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 than the adopted composition are frequently used to strike hub trials and die trials. They are […]
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 3. It was awarded to Otakar Dušek, from the Czech Republic, for his Todesmarsch (Death March)
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Thorpe was born in 1887 and a member of the Sac and Fox Nation. He would become the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for his home country. He was also known for being extremely versatile in his athletic abilities and participated in many sports. Buyers may choose between 25-coin rolls, 100-coin
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Gold closed up $17.20 at $1309.70 in another try at the “over $1300.00 club”. It traded flat overnight in both Hong Kong and London but moved higher in the domestic market for a number of reasons. First, the Draghi speech late Friday – the European Central Bank (ECB) will keep printing money as the ECB
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Precious metals advanced on Friday, cementing their first weekly gains in four weeks. While increases for gold were modest, they were robust for silver, platinum and palladium. On Friday, gold for December delivery rose $8.40, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,728.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The finish was the best since Aug.
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Commemorative Coins 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Silver Dollar In addition to the four new one-cent reverse designs of 2009 was a silver commemorative dollar honoring the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Public Law 109-285, the “Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act”, was signed into law on September 27, 2006 by President Bush and was released on February 12,
Coins of The Obama Era It’s still unclear how history will ultimately remember the presidency of Barack Obama, who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 through 2017. But coin collectors can already honor the historic, two-term former commander-in-chief in their own ways. Over the course of the eight years President Obama
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) is proud to announce that David W. Lange, NGC Research Director, has been named Numismatist of the Year by the American Numismatic Association (ANA). The Numismatist of the Year award honors a person from the numismatic community who has shown long-term leadership both to the field and the ANA, a congressional chartered
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CHANGES IN US MINT Two new pieces of legislation have been introduced (in one instance, reintroduced) to Congress that seek to alter the landscape of our nation’s circulating coinage. COINS Act of 2017 Republican Senators John McCain (AZ) and Michael Enzi (WY) introduced the Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings (COINS) Act of 2017 (S.
Since Pope Francis views himself as “the pope of the poor,” it appears to be ironic that Vatican City coins on which his image appears are selling for far more than is their face value. The fact that Vatican City’s euro coins are severely limited in mintage and for that reason command a high premium