Coin collecting
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 Facebook Poll
COINage has received several recent press releases regarding the national parks quarters, the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program, as it’s officially called. The fact that we’ve seen so many quarter-related headlines begged the question in-house: Are you or someone you know collecting the America the Beautiful quarters? And, just for kicks, we took it outside ...
Feeding the Coin-Collecting Beast
Why don’t more kids collect coins? I’m asked that question at least twice a day. And at least twice a day, I’m able to give a different reason. Video games. Expense. Aesthetics. Availability. I can even break it down into subcategories: Kinect for Xbox 360. A quarter costs $5. And so on. One columnist recently ...
2011 Uncirculated Sets Available Tomorrow
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] Sales of the 2011 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set will begin on February 8 at noon Eastern Time (ET). This year’s set contains two folders of 14 coins each-one each from the United States Mint facilities at Denver and Philadelphia-for a total of 28 coins. Each includes uncirculated versions of the following ...
Help for Gold Scam Victims
COINage received the following press release this morning on behalf of the ANA, ICTA and the PNG. What do you do when a gold seller fails to deliver or the merchandise you received was not as described when you ordered it? Who can you contact for help when you don’t receive payment for gold you’ve ...
What’s It Worth?
COINage has received several letters lately regarding coin values. How is value determined? Who determines it? Inquiring readers want to know. So I did a little bit of research and found an article that directly answers the question much quicker than I can. Besides, I’m an accumulator, remember? The anwers to all of your questions–to ...
Early Offerings
The United States Mint said today it plans to make its annual core products available in January 2011. This will be the first time in at least a decade that a majority of its annual core products will be offered this early in the year. Previously, annual Mint products were made available at different times ...
Coin Sales–and Healthcare Reform?
Healthcare reform. It’s in the daily news. It’s discussed on talk shows and around the water cooler. There’s no escaping it, no matter what your opinion may be. It’s even crept into the hobby, the one place in which you thought you could find just a few minutes of refuge from the outside world. A ...
Buddy, Can You Spare a Quarter?
Here’s an excerpt from a recent U.S. Mint press release: The United States Mint today announced the America the Beautiful Quarters Bulk Purchase Program. The minimum purchase requirement under the program is one (1) bulk bag, which contains 200,000 coins with a total value of $50,000. A three percent processing fee of $1,500 per bulk ...
Facing Change
Did you know that COINage has a Facebook page? Did you know that you can follow us on Twitter? Well, we do, and you can. We’ve been pretty quiet about it. OK, I’VE been pretty quiet about it. That’s because the social media updates are my responsibility, and I’m honestly still learning the ropes. I’ve ...
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