9/19 Numismatic News

Silver Coin Marks the 30th Anniversary of Poland's Solidarity Movement
Coin Update News
The National Bank of Poland has issued a new silver coin to mark the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Solidarity movement. Solidarity was Poland's first (as well as the first in any Warsaw pact country) non-communist party controlled trade union, which was established in the shipyards of Gdansk. The obverse of the silver coin shows an image of a crowd formed in the shape of the letter "S" with raised hands as a sign of victory. The stylized date of 1980 appears over the crowd. On either side of the primary design is the inscription "POLISH SIEPRIE?".
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2010 American Eagle Gold Proof Coins Available October 7
United States Mint
The American Eagle Gold Proof Coins are struck in 22-karat gold. The coins' obverse (heads side) features Augustus Saint-Gaudens' rendition of Liberty holding a torch in her right hand and an olive branch in her left. The coins' reverse (tails side), designed by sculptor Miley Busiek, features an image of a male eagle carrying an olive branch, flying above a nest containing a female eagle and her hatchlings.
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Nickel Design Change Didn't Stop Wear
Numismaster
For some coins, it's not the mintage that results in higher prices, it's the survival of the coin in a specific grade. On the list of coins where the mintage seems to be out of sync with the price is the Buffalo nickel dated 1913 from San Francisco.In fact, there were two 1913-S Buffalo nickels, and they have two different stories and price levels. We start with the initial 1913-S Buffalo nickel that had a modest mintage of 2,105,000 pieces. It was designed the way James Earle Fraser had created it, and it was a wildly popular design.
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Whitman Expo Returns to Philadelphia
Numismatic News
"Where America Went to Make a Mint" is the theme of the second annual Whitman Coin & Collectibles Philadelphia Expo set for Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This year Whitman will add new educational components and says the official auction by Stack's has expanded to include 5,000 lots. Read more for the expo highlights.
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NGC Certifies Newly Discovered 1856-O Double Eagle
Silver Coins Today
This previously unknown specimen is one of only two dozen known of the issue. Its discovery garnered considerable excitement in the numismatic press.First reported as a front-page story in the July 26, 2010, issue of Coin World, this coin's discovery is one of the great numismatic stories of the year. The 1856-O $20 is among the most important of all gold coins struck at the New Orleans Mint and a great rarity in the Liberty Double Eagle series.
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A Famous American Token
Stack's
Here is another highlight from our Philadelphia Americana Auction, one of the most famous American tokens and certainly one of the most beautiful. Before giving our catalog description, I think you'll enjoy reading what co-author Katie Jaeger and I had to say about this variety in the best-selling Whitman book, The 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens.
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