Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

October 7, 2008 11:18:43 PM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: coins

Stories

4 Stories

  • July 2008

    • First Braille Coin Unveiled

      Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 08 4:41 PM CDT

      First Braille Coin Unveiled

      (Newser) - The US Mint unveiled the first coin bearing readable Braille letters yesterday. The silver dollar features the letters "Brl," code for Braille, and honors the 200th birthday of the eponymous creator of the alphabet for the blind, the AP reports. "This is going to put Braille in front of people in a very dramatic way," said a rep for the National Federation of the Blind. More »

  • May 2008

    • Marine In Iraq Suspended Over Bible-Quoting Coins

      CNN  |  May 30, 08 8:31 AM CDT

      Marine In Iraq Suspended Over Bible-Quoting Coins

      (Newser) - A US Marine has been suspended after he reportedly distributed coins with Bible verses at an entry point in Falluja, CNN reports. One coin reportedly asked, in Arabic, “Where will you spend eternity?” Military rules forbid troops from proselytizing. A US spokesman apologized to angry Muslims and said “appropriate action” would be taken. More »

      Tags

      Iraq  • US military  • US Marine Corps  • Bible  • Fallujah  • coins

    • US Rations Silver Dollars as Investors Scoop Them Up

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 23, 08 9:31 AM CDT

      US Rations Silver Dollars as Investors Scoop Them Up

      (Newser) - Investors and coin collectors are hopping mad at the US Mint for placing quotas on purchasing silver dollars, the Wall Street Journal reports. The price of silver has more than doubled in the last three years, and investors looking to cash in on the boom—and avoid the stock and real estate markets—are snapping up this year's "silver eagles" much faster than the mint can make them.  More »

      Tags

      US Mint  • metal prices  • collecting  • coins  • silver

  • November 2007

    • Prototype Coins Go for $30M

      Associated Press  |  Nov 18, 07 9:53 PM CST

      Prototype Coins Go for $30M

      (Newser) - An anonymous buyer spent more than $30 million on a collection of about 1,000 coins that never made it to circulation, the AP reports. The rare “pattern coins,” dated from 1792 to 1942, are trial designs the US Mint rejected before producing them for circulation. Those coins generally stay in the hands of the Mint, making a collection this large very valuable. More »

      Tags

      US Mint  • collecting  • coins

4 Stories

Today's Most Popular

Loading...

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »