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Lincoln Coin & Chronicles Web Site Launched

October 13, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Continuing the tradition of providing Web sites with quality up-to-date information in an easy to understand layout, CoinNews Media Group LLC is happy to announce the introduction of our newest family member, LincolnCoinChroniclesSet.com. As the name describes, the site is devoted to the new Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set due to be released from the [...]

2009 Lincoln Chronicles Set Excitement

October 13, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Excitement is certainly gathering in anticipation of the US Mint’s release of the 2009 Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set this Thursday, Oct. 15, at noon (Eastern Time). The coin-related online blogs and news sites have been warning readers of the high likelihood of a one day sell-out of the sets, and that is even with [...]

A Deflation Story

October 10, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The Daily Reckoning “It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.” – Edward Gibbon [...]

Ultra High Relief Gold Coin Sales History

October 9, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

2009 $20 Ultra High Relief Gold Double Eagle sales exploded with a sizzling 28,183 purchased by the end of its Jan. 22 launch day. Action continued to be strong despite the initial $1,189.00 price, which is now considered a dreamy bargain for buyers in today’s market. By the following Tuesday, Jan. 27, the number jumped [...]

Austria €10 Richard the Lionheart Silver Coins Issued

October 9, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

The Austrian Mint in Vienna is issuing the second coin in its €10 silver commemorative series “Tales and Legends in Austria“. The theme of the new coin is the captivity of the English king, Richard I, on his homeward journey from the Third Crusade in 1192 and the legend of his loyal friend and troubadour [...]

Recent Coin News and Articles this Week

October 8, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

What’s New on CoinLink …….. New Book: “King of Eagles” The Most Remarkable Coin Ever Produced by the U.S. Mint has been authored by Dean Albanese. The story of the 1804 Proof Gold Eagle. Any fan of rare coins or US history will love this book (and the website KingOfEaglesCoin.com). The United States Mint announced [...]

GOLD RALLIES TO NEW RECORD HIGH ON RISING INVESTMENT DEMAND

October 8, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Oct. 7, 2009, 1:57 p.m. EDT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold futures soared to a record high just below $1,050 an ounce Wednesday, as investment demand rose and as the U.S. dollar remained relatively weak. Holdings in the SPDR Gold Trust /quotes/comstock/13*!gld/quotes/nls/gld (GLD 102.33, +0.05, +0.05%) , the biggest exchange-traded fund backed by gold, rose [...]

Gold pieces feature in Turkish coin exhibition

October 8, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

A major new coin exhibition featuring gold items has opened at a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. The display looks at how historic coin collections illustrate the history of the Turkmen tribes and their 11th century migration from Central Asia to Anatolia, the Hurriyet newspaper reports.The news feeds on this site are independently provided by Adfero [...]

Coin News: Shipwreck Coins, 37-Cent Coin, Forging Innovation, Obverse/Reverse?

October 7, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Four numismatic news or coin blog articles are referenced on CoinNews every Tuesday and Thursday. These articles are not authored by us, but we recommend coin collectors read them for their unusual or interesting content. Here are today’s coin articles: Shipwreck in the Forbidden Zone Roff Smith | National Geographic History rarely unfolds like a [...]

A Bull in a Silver Shop

October 5, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

By The Mogambo Guru One of the most interesting news items I’ve found was on the cover of The Financial Times, where I learned that a guy named Lahde “made tens of millions of dollars from betting against the financial and property sectors during [the] past two years”, and he now wanted to thank “the [...]

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