• January 7-10 –  FUN Show – Orlando, FL
• March 25-28 –  ANA National Money Show – Fort Worth, TX
• April 19-25 – National Coin Week
• June 26 - July 2 – ANA Summer Seminar I – Colorado Springs, CO
• July 3-8 – ANA Summer Seminar II – Colorado Springs, CO
• August 11-15 – ANA Worlds Fair of Money – Boston, MA

Gold prices could rise to as high as $1,300 an ounce in the near-term as inflation concerns and the likelihood of continuing dollar weakness draws buyers.

Gold set a record Wednesday, building on this month’s rally.

The nearby November contract rose $12.10 to $1,114, after setting an intraday record of $1,117.60 on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Most-active December gold also rose $12.10, to $1,114.60. Spot gold hit $1,118.70.

The November gold contract has risen nearly 7.2% this month and is up 26% for the year.

The dollar is likely to remain weak as long as U.S. interest rates remain low, making gold an attractive alternative to paper currency.

Source: WSJ

Source: CoinWorld

The OCCC has two free admission coin shows per year, one in early September and a smaller show during national coin week. Both shows attract a number of dealers, exhibitors, collectors, and members of the public.

The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for its 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One-Cent Proof Set on August 26, 2009, at noon Eastern Time (ET). A household order limit of five sets will be in effect.

The sets, priced at $7.95 each, contain proof versions of the four redesigned one-cent coins struck in honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and the 100th anniversary of the first issuance of the Lincoln cent. The reverse (tails side) bears designs emblematic of Lincoln’s birth and early childhood in Kentucky; his formative years in Indiana; his professional life in Illinois; and his presidency in Washington, D.C. The obverse (heads) features Victor David Brenner’s image of Lincoln that has graced the coin since 1909. These coins contain the exact same metallic content as the 1909 Lincoln Cent – 95 percent copper and five percent tin and zinc.

Source: CoinLink

Update (2009-0902): the Mint Web site lists the proof cent as “backordered” with a shipping date of 11/30/2009.

The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for two-roll sets of one-cent coins bearing the third new reverse design in the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One-Cent Coin Program at noon Eastern Time (ET) on August 13, 2009. The coin will honor the 16th President’s professional life in Illinois. The 2009 Lincoln Cent Two-Roll Set – “Professional Life” is priced at $8.95 per set. Orders are limited to five units per household and will be available for a limited time only.

The set contains one roll of 50 coins from the United States Mint at Philadelphia with no mint mark and one roll of 50 coins from the United States Mint at Denver bearing the “D” mint mark. Each roll is packaged in specially designed paper coin wrap that displays the mint of origin, the year and the face value of its contents.

Millions of one-cent coins bearing the “Professional Life” design will be released into general circulation on August 13.

Source: Coin Link

Realized: $345,000 (AU 55)

Realized: $503,125 (MS 61)

1794 $1 AU55 NGC. B-1, BB-1, R.4. The McCoy Collection Specimen. With a continuous provenance dating back to 1864, this piece is one of the most historic 1794 silver dollars among the 135 or so pieces currently known. Martin A. Logies compiled a significant study of 1794 silver dollars, The Flowing Hair Silver Dollars of 1794, published in 2004. He recorded provenance details and additional information about 125 different specimens, with nearly all illustrated. Years earlier, the late Jack Collins spent 25 years studying the 1794 silver dollars, and his work resulted in an unpublished manuscript, 1794 The History and Genealogy of the First United States Dollar. Only Collins’ untimely death prevented publication of the nearly complete manuscript. Collins recorded details of about 117 different 1794 silver dollars in his manuscript.

Combining the two references and adding a couple of specimens, we now have an accounting of 132 different 1794 dollars, including this coin, which we consider the 10th finest. Based on the current provenance record, the present specimen was only the third 1794 dollar to appear on the numismatic scene. The British Museum owns an example that dates to 1818, and a second example appeared in an 1863 W. Elliot Woodward Sale. Two coins from the St. Oswald sale of 1964 reportedly date to the time they were minted, although such a provenance is unfounded.

Tip: Heritage Auctions