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Honor Reagan with $4 gold piece

 For a variety of reasons, it’s time to change the way that gold commemorative coins are made, time to make them affordable to a new generation of collectors, time to give them attractive themes, and...

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Canada ending cent will impact U.S.

 Canada’s decision to eliminate its small cent 92 years after it gave up its large cent probably means that there will be increased pressure on the U.S. Treasury and perhaps Congress, to take a fresh...

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Cents and Nickels down but not out

 Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is running for President of the United States and also chairs the House subcommittee that oversees coinage. So on April 17, a hearing on “The Future of Money: Coin Production”...

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Twain commem bill passes House

 Samuel Clemens once remarked that rumors of his death were premature. For the past half dozen years, it seemed that rumors of a move in Congress to commemorate him shared that fate.He is one of...

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Guess who is still looking at rolls?

 Coin collecting began for me in 1960 when I started looking at my pocket change and found, to my surprise, that one of the coins – a cent with a gentle Indian portrait – was different from the...

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Final OTACS meeting set for Philly

 Former members of the U.S. Assay Commission, which met every year from 1792 until 1977, except for 1815 when the Mint burned, are slated to meet at Philadelphia Aug. 8 to coincide with the anniversary...

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Convicted Mint thief sentenced

 William Gray, the 65-year-old police officer with the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia who was arrested Sept. 9, 2011, and charged with the theft of more than $2 million worth of numismatic dollar coin...

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Senate candidate seeks return to gold standard

Return to the gold standard is called for by a New Jersey U.S. Senate candidate.Jeffrey Bell is a U.S. Senate candidate who is seeking a return to the gold standard.Jeffrey Bell, a fiscal and economic...

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Right to own gold due to Phil Crane

Philip Crane, the member of Congress recognized for leading the way to legalize gold ownership, died Nov. 10 at age 84.Philip Crane, a former conservative member of Congress who put together a...

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Court orders return of seized $20 gold pieces

A federal appeals court tossed out a jury verdict and a U.S. District court judgment that confiscated 10 rare 1933 $20 gold pieces from decendants of Israel Switt, a Philadelphia jeweler and coin...

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