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Stolen Collection Traded in Coin Cash Machine, Protecting Your Coins

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SafeA coin collector can hardly experience anything worse with a collection than having it stolen. After the theft, there is always the hope that some or all of the coins will eventually be recovered. But imagine if your coins were stolen and then spent or traded like every day circulating change, as if they had absolutely no collectible value.

That is exactly what happened to one man's collection in Enfield, Connecticut. He found out that he had been taken to the cleaners by a woman he hired to clean.

The woman apparently discovered the collection, called another man into the home, and together they took the collectible coins and paper-money. Even worse, the coin collection was then swapped for cash using a coin cash machine at a local store.

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Central States, Long Beach Shows Host Next PNG Educational Seminars

Pattern coins and the precious metals markets are the topics of the next two, free Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) “Share the Knowledge”...

Bullion & Business Weekend Report – Mar 22

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Gold hit a new record high on Monday, March 17, and then quickly dropped to experience its largest weekly loss since August 1990. ...

Pizza Shop Owner Made Fake Dough in Batches of $50 Counterfeits

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Making dough is common place in a pizza shop kitchen. Making fake dough, as in counterfeited $50 bills, is not so common. Police arrested...

Queen Hands Out Rare Silver Coins in Royal Maundy Service

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Queen Elizabeth II led the Royal Maundy Service on Thursday in Northern Ireland. In keeping with the yearly tradition to mark Holy Thursday before...

Ancient and Rare Silver Coin Found in Jerusalem Drainage Channel

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A silver coin that was used to pay the half shekel head-tax to the Temple was found in the main drainage channel of Jerusalem...

Austrian Mint Releases Silver and Niobium Coin Celebrating the “Fascination of...

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The Austrian Mint in Vienna has released its silver and niobium coin for 2008, which is dedicated to the “Fascination of Light”. Together with water, light is one of the most important factors of life. Without the light of the sun our planet would be cold and dead.

2008 Austrian Silver-Niobium Coin

The historical occasion for the new coin is the 150 anniversary of the birth of the great Austrian chemist and entrepreneur, Dr. Carl Baron Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929). Among other discoveries Welsbach is remembered for the development of the gas mantle which improved gas lighting in the streets and homes. The gas mantle of 1890 was more robust than earlier methods and produced a “whiter” light.

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Gold Dives to Three-Week Low

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Gold plummeted to a three week low on Wednesday with investors selling following Tuesday's less than expected U.S. interest rate cuts and the...

2008 American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coins are Arriving Soon

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The United States Mint has announced the pricing for 2008 American Eagle Gold Uncirculated collector coins and their release date of April...

Financial News and Resources Added to CoinNews

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The new Financial News & Resources section has been added to CoinNews to better keep collectors in touch with the always changing...
2025-P U.S. Marine Corps 250th Anniversary Silver Dollars - Proof and Uncirculated

US Mint Sales: 2025 Marine Corps Coins Rank Among Week’s Best

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The United States Mint opened pre-orders last week for its 2025 commemorative coins celebrating the Marine Corps' 250th anniversary. Early sales figures offer an...