An October 8, 2020 tweet by the United States Mint announced price increases for its silver numismatic products. The United States Mint recently adopted a new strategy for pricing products in its silver numismatic products portfolio. Prices for products containing silver will change EFFECTIVE October 13, 2020—applicable to silver products already on sale/those yet to … Read more
“An Interesting Field of Interesting People Collecting Interesting Things” Like many hobbyists, I’ve read Q. David Bowers’s books since I was a young collector. For more than fifteen years I’ve also had the honor of being his publisher, adding many new works to his extensive oeuvre. As for Mary L. Martin, I’ve known of her … Read more
Premium nickel from the West Point Mint will not be included The 2020 United States Mint (Mint) Uncirculated Coin Set® (product code 20RJ) will be available for purchase starting on November 30, at noon (EDT). The set is priced at $25.25. This is the final annual set to be released this year. Due to the … Read more
Whitman Publishing is releasing a larger, updated new edition of Beth Deisher’s Cash In Your Coins: Selling the Rare Coins You’ve Inherited. The 336-page fourth edition will debut in October 2020. It will be available online (including at Whitman.com) and from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide for $19.95. Cash In Your Coins tells readers who … Read more
The United States Mint (Mint) 2020 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set™ will be available for purchase beginning on October 8 at noon EDT. This is the final five-coin set in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program, which ends in 2021. This set contains five circulating coins from the Philadelphia Mint and five circulating … Read more
Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation and U.S. Treasury OIG conduct educational seminar The opening of the Texas Bullion Depository in the Austin suburb of Leander earlier this year has provided opportunities for investors to safely secure their precious metal coins and ingots but also raised potential problems of storing counterfeit items. Representatives of the nonprofit Anti-Counterfeiting Educational … Read more