APMEX (American Precious Metals Exchange) is offering a special offer and a chance to win a 1 oz Gold Eagle. Once a month they will randomly select a registered APMEX user. All you have to do is be a registered member to participate. You can participate in the contest next month.. and so on. Great opportunity to win something quite valuable! Click here for more details.
US Trade Dollars is yet another incredibly hot coin collectible out there. With their limited mint years and interesting history, they’ve become more and more popular over the last few years. US Trade Dollars were minted exclusively for trade with Asian nations (China, Korea and Japan).
With the current rise in metal prices, some of these larger silver coins have become a bargain to purchase for additional silver stock piles. The US Trade Dollar is similar to other silver coins minted for US circulation (90% silver 10% copper), but the US Trade Dollar is a bit heavier at 420 grains. Common dollars (such as the Morgan Silver Dollar) weigh in at 412.5 grains.
US Trade Dollars were only minted from 1873 to 1885 and was designed by William Barber.
If you’re interested in purchasing US Trade Dollars, then you need to check out USTradeDollars.com for the great deals currently on eBay. Years are broken down as well as some popular search options (mints, certified, etc).
On January 3rd the United States mint started selling the 2011 Silver Eagle Bullion Coins. Buyers bought close to 1,700,000 of the .999 fine bullion coins on the very first business day of the year, based on the US Mint’s published sales figures! The 2011 Silver Eagle Proof Coins are slated for release by July 6th, 2011 not really certain about the uncirculated coins.
Silver dollars are a beloved coin of US coin collectors. But not just serious collectors and investors. It’s not uncommon to find a silver dollar or two tucked away by individuals that have simply no interest in coins at all. What is it regarding silver dollars that tend to make people want to collect them or, just hang onto them?
If you want to learn a little more about silver bullion what the word silver spot price means or where to buy cheap silver bullion you might want to check out Silver Bullion Price where you can learn just a little more about collecting Silver Bullion.
The Silver Eagle (also known as the American Silver Eagle) is the official silver bullion coin for the United States. They are only found as one-troy ounce silver rounds and is 99.9% pure silver. The coin’s obverse is the “Walking Liberty” design which first appeared on the Walking Liberty Half Dollar coin from 1916 to 1947. The reverse contains the heraldic eagle and shield.
Silver Eagles first appeared in 1986 and are still minted today. Silver Eagles appeal to silver investors as well as to the general coin collecting public. Silver Eagles can be collected by years, proofs and uncirculated types. There also have been special issues and varieties throughout the mintages which are very collectible.
If you are looking for silver eagles for sale – you will need to check out SilverEaglesForSale.net which has a complete list of mintages as well as miscellaneous categories (Burnished Silver Eagles, Graded Silver Eagles, Proofs, Rolls, and more).
Over the years, you’ve seen it. Mainly men have this, but coin based jewelry is hotter than ever. With the holiday season quickly approaching, it might be the perfect gift for the coin collecting nut in the family.
For those that aren’t too familiar with what I’m talking about, I’m referring to actual coins as the center piece for a particular piece of jewelry. This is more often worn by men, and can come in a variety of styles from money clips (Morgan Dollar money clips are quite popular), to bolo ties to pendants and rings. As I type the rings, I can think of my uncle with his Indian head penny ring. Very cool.
With this said, I wanted to point out a site that focuses on coin based jewelry called BuyCoinJewelry.com. The site allows you to quickly find and access different genres of coin jewelry and allows for searching specific coin and jewelry types. According to eBay’s data, coin jewelry is very ‘hot’ sub-niche in the world of coin collectors.
This is an absolutely great book about Standing Liberty Quarters. If you’re interested in the history of coins, this is a great book to get.
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Morgan Dollar Store just announced that they released many updates to their site. Morgan Dollar Store, is a great resource and tool to find auctions on eBay related to Morgan Silver Dollars. eBay is a powerful auction platform, but can be time consuming finding the coins you’re commonly looking for. Morgan Dollar store breaks down circulation years so you can easily drill down to your desired years. Once you’re in a search result you can search for graded coins only, etc. These features are still there, but they added some great new features recently.
Along with these new changes, they also mentioned future updates including comments, ratings and featured seller areas. These area great suggestions and I can see how they’re continuing to promote Morgan dollar sales and how they’re making it easier for us to find and collect these great coins.
We are extremely excited to announce our new blog and Twitter presence. We want to meet as many people as possible and writing posts related to coin collecting is a passion for us. And to be able to tweet offers and updates is a great opportunity. If you have a Twitter account and want to know about coin collecting news or offers that might interest you, please follow us.
We will still continue to list eBay auctions and provide you quick easy access to coin auctions in our newly updated site. New features include a search and ‘search cloud’ where you can see what others are searching for. Also on the home page we will be listing the most popular coin auctions. We will be introducing a ‘graded’ filter in the very near future for those collectors only interested in graded slabbed coins. We will only be showcasing PCGS and NGC grading services with the filter.
We are currently looking for guest posters for this blog. If you have any coin related articles or stories, please contact us. This is a great way to promote your own coin site or blog. We will be sure to provide a backlink and bio.
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