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Spain Finally Sees Shipwreck Coins
COINage readers know well the story of Odyssey Marine’s “Black Swan” project. Doesn’t ring a bell on the main deck of your mind? Odyssey Marine recovered approximately 17 metric tones of gold and silver coins and other artifacts in 2007 from the Atlantic Ocean floor after finding the wreck off the coast of Portugal thanks ...
Coin Collecting Methods
One of the great things about collecting coins is that there are so many ways to go about it. You can collect by type or specialty, topic or composition. There is no right or wrong way. (I suggest that you collect what you like, in the highest quality you can afford. That way, if you ...
New Sales Figures
The United States Mint added two new products to its latest sales figures report. The El Yunque quarters three-coin set debuted on February 7, and the 2011-P on February 9. The products were the top two sellers of the week. In its first six days of sales, the Mint sold 11,391 El Yunque quarters sets. ...
New Numismatic Exhibit Coming
At a time of museum closures and what appears to be–to an outsider, anyway–a lack of interest in numismatics, Yale University in planning to install a numismatic exhibit in their newly renovated University Art Gallery. The Yale University Art Gallery is in the final phase of a renovation and expansion that will transform the visitor ...
NGC Grades Ted Williams Collection
[Sarasota, Florida] ? Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that they have certified select coins from the Ted Williams Collection. The 91 coins were a part of the personal items of Baseball Hall of Fame member Ted Williams. Each coin is encapsulated with the pedigree Ted Williams Collection. Consisting of 78 U.S. and 13 world ...
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
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