01/01 Numismatic Collecting News

		US Mint Sales: America the Beautiful Silver Bullion and Prooof Silver Eagles Sell Out December 31, 2010 at 10:07 AM     The 2010-dated America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins sold out. Several other items in the latest US Mint product sales figures report jumped out as well. 2010 Proof Silver Eagles sold out also, yet their sales figures were unchanged since the last report. The Proof Silver Eagles have been listed on the US Mint website as sold out since Tuesday, December 28. The total for Proof Silver Eagles remained at 834,879 for a second week. The US Mint has not yet clarified if the sales figures will rise.(...) Read the rest of US Mint Sales: America the Beautiful Silver Bullion and Prooof Silver Eagles Sell Out (1,504 words)
		Odyssey Comments on WikiLeaks Revealed Cables About Black Swan Shipwreck Coins December 31, 2010 at 8:32 AM     Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX) a pioneer in the field of deep ocean exploration, was named in several U.S. State Department cables obtained by WikiLeaks and furnished to the media worldwide. [Coin Collecting News editor: read about the WikiLeaks and Black Swan.] Some of the released cables suggest that the State Department offered special assistance in the "Black Swan" case to Spanish officials in exchange for assistance in acquiring a French painting confiscated by the Nazis during World War II and now controlled by Spain. (...) Read the rest of Odyssey Comments on WikiLeaks Revealed Cables About Black Swan Shipwreck Coins (1,179 words)