Barbara Bush First Spouse Gold Coin On Sale August 20
WASHINGTON–The United States Mint (Mint) will accept orders for the Barbara Bush First Spouse Gold Coin starting on August 20 at noon EDT. This product is one of several being offered to honor former President George H. W. Bush and First Spouse Barbara Bush in accordance with Public Law 116-112.
Struck in one-half ounce of 24-karat gold, this exquisite coin will be available in proof (product code 20PB) and uncirculated (product code 20PC) finishes. The obverse (heads) depicts Mrs. Bush with the inscriptions “BARBARA BUSH,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” “LIBERTY,” “2020,” “41st,” and “1989-1993.”
The coin’s reverse (tails) depicts a person reading a book with an open road before them symbolizing literacy, knowledge, and life’s journey. The sun represents the promise of a brighter future. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” “$10,” “1/2 OZ.,” and “.9999 FINE GOLD.”
Each coin is encapsulated and packaged in a custom-designed, highly polished, dome-chested, lacquered hardwood presentation case. A special Certificate of Authenticity with historical information and images of First Spouse Barbara Bush is included.
The Barbara Bush First Spouse Gold Coins are priced according to the range in which they appear on the Mint’s “Pricing of Numismatic Gold, Commemorative Gold, Platinum, and Palladium Products” table located here.
The Mint is currently accepting orders at catalog.usmint.gov/ only. Information about shipping options is available at catalog.usmint.gov/customer-service/shipping.html. To reduce the risk of employee exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace, the Mint’s sales centers are closed until further notice. Click here for details.
Mintage for the Barbara Bush First Spouse Gold Coins is limited to 3,000 proof coins and 2,000 uncirculated coins. Orders for each coin will be limited to one per household for the first 2 hours of sales after which the limit will be lifted.
Note: To ensure that all members of the public have fair and equal access to United States Mint products, the United States Mint will not accept and will not honor orders placed prior to the official on-sale date and time of Aug. 20, 2020, at noon EDT.
ANA to Celebrate Numismatic Award Recipients on Virtual Platform
Every year, the American Numismatic Association (ANA) honors members who go above and beyond with their service and dedication to numismatics, as well as recognizing member longevity in the Association.
Due to the cancellation of the 2020 World’s Fair of Money, the ANA will celebrate membership, literary and service awards on a virtual platform. Led by ANA President Steve Ellsworth, the awards will be recognized over two days.
Membership & Literary Awards will be celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 12 p.m. (MT). During this two-hour presentation, the ANA will recognize members and clubs reaching milestones of 25-, 50-, 60- and 75-years in the Association as well as its top membership recruiters. The ANA also will honor notable numismatic authors and editors for their excellence.
ANA Service Awards will take place Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 12 p.m. (MT). During this virtual event, the ANA will celebrate hobbyists who make an impact in the coin collecting community.
Both virtual events are free and open to ANA members, although there is a 500-person registration limit.
The American Numismatic Association is a congressionally chartered, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to encouraging the study and collection of coins and related items. The ANA helps its 28,000 members and the public discover and explore the world of money through its vast array of educational and outreach programs as well as its museum, library, publications, and conventions. For more information, call 719-632-2646 or visit money.org.
An American First! NGC Celebrates the 2020 Colorized Basketball Coin
On August 28, the first colorized coins ever produced by the US Mint are being released: a Basketball Hall of Fame 2020-S Colorized Half Dollar and 2020-P Colorized Silver Dollar. NGC is offering a special attribution — First Colorized US Coins — to celebrate this historic innovation in US coinage.
Along with the attribution, the vibrant NGC Basketball Celebration Special Label is offered for free to all submitters. NGC designations, including Tip Off Releases for coins received within the first week of release and Early Releases and First Releases for coins received within the first 30 days of release, are also available.
For years, collectors have wondered if the US Mint would ever create a colorized coin. When it was announced that a portion of the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins would be colorized, there was tremendous excitement throughout the hobby.
In addition to being the first colorized coins ever produced by the US Mint, the basketball coins are only the third US curved coins. These factors — and a limited mintage of just 75,000 coins for each issue — make the colorized basketball coins a must-have for many collectors.
NLG announces 2020 awards winners
Augsburger and Orosz Selected As 2020 Numismatic Literary Guild Clemy Winners
August 18, 2020 — Respected researchers and award-winning numismatic authors Len Augsburger and Joel Orosz have received yet another prestigious award. They have been selected as the joint 2020 recipients of The Clemy, the highest honor given by the Numismatic Literary Guild (www.NLGonline.org).
Len Augsburger and Joel Orosz
“The Clemy is a coveted, annual award presented in recognition of writing skill, dedication to numismatics, sense of humor and dedication to the Numismatic Literary Guild,” explained NLG Executive Director Ron Guth.
Founded in 1968, the NLG is a nonprofit organization open to any editors, reporters, authors, writers, catalogers, webmasters, bloggers or producers of audio or video involving all forms of money, medals, tokens and other numismatic collectibles. Information about applying for NLG membership is available online at www.NLGonline.org/membership.
The organization’s annual awards presentation, known as “The Bash,” was scheduled for August 6, 2020 in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association’s Pittsburgh World’s Fair of Money. However, because of the convention’s cancelation due to the pandemic, the NLG awards were announced this year with an online video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDDxpw09zAI&t=154s. The video was produced by NLG member Charles Morgan of CoinWeek.com.
Here is a list of the 2020 award categories and winners as compiled by NLG awards coordinator David W. Lange.
1. BEST SPECIALIZED BOOKS
a. United States or Early American Coins
Winston Zack — Bad Metal: Copper and Nickel Circulating Contemporary Counterfeit United States Coins
b. Ancient or Medieval Coins (pre-1500)
Peter Van Alfen & Ute Wartenberg — White Gold: Studies in Early Electrum Coinage
c. World Coins (1500 to Date)
Charles Morgan & Hubert Walker — 100 Greatest Modern World Coins
d. United States Paper Money
Dennis Schafluetzel & Tom Carson — Tennessee Obsolete Paper Money 1800-1959
e. World Paper Money
(no entries)
f. Tokens & Medals
Michael Ross — Jacques Wiener’s Most Remarkable Edifices of Europe
g. Numismatic Investment or Marketplace
(no entries)
h. Numismatic History or Personalities
Roger W. Burdette — Girl on the Silver Dollar
2. BOOK OF THE YEAR
Daryl J. Haynor — United States Classic Gold Coins of 1834-1839
3. NUMISMATIC FEATURE ARTICLES
a. Early American Coins
Christopher McDowell & Julia Casey — The Authentic Fugio Restrike Dies — Journal of Early American Numismatics
b. U.S. Coins (1792 to Date)
Tom DeLorey & Dan Owens — Not a Ghost of a Chance — The Numismatist
c. Ancient or Medieval Coins (pre-1500)
Thomas A. Palmer — From the Sublime to the Ridiculous — The Numismatist
d. World Coins (1500 to Date)
Lianna Spurrier — Japanese Bar Money — CoinWeek.com
e. U.S. Paper Money
Jim Wells — Mind Your Business — The Numismatist
f. World Paper Money
(no entries)
g. Tokens & Medals
David Schenkman — Numismatics of the Civil War Era — Civil War Token Journal
h. Numismatic Investment or Marketplace
Steve Roach — Evaluating Quality — Coin World
i. Numismatic History or Personalities
Q. David Bowers — John J. Ford: A Life in Three Portraits — Journal of Early American
Numismatics
j. James L. Miller Memorial Award – Article or Story of the Year
Christopher McDowell & Julia Casey — The Authentic Fugio Restrike Dies — Journal of Early American Numismatics
4. NUMISMATIC COLUMNS
a. Early American Coins
Ray Williams — Early American Money — The Numismatist
b. U.S. Coins (1792 to Date)
David W. Lange — USA Coin Album
c. Ancient or Medieval Coins (pre-1500)
NGC Ancients — NGC eNews
d. World Coins (1500 to Date)
Peter Anthony — Chinese Coins — NGC eNews
e. Paper Money
Wendell Wolka — Paper Money — The Numismatist
f. Tokens & Medals
David Schenkman — Tokens and Medals — The Numismatist
g. Numismatic Investment or Marketplace
Steve Roach — Coin Values Market Analysis — Coin World
h. Ed Reiter Memorial Award For Best Column – Numismatic Publications
David Schenkman — Tokens and Medals — The Numismatist
i. The Maurice M. Gould Memorial Award for Best Column – Non-Numismatic Publications
(no entries)
5. PERIODICALS
a. Best Investment Newsletter
Liberty’s Outlook — Patrick A. Heller
b. Best Professional Periodical
COINage — Antoinette Rahn & Scott Travers, Editors
c. Best Club or Not-for-Profit Periodical — Large Circulation
The Numismatist — Barbara Gregory, Editor
d. Best Club or Not-for-Profit Periodical — Small Circulation
The Gobrecht Journal, Bill Bugert, Editor
6. WEBSITES
a. Best Online News Website
(no entries)
b. Best Dealer or Industry Website
Stack’s/Bowers
c. Best Non-Trade Website
Newman Numismatic Portal
d. Best Numismatic Social Media Platform or Coin Collector Forum
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation
e. Best Blog
➠ Scott Barman — Coin Collector’s Blog 🍾
7. AUCTION OR FIXED-PRICE CATALOGS
a. Best U.S. Coin Auction Catalog
Heritage Auctions — FUN Platinum Night
b. Best World Coin Auction Catalog
Heritage Auctions — New York International Platinum Night
c. Best Paper Money Auction Catalog
Stack’s/Bowers — The D. Brent Pogue Collection VI
d. Best Book or Exonumia Auction Catalog
Stack’s/Bowers — The John W. Adams Collection
8. AUDIO-VISUAL
a. Radio
Patrick A. Heller — Things You Know that aren’t So — 1320 WILS
b. Audio
Coin World Podcast
c. Television
(no entries)
d. Short Video — Commercial or Non-Commercial
Lianna Spurrier — Getting to Know Eric P. Newman — Newman Numismatic Portal
e. Long Video — Commercial or Non-Commercial
(no entries)
f. Still Photography
Philip Arnold
g. Software or App
Heritage Live
9. SPECIAL AWARDS
a. Lee Martin Founder’s Award – Best All-Around Portfolio
Steve Roach
b. Clement F. Bailey Memorial Award
(no entries)
c. The Ribbit
Jeff Garrett
d. The Clemy
Len Augsburger and Joel Orosz
No Significant “Panic Selling” of Gold, Reports Accredited Precious Metals Dealers
Younger buyers entering market and Baby Boomers are still acquiring precious metals
(Temecula, California) August 18, 2020 — During the recent profit-taking and market correction, major retail sellers of physical gold and silver coins and ingots say they did not encounter significant panic selling by customers. They report younger buyers have entered the market and Baby Boomers continue buying gold and silver bullion coins, according to the Accredited Precious Metals Dealer division (www.APMDdealers.org) of the nonprofit Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org).
“Savvy investors know that every market has its ups and downs. Professional bullion dealers we’ve talked with the past week say one of their biggest problems is keeping up with gold and silver inventory to meet the demand for filling orders from retail customers. Some customers have sold a relatively small number of gold coins to take profits, but there have not been any reports of massive panic selling when prices recently fell,” said Richard Weaver, President of the Professional Numismatists Guild.
“We are currently seeing older bullion positions being liquidated because significant profits can now be made, especially among older investors who are getting their financial house in order. However, we’re also still seeing other senior citizens acquiring precious metal positions. And, for the first time in a long time, we are seeing buyers in their 20’s and 30’s entering the market for physical gold and silver,” explained Weaver.
“Know your dealer to avoid potential bullion scams,” advised Weaver.
“We recently heard of a case where an unsuspecting buyer responded to an unsolicited telemarketing call, spent $70,000 and all the gold coins he received were counterfeits. Buyers should be cautious about an increase in fake gold coins offered in the marketplace by unscrupulous sellers, and also beware of scam artists trying to lure investors with urgent claims of too-good-to-be-true low prices and quick, guaranteed bullion market profits,” he cautioned.
All members of the Accredited Precious Metals Dealer program must adhere to a strict Code of Ethics (https://APMDdealers.org/apmd-code-of-ethics/) in the buying and selling of precious metals. A list of the 47 APMD member-dealers is online at www.APMDddealers.org/apmd-dealers or call the Professional Numismatists Guild at 951-587-8300.
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