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US Mint Offers Final Chance to Buy 2009 DC and U.S. Territories Coin Covers June 14, 2010 at 9:30 PM The United States Mint today announced the end of all sales for its 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Official First Day Coin Covers, effective June 30, 2010. The coin covers are priced at $14.95 each.  Orders may be placed at the United States Mint's online catalog, http://www.usmint.gov/catalog, or at the toll-free number, 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468).  Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may call 1-888-321-MINT (6468). A shipping and handling fee of $4.95 is added to all domestic orders.  No online, phone or mail orders will be accepted after 5 p.m. (ET) on June 30, 2010.(...) Read the rest of US Mint Offers Final Chance to Buy 2009 DC and U.S. Territories Coin Covers (169 words)   Royal Canadian Mint's 2010 Vancouver Commemoratives Honored June 14, 2010 at 9:09 PM The Royal Canadian Mint is honoured that its Vancouver 2010 commemorative circulation  coin program has won global acclaim as the Best New Coin Series at the third "Excellence in Currency" Awards held in conjunction with the 2010 Currency Conference of the International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Mint is also pleased that a new series of circulation coins it produced for the Central Bank of Fiji received a Runner-Up Award in the same category. The series of 17 circulation coins, consisting of 15 25-cent coins and two "Lucky Loonie" one-dollar circulation coins prevailed over several high-calibre entries competing for this prestigious recognition ... Full Article: Canadian 2010 Vancouver Commemoratives Honored - CoinNews Related posts: Royal Canadian Mint's 2010 Lucky Loonie Released Royal Canadian Mint Issues 2008 Lucky Loonie – Coin News   Movie features coins… June 14, 2010 at 8:54 PM I watched a movie on DVD called "Dear John." It wasn't one of those box office major hits and will not likely be a movie with a large fan base. I was startled by it because coin collecting played a major role in it. It was the one true connection between the lead character and his father. It was a remarkably good representation of coins offered ... Full Article: Movie full of coins. Wow. - Buzz with Dave Harper Related posts: Lincoln coins: Four not so fantastic? – Buzz with Dave Harper Inflation poor guide to future coin values   1871 Standard Silver Pattern Proof Set to be sold in Baltimore June 14, 2010 at 8:52 PM Bowers and Merena will be offering Lot 3410 in their Baltimore Coin and Currency Auction next week. One item, possibly unique, is a 5 coin 1871 Standard Silver Pattern Proof Set. Five-piece pattern proof sets of this type were distributed by the Mint to contemporary collectors. The number of such sets produced is unknown, but survivors are very rare ... Full Article: Coin Profile: 1871 Standard Silver Pattern Proof Set to be sold in Baltimore - CoinLink Related posts: Stack's Sells Millions in Baltimore! THE MARCH BALTIMORE SHOW   Coin Errors with Flips and Trips June 14, 2010 at 8:50 PM Error coin enthusiasts are one of the great traditions of U.S. numismatics, if a relatively recent phenomenon compared to, say, collectors of large cents. The two specialties are not completely separate, but intersect on occasion; after all, if 21st century Mint technology wasn't enough to keep this proof Ohio Statehood quarter from looking like a saucer, what are the chances that things would be error-free in the late 18th century? A pair of dramatic errors in the July 2010 Summer FUN Auction tell the ... Full Article: Coin Monday: Flips and Trips - Heritage Blog Related posts: One Cent, Two Cent, One Cent Planchet Van Buren Edge Errors Reported – NumisMaster