Is The Deep Financial Crisis Overwhelming Gold Price Manipulation? : Coin Collecting News

By Patrick Heller, Market Update for Numismaster Ben Bernanke- Federal Reserve ChairmanThere has been a constant stream of terrible financial news over the past nine months. This news makes investors leery of owing US dollars or dollar-denominated paper assets like stocks or bonds. When investors try to protect themselves by switching to other assets or currencies, the result is a decline in the values of the dollar and American stocks and bonds.

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.

The Final "Three Branches" Proof American Platinum Eagles : Coin Collecting News

BY NGC - The final design in the three-year American Eagle Platinum Proof series celebrating the three branches of U.S. government, debuted this month. Last week, the U.S. Mint began taking orders for the coins that honor the judiciary branch. The latest coins are stately, with a historic feel. All American Eagle Platinum Proof Coins contain 99.95 percent platinum.

Japan's Hokkaido Commemorative Coins - Coin News

Japan will issue a new colorized Hokkaido commemorative silver coin featuring Japanese red-crowned cranes, a symbol of Hokkaido, flying above Hokkaido's Lake Toya.

Japan's Finance Minister, Fukushiro Nukaga, made the announcement Tuesday in a press conference after a cabinet meeting. Mr. Nukaga said a 1,000-yen Hokkaido commemorative coin would be issued this July in time for the Group of Eight summit, which will be held in Hokkaido.

An Introduction to Commemoratives Coins : Numismatic Articles

By Kathleen Duncan of Pinnacle-Rarities Texas Commemorative Half DollarThis is the place to start learning if you're unfamiliar with US Commemorative Coins. What are commemorative coins, you ask? Commemorative coins are coins issued by the US Mints to recognize the achievements of the Nation. The are coins, and not medals or medallions, because they are monetized, they have a face value and can be used as money, for example a half dollar coin.

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...