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Possible Economic Outcomes of Bitcoin – Bitcoin news

CME Group’s Bitcoin futures become effective on Dec. 17 for trade on Dec. 18. The launch of CME Group’s Bitcoin futures market comes just a week after the CBOE launched their Bitcoin futuresmarket on Dec. 11. Futures contracts give investors exposure to the…

January 26, 2025BitCoin, Cryptocurrency, Digital Currency, News

Coins

Counterfeit Coins and How to Detect Them

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…

January 24, 2025articles, Coins, Counterfeit Coins, Fake Coins, How to Spot Fakes, News

Coins Currency News

Act Seeks 1c Coin and $1 Note Elimination; 5c Composition Change

Legislation reintroduced in the U.S. Senate seeks to save taxpayers money by suspending production of the 1-cent coin, changing the 5-cent coin’s composition, and replacing $1 notes with $1 coins. Numbered S.759, the Currency Optimization, Innovation and National Savings…

January 24, 2025Coin Laws, Coins, currency, Currency News, News

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What are Clad Coins?

The half dollar, quarter dollar, and dime coins are clad coins with 3 layers of metal. The 2 identical outer layers are an alloy of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel. The inner layer is copper. The outer…

January 24, 2025articles, camping, Clad, Clad Coin Description, Clad Coins, Coin Details, coin facts, coin news, Coin Opp, coin search, Coins, currency, dollar, education, facts about money, find rare currency, find treasure, finding money, jefferson nickel, Lincoln Cent, money, News, rare currency, rare finds, survival, treasure hunt, what is my coin worth

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Tomography studies of coins shed light on the history of Volga Bulgaria

Kazan Federal University, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia), and Khalikov Institute of Archeology (Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia) are working together to study the physical properties of the coins found on the territory of former Volga…

January 21, 2025Ancient Coins, coin news, News, Volga Bulgaria

American Silver Eagle Coins Currency News

Coronavirus Enhances Surge for Silver – 2020 Silver Eagles Sell Out

Inventories of 1-ounce, .999 fine American Silver Eagle bullion coins are temporarily depleted, the United States Mint announced Thursday, March 12.

January 14, 20252020 Silver Eagle Coin, Mint Sales, News

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The Love of the Hobby

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,…

January 13, 20252019, articles, Coin Articles, News

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Lawrence of Arabia Coin

Among the millions who participated in World War I, a few names live in history. The Red Baron is one. Lawrence of Arabia is another. Britain’s Royal Mint’s latest coin sets commemorating people and events from WWI include gold…

January 13, 2025Lawrence of Arabia, New Coins, News

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PCGS Certifies 1875 20 Cent Die Trial

Die Trials are usually uniface (struck on one side) impressions using either the obverse or reverse die. These Die Trials can be fromfinished or unfinished dies. These are deliberate strikes to test a certain design or example. Metals other…

January 13, 202520 Cent Piece, Die Trial, News, PCGS1

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New Death March Medal Commemorates the Event of 1945

A new Death March medal has shed light on one of history's tragic events. The newly established Mel Wacks Judaica Art Medal Award was presented at the 2018 XXXV FIDEM Art Medal Congress awards banquet in Ottawa on June…

January 12, 2025Historical Medals, History, News, Pendants