Minting of Circulating Coins

Minting of Circulating Coins

Wow! I just read an amazing article by CoinNews. They took a special tour at the United States Denver Mint and are doing a several article series about the mint. This article was all about how circulation coins are made. What a fascinating and fairly easy to understand process.

The article contains a lot of videos and photos of the machines inside the mint. It was pretty neat to realize how quickly our circulating coins are made. The article goes through receiving the metal coils all the way to the coins being bagged and put into a vault for short term storage.

I really recommend reading the article and watching the videos. I had previously read about all of the steps, but this gave me further clarification and insight into how our pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters get made. If you ever wanted to know, now’s your chance to learn!

TGIF!

“May the Force be with you!”

–Katie

2013 in Review

2013 in Review

Curious as to how coins fared in the market for 2013? Well, so is everybody else. This article from CoinWorld gives a pretty decent breakdown of where the money in the bullion industry went. For me, with this as my first year looking at that stuff, the flow is pretty interesting. I was surprised to see that rare coins performed pretty well and that quality of the coins was the most important feature. Who knew?!

For more information, check out the link!

“May the Force be with you!”

–Katie

Return of the America the Beautiful Quarters

Return of the America the Beautiful Quarters

A few weeks ago, I wrote a little bit about the premiere of the designs for the 2014 America the Beautiful Quarters. This week, the 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters sold out in both the bullion coins for investors and the Uncirculated coins for collectors. This article goes more into detail about the sell outs and how much some of these coins were going for.

The five quarters released for 2013 were:

1. 2013 White Mountain National Forest Site Quarter- located in New Hampshire.

2. 2013 Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial Site Quarter- located in Ohio.

3. 2013 Great Basin National Park Quarter- located in Nevada.

4. 2013 Ft. McHenry Site Quarter- located in Maryland.

5. 2013 Mount Rushmore National Memorial Site Quarter- located in South Dakota.

With the release of the 2014 coins, the series is now up to 25 coins. The whole series will contain 56 coins total, one site for each state, plus a site from each territory and a Washington, D.C. quarter. For more information on the series as a whole checkout this website: http://americabeautifulquarters.com/

 

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Christmas day.

 “May the Force be with you!”

 –Katie

NerdyCoinGirl

NerdyCoinGirl

Ever wanted a neat DYK fact? (DYK- Did You Know)  This tumblr by NerdyCoinGirl gives out neat little tidbits about gold, silver, coins and anything to do with the world of numismatics. For some fun reading, check out her page! You’ll even see that I have referenced her factoids in a previous post.

Let me know if you have a favorite post by her!

“May the Force be with you!”

–Katie

Rare Pocket Change

Rare Pocket Change

Ever wondered if your pocket change was something special? For a lot of people, checking for junk silver in our pocket change has become an everyday habit. But what if the rest of your change held something interesting? This article from About.com Coins is pretty neat for those who want to scavenge their change for valuable mint error coins in their change.

Enjoy your searching! If you’ve ever found something neat in your pocket change, let me know.

“May the Force be with you!”

–Katie

America the Beautiful Quarters

America the Beautiful Quarters

Part of working in the coin and bullion world is keeping up with the latest information and news. One interesting article I read today was from CoinNews. The final designs for the next 5 coins in the America the Beautiful Quarters have been released from the U.S. Mint. Check out the article and let me know how you feel about the new designs!

“May the Force be with you!”

–Katie