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Grand Prize Drawing Concludes Successful 2008 National Coin Week

Scott McNally of Colorado Springs, Colo., is the grand prize winner in the American Numismatic Association's 2008 National Coin Week national treasure hunt grand...

Virgin Islands Commemorative Quarter Designs, Voting Ends Friday

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Artist renderings of three Virgin Islands commemorative quarter designs have been prepared by the United States Mint and sent back to the Office of the Governor for review. U.S. Virgin Island residents can vote for their favorite design online or by mail-in ballot. Voting ends Friday, June 13.

Artist renderings of Virgin Islands commemorative quarter designs

The winning design will be recommended to the U.S. Mint as the selected commemorative quarter for issuance next year as part of the District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program.

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Bullion & Business Weekend Report – June 7

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Precious metals spurred forward in the week's end with strong gains Friday. They were due in part to surprising jobs data numbers showing a...

ANA World’s Fair of Money Tours and Events Explore Baltimore

The history and beauty of Baltimore may be explored through scheduled tours and events during the ANA 2008 World's Fair of Money®. Attendees...

Teletrade to Auction Special Collection of California Fractional Gold Coins

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IRVINE, Calif. – Teletrade, America's largest fully automated Internet auction company for certified coins and currency, will auction “The Kovach Collection of Period One & Two California Fractional Gold” on Sunday, June 22, 2008, in online Auction 2546.

Two coins from the "The Kovach Collection of Period One & Two California Fractional Gold"The auction will be live at www.teletrade.com from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. eastern time and will include more than 1,500 certified coin lots. The complete auction catalog will be viewable on the Teletrade website beginning Friday, June 13.

California Fractional Gold has a storied history complete with touches of controversy that only adds to the mystique. The tiny small denomination gold pieces were privately issued during the California Gold Rush economy, hand-struck mostly by entrepreneurial San Francisco jewelers, as a result of the Federal government’s unwillingness to issue sufficient small denomination coinage.

“The Kovach Collection” is listed as the “3rd Finest Set of All Time” on the PCGS Set Registry, retired in June 2007, and Teletrade will auction more than 75 coins from the set in individual lots. The collection represents Period One, struck 1852-1856, and Period Two, struck 1859-1882.

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PCGS Announces New “Genuine” Service for Coin Collectors and Dealers

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The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) announced Wednesday the immediate launch of a new "Genuine" service for coin collectors and dealers. For the fee...

New 11-Year Series of Quarters Proposed for National Parks and Sites

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If you enjoy changing quarter designs, you may be happy for many more years. Legislation was introduced in the House Wednesday calling for a...

Collectors Finance Corporation Offers Increased Coin Loan Levels

(Santa Ana, California) – Collectors Finance Corporation (CFC) has increased its loan-to-value rates to offer collectors and dealers additional cash for loans on PCGS-certified...

Heritage Posts $7.5 Million Auction of World Coins at May 2008...

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Part of $26.5 Million Long Beach Signature Auctions with total prices for ancient and world coins realizing $7.5 million and the American coins exceeding $19 million.

Heritage Long Beach Auction - World Coins, Highlights and Prices Realized

Dallas, TX. Heritage Auction Galleries' Long Beach Signature® Auction of Ancients and World Coins has brought in nearly $7.5 million in prices realized. The concurrent Signature® Auction of U.S. coins realized $19 million. The totals will rise further when post auction buys are finalized. 

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Royal Canadian Mint Issues Four Special Centennial Commemorative Coins and Stamp

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The Royal Canadian Mint's anniversary is celebrated with 5-ounce gold and 5-ounce silver coins depicting Ottawa Mint’s historic building, a special edition proof silver dollar featuring a maple leaf and loon, and a coin and stamp set containing a replica coin of 1908 fifty-cent piece — the Mint's first coin — and stamp of its reverse.

Royal Canadian Mint centennial commemorative coins

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mint with special commemorative coins! It has been 100 years since Governor General Earl Grey activated the press to strike a fifty-cent piece, Canada’s first domestically produced coin. What would become known as the Royal Canadian Mint was officially open for business.

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