There are many interesting things to see on coins if you look closely enough.
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There are many interesting things to see on coins if you look closely enough. Sculptor Robert Graham died Dec. 27, 2008, at the age of 70. There will be five First Spouse gold coins issued in 2009 rather than the standard four because President John Tyler was married twice and his wives Letitia and Julia will make up the second and third issues of the year. If you think you know how many National Park quarter designs will be produced in the series that starts 2010, it will pay you to think again. A Numismatic News reader from Mississippi submitted an interesting Kennedy half dollar find. While searching through circulated rolls he found a 1971-D struck on a planchet of quarter-dollar thickness or what is called a “Wrong Stock” error. Don’t let their small size fool you. The $1 gold coins of the United States had a big impact. Middle date copper large cents worth $3 million will highlight the second part of the Ted Naftzger collection when it is put on the block by Ira & Larry Goldberg in the firm’s Pre-Long Beach Sale scheduled for Feb. 1-4, 2009. The U.S. Mint and the Washington, D.C., Metro Subway system announced Dec. 22 that more than 900 fare-card vending machines will now dispense dollar coins as change. Racine Numismatic Society member Joe Paonessa has created a medal to commemorate the group’s 70th anniversary. Numismatic News reader Richard Ross of Mississippi submitted a 2007-D Idaho State quarter that boasts what is known as a Dropped Letter or Dropped Design error. |
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