Fred Weinberg Interview

This design was elongated on different coins, as follows:
1/2 Large pre-decimal British pence
1 Large pre-decimal British penny
2 British pence
U.S. quarter
Brass planchet
Copper planchet

The cost is $3 per coin when sold individually.

There are two different sets:
All 3 British coins (1/2, 1 and 2 pence) at $7.50 per set
Brass, U.S. quarter and copper planchets (they look like gold, silver and bronze medals) for $7.50 per set

Orders will be shipped in a padded envelope with delivery confirmation for a flat rate of $2 per order.

All of the coins can be viewed at this Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/11526130@N05/sets/72157631194134540

PayPal is acceptable, but please add $0.50 to cover their fees (PayPal email: paz@sbcglobal.net).

Checks, money order and cash (sent on your risk) is very much welcomed at the following address: Oded Paz, P.O.Box 633, Arco, ID 83213-0633.

The Royal Mint has been striking coins for over 1,000 years, and this year’s Summer Games provided their designers and engravers with an exceptional opportunity to create exclusive Olympic collectibles.

Many millions will watch the “unprecedented summer,” as the BBC calls it. Few will ever have a chance to secure one of these precious mementos of history. Britain’s Royal Mint is making these coveted Olympic Games “coins of the realm” available worldwide through their network of official distributors.

The limited-edition line includes the Handover Series, the Countdown Series and the Gold Higher Series. The Celebration Series, a six coin set, marks the historic return of the games to the United Kingdom with a collection of stunning coins honoring the nation’s greatest icons and landmarks. Proofs and sets are available highlighting Big Ben, Stonehenge and Winston Churchill. And for the first time in the history of Olympic Games coinage, the Royal Mint is releasing a commemorative set of 29 coins depicting every Olympic and Paralympic sport.

In addition, each coin features Queen Elizabeth II, who is celebrating her Diamond Jubilee this year.

Designed for the passionate coin collector seeking rare gold proofs or the history buff looking for a unique reminder of this landmark event, the Royal Mint coins, available at Stauer and GovMint, offer Olympic memorabilia coins starting at only $4.95 each.

For more information visit www.Stauer.com or www.govmint.com.

Metal detecting—or “digging,” as enthusiasts sometimes call it—has drawn a plethora of passionate hobbyists with varied interests for decades, and reality television is shining a new light on this pastime. Read the whole story here

Actually, we were wondering about collecting in general.

We were talking one day about what people in the office collect, how they got started collecting, what will they do with their collection in the future, etc.

Some of us are accumulators. I fall into this category. A few first-edition novels here, some concert ticket stubs and other souvenirs there. I even have a few elongated cents from museums and amusement parks.

Others inherited partial collections of Morgan and Peace dollars, and that’s where their collecting stops.

And one person became interested in coins as an easy way to make money as a kid.

Then we got “scientific.” Is there a “collecting” gene? Are some people born to collect, while others simply, ahem, accumulate, or go 180 degrees the other way and “declutter,” for lack of a better word?

Michael Shutty Jr., Ph.D., author of One Coin Is Never Enough, in fact says that he is a collector by genetics. His book approaches numismatics differently by putting the collector first. The stories, the human aspects come before the coins.

That’s what we’re interested in.

What kind of coin collector are you? Do you collect anything else? How did you get started? And, in all seriousness, how does collecting make you feel? Does it give you a rush of pleasure, or does too much of anything stress you out?

Let’s talk about this. Comment on or share this post, or email mgibbel@jmillermedia.com.

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 are ever forced to sell your collection, you’ll get a decent return on it. Let’s hope that never happens, though, and that’s just one accumulator’s opinion.)

One expert has given his opinion here. He makes some good points, so check it out.

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 coins, the collection includes an 1873-S Open 3 $20 graded NGC XF 45, a 1926 Indian Head $10 graded NGC MS 63, a 1978 South Africa 1 Krugerrand graded NGC MS 67 and a 1909 France Gold 20 Franc graded NGC MS 66.

“We are pleased to grade this collection of coins from one of the legends of baseball,” said NGC CEO Steve Eichenbaum.

Williams, regarded as the greatest batsman in Major League history, spent his 22-year career with the Boston Red Sox. His many records and accomplishments include 6 AL Batting Championships, .344 career batting average and a .406 batting average in 1941. He was also awarded Most Valuable Player for 1946 and 1949 and Player of the Decade from 1951-1960.

“NGC has done an exemplary job in grading the coins from the Ted Williams Collection,” remarked David Hunt,
President, Hunt Auctions. “We felt it important to memorialize the provenance of this particular grouping of coins as having originated from one of the great sports collections to have ever come to market.”

The coins are a part of a large quantity of Ted Williams’ personal items that will be offered to the public by Hunt Auctions at a live event on April 28, 2012, at
Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. A portion of the proceeds from the sales will be donated to The Jimmy Fund, a prestigious Boston charity which is forever affiliated with Ted Williams, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Boston Red Sox. For more information about the coin collection or the auction events in general please visit www.huntauctions.com.

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 to our Facebook audience. If you haven’t “Liked” us yet, do it now to answer the poll.

The answers may surprise us.