Category Archives: Metal Composition

Heritage Offering Inco & Gould Pattern Coins in Showcase Auction

Private patterns have been floating around for many years, with private individuals attempting to secure contracts for either coin manufacture or for a privately produced alloy. In US coin history, the Feuchtwanger cents and three-cent pieces may be the best known private patterns. The current Inco & Gould Pattern Showcase auction from Heritage Auctions, with […]

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One Way or Another: New Legislation Seeks to Change America’s Circulating Coinage

Two recent Republican bills aim to save taxpayers money By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek …. Two new pieces of legislation have been introduced (in one instance, reintroduced) to Congress that seek to alter the landscape of our nation’s circulating coinage. COINS Act of 2017 Republican Senators John McCain (AZ) and Michael Enzi (WY) introduced the […]

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Dillon Gage: Everything You Need to Know about Rio’s Olympic Medals

Dillon Gage Metals Talks Size, Composition and Value Dillon Gage Metals, an international precious metals wholesaler, is ready to educate the public on everything they need to know about the Olympic medals slated to be awarded at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio. And some of the facts may surprise you. For openers, there’s the […]

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U.S. Mint May Now Change Coin Silver Composition Thanks to New Law

By CoinWeek News Staff…. Tucked away in a bill ostensibly about maintaining and improving America’s transportation infrastructure is text amending Title 31 of the United States Code (subsections of §§ 5112 and 5132) to allow the U.S. Mint to alter the composition of some of its silver coinage. Until the DRIVE (“Developing a Reliable and […]

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