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Gold & Today’s Global Economy
COINage takes an in-depth look at the market in this
special issue.
PLUS:
- Bull Markets Past & Present
- How Coin Melts Affect Market Value
- Gold Dollars: Small Coins with Enormous Value
- The Many Faces of Saint Gaudens Gold Coins
- What’s Really Inside the “Gold Vault”
- Coin Capsule: 1971
Five New Coins for Diamond Jubilee
For Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, The Royal Mint has unveiled five new precious metal variations of the only official UK £5 coin struck to mark the historic occasion. Like the Brilliant Uncirculated version released a few months ago, the coins have been designed by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS to celebrate a regal ...
50 State Quarters Featured on PBS TV
Garrett Burke, the concept designer of the California State Quarter, recently discussed the popular state quarters program on a PBS program. View the program in its entirety here. Garrett Burke on his YouTube channel
October Quiz Answers
Explorers on U.S. Coins Prizes for the October quiz have been sent. We’ve posted the answers here anyway, just in case you were curious. 1. When did Columbus set foot in the New World, and when is his day observed? October 12, 1492; October 12 2. When did the Age of Exploration begin? The early ...
SoCal Coin & Currency Show
Straight from the organizer’s press release: Attendance is expected to be up at the SoCal Coin & Currency Show, held December 8-10 at the Ontario Convention Center, 2000 Convention Center Way, Ontario, CA 91764. The continued surge in gold and silver prices is driving new faces onto the bourse floor. Whether convention goers come to sell, invest or ...
Giant Australian Coin Is Legal Tender
The Perth Mint has unveiled the biggest, heaviest and inherently most valuable gold coin in the world. Weighing 1,012 kilograms, it is more than a tonne of 99.99 percent pure gold worth more than $53.5 million. Read the whole story here.
September Quiz Answers
None of the entries received for the September quiz were valid. All were close, but none were entirely correct. The correct answers are posted here. 1) Who is the current U.S. Treasurer? Rosie Rios 2) How many planes were hijacked, and where did they ultimately crash? Four (4) planes: Two into the Twin Towers of ...
New from the Austrian Mint
[VIENNA, AUSTRIA] On Nov. 9, the Austrian Mint will issue the fourth gold coin in the “Crowns of the House of Habsburg” series, featuring the mysterious crown of St. Wenceslas, crown of Bohemia. The crown is named in honor of St. Wenceslas, patron of Bohemia and the Czechs. The obverse of the coin depicts the fantastic ...
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