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By Bragger: double mike

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By Bragger: kaija


Monday 01 February 2010
 Coins from the Republic of India: A brief history
Nicholas On Monday 01 February 2010 - 03:17:12 | comment: 1
Saturday 30 January 2010

 Faster Adding

I've often found it tedious to add coins on Coinbrag. In the past I would use the add page and then after going through the motions, the coin was already entered into the database. Other times I go through the trouble of searching for a coin in the database only to find out the coin has not yet been submitted. At that point I can go back to the add page and go through the motions to add the coin I want.

There had to be a better, faster way and today I have implemented just that. First, you can still add coins like you normally would. Now there is also a new way to do it while searching. The best part is when you click the add link from the search, part of the info is filled out on the add page. So if you were browsing 1 Farthing coins from Ireland and wanted to add one, all you'll need to add is year and if applicable then the mint and/or variant features.

Hope the rest of you find this as helpful as I do. My "to do" list is still a mile long and many more changes coming.
NicholasonSaturday 30 January 2010 - 22:10:09
comment: 3

Friday 15 January 2010

 Penny Preview: 2010 New Lincoln Cent Reverse Chosen

As you were probably aware, the Lincoln memorial reverse was retired in 2008 and there were 4 new reverses issues in 2009. If you weren't aware, check the news archives for my older reports.

There were 18 designs that were in the running and a winner has been chosen. Behold! The new Lincoln cent reverse:
What do you think? Honestly I liked Design #9 but I don't think the winner (Design #13) was is that bad. It fits with the current boring design of most U.S. coins. Am I wrong? Feel free to comment with your thoughts below.

NicholasonFriday 15 January 2010 - 17:25:49
comment: 1

Thursday 14 January 2010

 Spare Change Episode 7: Saint Gaudens Double Eagle Gold Coins


I just finished the seventh Spare Change episode and thought I would share some facts about the coin:

  • The double eagle is the U.S. denomination for $209(1 Eagle = 10 Dollars).
  • Although Augustus Saint Gaudens designed the art for the double eagles minted from 1907 to 1933, the coin itself was actually finished by Charles Barber after Saint Gaudens died.
  • Originally it was planned to have roman numerals (MCMVII instead of 1907) but Charles Barber knew that not all Americans knew Roman numerals so he changed it.
  • Teddy Roosevelt did not want the words "In God We Trust" on coins so the 1907 double eagle does not have the motto. However, an act of congress allowed the motto on the coin and except for some of the 1908 coins, the rest of the double eagles all have the motto on the reverse of the coin.
  • The St. Gaudens Double Eagle is 90% gold and 10% copper with a weight of 33.436 grams.

Want to see more gold coins? Here's a 9 minute video of a guy with American, Canadian, Australian, Austrian, British and South African gold coins. The video is on Youtube.
NicholasonThursday 14 January 2010 - 18:37:17
comment: 0

Saturday 09 January 2010

 Coin of the Month January 2010: United States 5 Cent 1913 Legendary Liberty Nickel



Region: North America
Country: United States
Denomination: 5 Cent
Year: 1913
Pricing & Coin Info
Coin of the Month January 2010 Coin of the Month January 2010


Friday night was day 2 of a 4-day auction being held by Heritage Auctions. If you were not already aware, Heritage Auctions is one of the largest auction houses in the world. One of their specialties is high-end coins. On Friday there were 3 coins that sold for over $1,000,000 USD.

A 1913 U.S. 5-cent piece, the second of only 5 known to exist, was sold for $3,737,500.00! This particular nickel is sometimes known as the Olsen Specimen or the Hawaii 5-0 coin. At one time it was owned by King Farouk of Egypt. In 1971, this coin was the first coin to sell for $100,000. In 1973 it was featured in an episode of Hawaii 5-0 as an object stolen by a thief. The publicity received from that show rocketed the 1913 5-cent coin into fame beyond the numismatic community.
1913 5 Cent Liberty Oberse 1913 5 Cent Liberty Reverse
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As far as I know, $3,737,500 (3,250,000+15% buyer's premium) is the highest price paid for a coin sold through Heritage Auctions. They have sold over 1 million coins. If you have a membership at Heritage Auctions (they are free), you can watch the original display video here: Heritage video. Do you believe this coin earns the title, King of 20th Century Coins? Will this coin be the first coin to sell for over $10,000,000 as well or will a St. Gaudens Double Eagle get there first? Comment below!

Jan 17, 2010 Update:The first comment below has an article written by Heritage Auctions regarding this coin and the sale.
Photos courtesy of Heritage Auctions.
NicholasonSaturday 09 January 2010 - 17:34:22
comment: 1

Tuesday 05 January 2010

 NEW! Coin Collection List and Want List

Today I was able to spend a few good hours working on CoinBrag and today's task was to create a two new lists for braggers: A want list and a have list.
Click to view my have list

Click to view my want list
Right now the links will be blank if you haven't added coins. Adding coins is very easy. As you browse the database and find a coin, go to the data and pricing page, for example: 1806 1 Cent Coin. You should see two links: "I have this coin" and "I want this coin." Clicking either option will add it to one of your lists. You can only choose one option at a time for now but you can easily change it at any time.

This is the first step in many for the lists. Very soon I plan to set pages up so that every bragger will have a static page so that you can easily show off your want lists and collections to everyone. Expect this very soon!

More features are coming including some major changes. I think you will like them. As always, please share your opinions in the forum as well as any bugs or glitches you may find. If I don't know about them then I can't fix them.

Update Jan 07, 2010: The top 10 braggers have had all of their submitted coins added to the have list. Also from now on when you add a coin, it will add that coin onto your have list saving you time. Many more features for this are coming!
NicholasonTuesday 05 January 2010 - 23:38:11
comment: 3

Friday 01 January 2010

 Spare Change Episode 6: American Silver Eagle Coins & Bullion

Mark Apsolon's video about American Silver Eagles (ASE) was yet another enjoyable video in the series.

Some facts about the American Silver Eagle:
  • They were first minted in 1986 and are still being produced.
  • The obverse design was taken from the Walking Half Dollar minted from 1916 to 1947.
  • They are 99.93% silver and .07% copper weighing 31.101 grams.
  • ASEs were minted at the Philadelphia, San Francisco and West Point mints.
  • Although the face value is 1 dollar, the value of the silver in ASEs has always exceeded that value.
Key Dates
YearMintage
1993P405,000
1994P372,000
1995P439,000
1995W30,000
1996 3,603,000
I find it interesting that since 1986, there have been about 180 million American Silver Eagles minted. That number might seem like a lot, but it's a small number compared to the number of Lincoln cents minted at Denver in the year 2000 alone (8.74 billion).
NicholasonFriday 01 January 2010 - 12:50:50
comment: 0

Saturday 26 December 2009

 More Currency Converted and Bug Fixes

I've been busy over the last two days working on this site. I've got some big changes to the search coming soon.

I was able to find a new source for a world currency conversion table. Our old source had 98 currencies. This new table lists over 180 currencies. Thanks to Oanda.com for providing the data.

After making some minor tweaks to the coin search, I noticed that our Top 30 Coin Braggers page was showing the wrong names. The proper people should have their bragging rights visible to the world.
NicholasonSaturday 26 December 2009 - 21:50:34
comment: 0

Wednesday 16 December 2009

 Arabic Numerals Chart: The Help You Need to Translate Your Coins!

I've uploaded a conversion chart for arabic numerals. Some of you who went to American schools might be confused, you are thinking but don't we use arabic numerals? Our numbers are derived from those numerals but over the last thousand years they have changed into the current appearance.

The chart is stored in a basic jpeg format so any computer should be able to view it. You will find it here: Arabic Numerals Converted. It's free and you are welcome to use it wherever you like as long as you do not alter the file.

A few words about coins using Arabic numerals(countries in the middle east and North Africa): The dates are also written using AH dating as opposed to AD dating. So if you see a date like 1371, you are correct. 1371 AH is 1952 AD. Want to be able to use Arabic numbers in your text? Here's 0 thru 9: ٠.١.٢.٣.٤.٥.٦.٧.٨.٩ Just copy and paste.

I also posted a chart for Japanese/Chinese numbers which is available here: Chinese and Japanese Numbers Translated
NicholasonWednesday 16 December 2009 - 19:49:29
comment: 1

 Upgraded Our Content Management System--Lookout for Bugs!

For the first time in about 2 years I have updated the Content Management System (CMS) for CoinBrag. This doesn't mean much for most of you except that a few bugs have been corrected and things should run a lot smoother. Any time you update a program or website, there's always the danger of new problems so if something doesn't look like it's running right, please let me know!
NicholasonWednesday 16 December 2009 - 17:46:11
comment: 0

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