The ACNS Blog » Set http://www.accoins.org/blog Atlantic County Numismatic Society Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:24:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New Presidential $1 Dollar products for May http://www.accoins.org/blog/2008/05/07/new-presidential-1-dollar-products-for-may/ http://www.accoins.org/blog/2008/05/07/new-presidential-1-dollar-products-for-may/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 19:00:33 +0000 admin http://www.accoins.org/blog/?p=16 US Mint Presidential $1 Coin Products in MayThe United States Mint has announced the upcoming arrival of new Presidential $1 dollar coin products in May.

For some collectors, the announced offerings may come as a bit of a surprise since the Mint is pushing out an additional product as well as the next scheduled coin honoring U.S. Presidents.

They have, in fact, extended their Presidential product line and are spotlighting already released coins in new ways.

Presidential $1 Coin Historical Signature Set

The U.S. Mint had somewhat quietly released a new collection in April called the Presidential $1 Coin Historical Signature Set. It featured George Washington.

Source: CoinNews.net

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2008 US Mint Proof Platinum $100

The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2008 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coins at 12:00 noon (ET) on May 5, 2008. This year’s coins feature the final design in the three-year series entitled, “The Foundations of American Democracy,” celebrating our Nation’s Judicial Branch of government.Emblazoned on the reverse of the 2008 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coins is an allegorical image of Lady Justice, a classic symbol dating back to the Greeks and Romans. Scales, suspended from a finger of her right hand, represent the delicate balance of the law. A sword in her left hand symbolizes the power of reason, which can be wielded in either direction. The bald eagle-our Nation’s symbol of courage and freedom-watches over our firm foundation of democracy.

Source: CoinLink.com

The Proof One Ounce coin will cost US$2,299.95, and the Proof Four-Coin Set will sell for US$4,119.95. Volatility in the spot price of platinum over the past year has forced the Mint to raise its prices for the Proof 2008-W American Eagle .9995 fine platinum coins, ranging 17.4 to 45 percent higher than 2007 prices.

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Double Struck Madison Dollar

Jeff Makkos of Ohio reports finding a double struck 2007-P James Madison dollar in a Mint-issue set. The type of double strike involved is what errorists refer to as an “In-Collar Double Strike with Rotation Between Strikes.”The cause may be due to two different scenarios.

The first possibility is that the coin was struck normally and then reentered the coining area falling back over the collar where it was forced back into the collar by a second strike in a position rotated just a few degrees away from the original strike.

Another possibility suggested by CONECA president Mike Diamond, is that coin remained in the collar while the inner sleeve of the collar broke loose and rotated within resulting in the same effect.

Source: NN, 08 April 2008.

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