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In his weekly column, Greg Reynolds wires on the O’Neal Collection of Indian Head $5 gold coins. “This set is the "All-Time Finest" in the PCGS Registry and contains many individual coins that are at or near the top of the condition rankings for their respective dates.”
The US government said it is still trying to identify the source of the production glitch that forced it to postpone introducing the new $100 bill and could force it to shred hundreds of millions of error-ridden bills. The issue stems from what officials called a "problem with sporadic creasing of the paper during printing" that resulted in blanks spots on some of the newly redesigned bills.
Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton have launched a research project in which nuclear radiation is used to identify changes in metal content among ancient Greek and Roman coins held in a world-class collection amassed at the university since the 1940s.
Bowers and Merena Auctions, one of the world's preeminent auctioneers for rare coins and currency and a subsidiary of Spectrum Group International, Inc. (SPGZ.PK), announced today that noted numismatic professional Chris Napolitano has joined the 27-year-old auction house as president.
The finest collectible 1909-O Indian half eagle, MS66 PCGS, the Mitchelson-Clapp-Eliasberg-Price example – designated by legendary numismatist David Akers as "The Coin" – will provide some New Year's fireworks on Thursday, Jan 6, 2011, when it comes up for auction as part of Heritage's Tampa FUN Platinum Night U.S. Coin Auction.
Doug Winter asks which Civil War gold coins will be promoted in 2011. “I don't consider myself to be a real pro when it comes to rare coin promotion but even I know a no-brainer when I see it. ”
The upcoming 2011 January Tampa FUN Signature & Platinum Night US Coin Auction features what is probably the finest New Orleans twenty of any date. Easily the finest known 1852-O double eagle, this Gem has been off the market since the early 1970s, when our consignor purchased it through a private treaty transaction with Stack's.
The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) will provide a scholarship to a deserving young numismatist (YN) to attend the 2011 American Numismatic Association (ANA) Summer Seminar in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is the seventh consecutive year of PNG YN scholarships for the popular, annual ANA program.
Steve Roach writes: “The U.S. Mint's Dec. 1 announcement that it is placing tighter than expected mintage limits on the new 2010 America the Beautiful 5-ounce .999 fine silver bullion quarter dollars may result in the creation of some new modern rarities.”
NEW & UPDATED – Our coverage of rare coin and currency news has expanded with Austin Purvis taking over as Editor of Coin News Daily. This is a special section of CoinLink where we scour the web for items of interest related to numismatics and post a short excerpt and link to these “off site” resources.
We have also made changes to The Bullion Report with daily news and article updates, and a monthly analysis of the “Premiums Over Spot” for Gold and Silver Bullion products.
