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What books for Fathers' Day???

I need your help.... Hi fellow collectors, I would sincerely appreciate your help in selecting 3 coin collecting books that my children could get me for Father's Day. I have the US Coin Digest Redbook and also History of the US Mint. I know I want a book on Hard Time and Civil War tokens.... is it Fuld? Also I would be interested in Colonial Coinage. I also want the best book I can get on Early Bust dollars, halves and quarters. I have 3 kids "out of the nest" and on their own

2009 Record Breaking low mintage of dimes and nickels

Check out Coin News website Good evening fellow members, I just finished reading about the US Mint announcing suspension of further production of 2009 dimes and nickels.   The figures are all published on Coin News website. I guess a visit to the local banks may be in order for the next few days to secure a few rolls just for the heck of it. Here is some of the news that I "cut and Paste" from the article: This is the news by Mike Unser / Coin News for Collectors: US Mint Hal

The VDB Lincoln cent - 1918 ???

I am curious about what I have read .... Hi to all, This past Christmas, my son gave me a really good book. I have read it front to back and referenced it several times. The name of the book is "HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AND ITS COINAGE" by David W. Lange. I believe he bought it at Borders. I have collected Lincoln cents from the time I was six years old. A 1909 is of course the one penney that you always turn over and look to see if it has the VDB initials and if so,
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Easy on your Credit Union

Most Credit Unions, maybe none order from the Federal ReserveHere is the way I understand it from talking to tellers all the way up to the Federal Reserve.Credit Unions and smaller banks are not set up to replenish theircoin supply with the Federal Reserve. They recycle the supply.With today's economy, they have more coming in than going out so the next step is to go to a bank that does order from the Reserve.Bank of America and Wachovia both order from the Fed. Here in Atlanta I have had bot
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A collectors kit for the times........

Having read the past weeks journals, one might assemble the following items as a starter collectors kit....1 A US Mint Gold Amercian Express Card (100K limit)2 An external backup hard drive for the computer to hold all the backorder notifications from the mint.3 An Elite membership to NGC, the best grading company of all. (The new collector would get 5 free submissions in case the mint ever sent them some coins)4 Some 2 X 2's to ship any raw coins 5 A box of Kleenex for the return
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2009 Lincoln Commemorative Unc is sold out

MS70 2009 Lincoln Commemorative is looking good !!! Well, the "year of Lincoln" has certainly caught my attention. I just saw tonight on the Coin News website that the mint has sold its allocation for the uncirculated Lincoln Commemorative. Orders can still be placed on a waiting list and will only be filled in the event of cancellations of existing orders. It would follow that this coin should escalate in price on the popular auction sites and far exceed the proof. For those of y
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2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent/s - Release dates???

Informative article I googled this morning ... HokieHiGuyGood day and yes, I'm a Hokie (Virginia Tech). The last week has been great reading of all journals posted.There is quite a variety of personalities involved that affords us all fresh perspectives of our common love - collecting coins.I can't help but compare the UHR exceitement to that of the baseball card industry and its "rare inserts". To be exact,"buy a box of Fleer and hope to get a Frank Thomas Elite....buy a UHR and hope to get a
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