Many people who read this article will have nothing to do with collecting currency whatsoever, but that shouldn’t deter them from reading what is confined within the context within. I’ve always been a collector of many things. Most notably, I began with collecting GameBoy games around the age I’m 6 or 7, which has transcended […]
After seven states seceded from the Union, beginning with South Carolina in December 1860, the Confederate States of America was formed with its capital as Montgomery, Alabama. The federal branch mint in New Orleans fell in the hands of the seceded State of Louisiana and the Confederacy. Starting in January 1861, about 5,000 double eagles
The portfolio of obverse designs for the range of 2021-2025 coins follows: Set 1 Set 01 is tied together through its use of flora and a traditional Liberty figure. 2021-01 features Liberty surrounded by floral symbols of various religions of our world. The inscription “FREEDOM OF RELIGION” is included. 2022-01 depicts Liberty with a stylized laurel in the
Weekly U.S. Mint Top Sellers Here’s a listing of the U.S. Mint’s best sellers for the week ended Oct.. 7: 2018 Proof Set (+6,801 to 372,378) 2018 Silver Proof Set (+4,381 to 242,540) 2018 Mint Set (+3,184 to 193,730) 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness Coin and Stamp Set (+2,846) 2018-S Proof Silver Eagle (+2,300 to 132,612)
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Oct. 8, 2018 10:51 AM ET It is possible to identify a theoretical price ceiling for Bitcoin simply by measuring the maximum throughput of the network. The soft limit and the hard limit differ, but each tells a similar story. By comparing the price today to the theoretical maximum price, we can limit downside exposure.
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Hurricane Florence was a powerful and long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that caused severe and extensive damage in the Carolinas in September 2018, primarily as a result of freshwater flooding. Florence dropped a maximum total of 35.93 inches (913 mm) of rain in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, becoming the wettest tropical cyclone recorded in North Carolina, and also the eighth-wettest overall in the contiguous United States. The sixth named
Precious metals futures sank Wednesday with losses ranging from 1.3% for gold to 5.9% for palladium. Gold dropped to a more than 18-month low while silver marked its worst finish in over 30 months. Elsewhere, palladium ended near a 13-month low while platinum dropped to its worst point in nearly a decade. Gold for December delivery
Think bitcoin is in bubble territory? You ain’t seen nothing yet, says one cryptocurrency expert, who believes its value needs to surge by about 300 times over the next several years to be considered a legitimate currency or risk retreating into obscurity and obsolescence. Bitcoin, the No. 1 cryptocurrency, has drawn outsize attention over its
NGC graders identify counterfeit coins with added or altered mint marks each and every day. These alterations are seen so often that we devoted an entire article to them last year, which can be found here. While that article covered the most frequently seen mintmark alterations—removed, added, and embossed mintmarks—NGC graders recently identified an altered
Last week’s release of dollars recognizing innovation in Tennessee started a near-four week wait before the next U.S. Mint scheduled product launch, resulting in what will probably be lackluster weekly sales reports for a time going forward.