Mint narrows design entries

Posted on June 18, 2013 by NMN

The Mint has posted 24 semi-finalist entries in its competition to find a common obverse design for the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins.
Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, General News, News | Leave a comment

Seminar features silver dollar experts

Posted on June 17, 2013 by NMN

A silver dollar seminar will be offered at the SoCal Coin & Currency Show, set for July 18-20 at the Ontario Convention Center located in Ontario, Calif. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, General News, News | Leave a comment

Hendin receives Holst award

Posted on June 14, 2013 by NMN

David Hendin, American Numismatic Society adjunct curator, was the recipient of the 2013 Gunnar Holst Numismatic Foundation Medal. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Coin Club News | Leave a comment

Giedroyc takes over Coin Clinic column

Posted on June 12, 2013 by NMN

Richard Giedroyc, author of the “World Coin Clinic” column as well as the “Around the World” section of World Coin News is expanding his duties by taking over “Coin Clinic” in Numismatic News. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, General News, News | Leave a comment

CC club dues $30

Posted on June 12, 2013 by NMN

The 25 most valuable Carson City coins are the topic of a feature by Rusty Goe in the summer issue of Curry’s Chronicle, the journal of the Carson City Coin Collectors of America. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Coin Club News, News | Leave a comment

Ford medal raises funds

Posted on June 11, 2013 by NMN

A commemorative medal celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry Ford is being offered for sale for $9.95 each by the Early Ford V-8 Foundation. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, General News, News | Leave a comment

Anniversary marked by new wood

Posted on June 11, 2013 by NMN

The 75th anniversary for the Coin Club of Greater New Bedford, Mass. As the recording secretary of the club, I have been a member for one-third of its existence. Thanks to the determination of the prior membership, we have retained the notes of some of the earliest meetings of the club in 1938. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Coin Club News, News | Leave a comment

Ambassador Loebe of Texas dies May 27

Posted on June 10, 2013 by NMN

Numismatic Ambassador Bernard “Barny” Loebe of Houston, Texas, died May 27. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, General News, News | Leave a comment

Medal represents lost lives, resolve to bring change

Posted on June 10, 2013 by NMN

On Sept. 15, 1963, four little girls lost their lives when a bomb went off during Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Fifty years later a Congressional gold medal will commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, who were among the worshipers in the predominately black congregation. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, General News, News | Leave a comment

Raleigh show set July 19-21

Posted on June 5, 2013 by NMN

The Raleigh Coin Club (Raleigh, N.C.) will be hosting its annual three-day Coin, Currency and Stamp Show at the NC State Fairgrounds once again. Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Coin Club News, News | Leave a comment