that is just a part of their unique history.
Collectors Invited to Baltimore PNG Day, July 29, 2008
