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.
ICTA Helps Thwart Proposal for CFTC Regulation of Coin Dealers - Coin News
ICTA recently helped defeat an 11th hour proposal that would have put precious metals dealers under the jurisdiction of the CFTC which may also have led to federal licensing and further regulation of the industry.
In late April, during Senate consideration of the 2008 farm bill (HR 2419), a section was added to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and amend the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).
$20 Saint-Gaudens Series : Numismatic Articles
By Jim Fehr of North American Certified Trading Saint Gaudens Double EaglesThe most gifted designer in the history of U.S. coinage never lived to see his magnificent $20 gold coins enter circulation. Augustus Saint-Gaudens died on August 3rd, 1907, three months before his first pieces were struck. Saint-Gaudens' pupil Henry Hering and President Theodore Roosevelt were the two people most directly responsible for the completion of Saint- Gaudens work. Roosevelt himself chose the standing liberty obverse and flying eagle reverse for the new $20 gold piece from a group of designs submitted by Saint- Gaudens.
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...
