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2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter Production Figures June 21, 2010 at 3:01 PM The United States Mint has published the latest production figures for the Hot Springs National Park Quarter, and the numbers suggest they will end with the lowest mintage of any quarter-dollar since 1955. 2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter - Obverse and Reverse A total of 59,600,000 million were produced, with 29,000,000 from the Mint's facility in Denver and 30,600,000 from its plant in Philadelphia. The Hot Springs quarter did not begin entering circulation until April 19, 2010, and its production only started in March 2010. The America the Beautiful Quarters™ series kicked off to a later than normal start, as the U.S. Mint had to build the new coin program to honor the 56 different national parks and national sites between... Full Article: Hot Springs National Park Quarter Mintages - ParkQuarters.com Related posts: Scarcest Quarter: 2010 Hot Springs National Park Coin Hot Springs National Park Quarter Launches in US Mint Ceremony   1882 Double Eagle Gold Coin June 21, 2010 at 2:54 PM One of the most important coins in the upcoming July Summer FUN U.S. Coin auction is an 1882 double eagle graded AU53 by PCGS. The issue has a mintage of just 571 business strikes, the lowest for any regular-issue double eagle with the James B. Longacre-designed reverse. (The Paquet reverse is another story, as there are just two Philadelphia 1861 Paquet coins. Heritage has sold one of them.) Beyond the obvious rarity-by-mintage, there is another twist to just how elusive the 1882 double eagle business strikes are: the Smithsonian Institution doesn't have one. The reason the Smithsonian lacks an example actually ties in to why the coins are so rare overall.) ... Full Article: Coin Monday: The Business of the 1882 Double Eagle - Heritage Blog Related posts: Superb 1861-P Paquet Reverse Double Eagle at ANA Convention Singular New Orleans Double Eagle Headlines Heritage Long Beach Auction   Native American $1 Collector? June 21, 2010 at 2:52 PM The Sacagawea dollar made a big splash in 2000 when it was first introduced. More than one billion were struck. However, Americans being Americans, stuck to their habits and decided that the paper dollar was much easier to use. Use of the $1 coin, new as it was, golden in color as it was, just didn't cut it. It then pretty much went to sleep as the object of interest among a few collectors ... Full Article: Do you collect Native American dollar? - Buzz with Dave Harper Related posts: United States Mint Releases Designs for Native American $1 Coin on Native American Heritage Day Native American Dollar Coins Open Festival   Ancient Coins: Heads, or tails, you win June 21, 2010 at 2:49 PM Those of us who consider something 100 years old to be pretty ancient may be surprised that coins minted before the birth of Christ are still widely available and, in some cases, can be picked up cheaply (well, for $50 a piece if you don't mind some ancient spare change). Money from the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods was on offer at Noble Numismatics' last sale in Sydney in April, including the spectacular gold octadrachm (pictured far right) minted in Alexandria in the period 180BC-116BC ... Full Article: Heads, or tails, you win - MoneyManager.com.au Related posts: Ancient Arab coins from Viking-era discovered 1801 $10 gold piece heads Stack's sale – Numismatic News