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Royal Mint Begins Circulating 1st Coins With Charles III Effigy (Thu, 08 Dec 2022)
The King’s portrait will first appear on the 50 pence coins, with the reverse commemorating the life and legacy of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II A total of 4.9 million 50 pence coins will enter circulation across 9,452 Post Office branches throughout the month of December with the remaining coins following in line with […] The post Royal Mint Begins Circulating 1st Coins With Charles III Effigy appeared first on CoinWeek.
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Rainbow Toned 1884-O Morgan Dollar Offered by GreatCollections (Thu, 08 Dec 2022)
Currently for sale on GreatCollections.com is a spectacularly toned 1884 New Orleans Morgan dollar. Not only does this coin display luminous rainbow toning with textile patterning from the canvas mint bag but has earned a green CAC sticker as it is strong for its grade (MS 64). Collectors should note that while this piece does […] The post Rainbow Toned 1884-O Morgan Dollar Offered by GreatCollections appeared first on CoinWeek.
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Are the Sponsian Coins Real? Further Considerations (Thu, 08 Dec 2022)
By Alice Sharpless for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ……   A new study, published by Paul N. Pearson et al. last week in Plos One, has made a sensation in global news by claiming to have authenticated several unusual gold coins in the Hunterian Museum collection in Glasgow that seem to feature an otherwise unknown […] The post Are the Sponsian Coins Real? Further Considerations appeared first on CoinWeek.
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Post 1964 Off-Metal Error Coins (Wed, 07 Dec 2022)
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek …..   On July 23, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke from the White House Rose Garden announcing the Coinage Act of 1965. With this speech, Johnson ushered in a new period of U.S. Coinage. In what the president called “the first fundamental change in our coinage in 173 years”, […] The post Post 1964 Off-Metal Error Coins appeared first on CoinWeek.
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