Posts Tagged ‘Gold coins’
High “Expectation” for Second Klimt Coin
The Austrian Mint will issue the second coin in its five-gold-coin series celebrating Gustav Klimt, a key painter of the art nouveau period whose art is recognized and admired around the world. The obverse features the “Tree of Life” from the Stoclet frieze, is framed by a square of the artist’s canvas, and was conceptualized ...
Free Books at ANA’s Nat’l Money Show
Numismatic writer Michael Fuljenz, President of Universal Coin & Bullion (www.UniversalCoin.com), will offer free copies of his acclaimed reference book about popular United States gold pieces, Indian Gold Coins of the 20th Century, at the American Numismatic Association (ANA) National Money ShowSM in Dallas,Texas. Known as America’s Gold ExpertSM, Fuljenz will autograph his books as ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
New from The Franklin Mint
The Taj Mahal Gold Coin [Franklin Center, New York] The Franklin Mint unveiled a rare and unprecedented work of artistry–The Taj Mahal Gold Coin–at its new Manhattan showroom (8 West 40th Street, 14th Fl.). Minted and designed by the Monnaie de Paris, only 29 of these coins will ever be produced. The Taj Mahal Gold ...
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 ...
My Two Cents’ Worth: The Weight-ing Game
THE WEIGHT-ING GAME by Ed Reiter It’s official: The Realm of Coins has a new heavyweight champion—with a seven-figure price tag to back its claim to the title. A 2007 Canadian Maple Leaf containing 220.5 pounds of gold (that’s 100 kilograms to you metric-minded nerds) changed hands (or forklifts) for $4 million at an auction ...
Gold to Shine in Forum
Two leading experts on the acquisition and trading of gold coins and bullion will provide a wealth of inside information on those subjects – free of charge – during the ANA World’s Fair of Money, the year’s biggest coin show, on Friday, August 13, 2010, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. The experts, ...
Prices Reduced by the Mint
Effective January 12, 2009, the United States Mint implemented a new strategy for pricing its gold and platinum numismatic products. Non-precious metal products and bullion coins were not subject to the new strategy. Three days later, U.S. Mint Deputy Director Andy Brunhart stated, “Transparency, agility, and customer service are the catalysts for our new pricing ...

