Coin dealers examining gold find from Louisiana coast : Coin Collecting News
By ALAN SAYRE - AP The SS New York, image courtesy of The Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Virginia.A steamship that sank off the Louisiana coast during an 1846 storm has produced a trove of rare gold coins, including some produced at two, mostly forgotten U.S. mints in the South, coin experts say. Last year, four Louisiana residents salvaged hundreds of gold coins and thousands of silver coins from the wreckage of the SS New York in about 60 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico, said David Bowers, co-chairman of Stack's Rare Coins in New York.
Austrian Mint Issues 5 Euro Silver Coin Honoring Great Conductor : Coin Collecting News
This year Herbert von Karajan would have celebrated his 100th birthday. He was born on 5th April, 1908, in the city of Salzburg. To commemorate this great Austrian conductor the Austrian Mint in Vienna is issuing a 5 Euro silver coin on 7th May, 2008. On the occasion of his death in 1989 the New York Times characterised Karajan as "probably the world's best-known conductor and one of the most powerful figures in classical music."
Mint News Blog Mintage Summary
A useful summary of the latest mintage figures for the US Mint's precious metals related products from 2007 and 2008.
2009 US Territory and Washington DC Quarter Designs
Drawings of designs for the Washington, D.C., quarter as well as those for the five insular territories - Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands ...
Steel Cent Proposal, First Spouse Gold Coins, Saint Gaudens $20 Gold | Coin Update
Another look at the steel cent proposal amidst the "relentless rise" in the cost of steel. Also, the rise and fall of the First Spouse Gold series, 2008 Lincoln Cents, Washington D.C. Quarter designs and motto, $20 Saint Gaudens, a humorous coin related video...
Coin Grading, My Gold Party, John Qunicy Adams Dollar | Coin Update
Host a party, buy your friends' gold. Also, treasure in the news, pictures of money, a questionable quote by the US Mint Director, Britain's new coin design, Proof Gold Eagle mintages, coin grading tips, ITCA, ...
