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I may not have told you guys but I going on a cross-country trip out western with @thatcoinguy. Tomorrow we will fly to Phoenix and from there go to the National Parks including the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Arches, Yellowstone, and many more. We are taking a RV so I may not have really good internet throughout the trip. When I can get internet I will be sure to update you guys on how I'm doing. I will take all the America the Beautiful quarters with me and take photos with the quarter and the National Park in the background. I will be back in July so if i'm not active i'm not leaving, I'll just be gone for a while.
A few days ago I did a blog on the Australian Silver Koala Series made by the Perth Mint. As I explained, the Perth Mint has made many cool and unique bullion coins. A lot of people said that they love the Australian Silver Kookaburra coin series that was also done by the Perth Mint so I decided to take a look at it and do a blog on it!
The Silver Koala coins series is an Australian coin series that were minted at the Perth Mint in Australia. The Australian mint has minted many different types of interesting coins. These include many animals including the wombat, kangaroo, and the kookaburra. They have also made coins relating to pop culture like the Star Wars coins and the Marvel coins. Most of these were minted at the Perth Mint.
A few days ago I went to my coin club which has an auction. I brought a roll of the new 2022 Sally Ride quarters and wanted to sell them. I put a minimum bid of $14 on the roll and decided to look at the other lots. When I looked around there were around five Franklin Halves for only $10 a piece at minimum. I have a folder for Franklin's but didn't currently have one so I decided to bid on the nicest one which was 1962 (P) and it said on the flip MS-64.
I recently just got notification that I won the2018 Ukarine 10 Hryven, Defenders of Donetsk Airport; Gem Brilliant Uncirculated for 60 YN dollars. The reason I bid so much is because I really liked the design and it has historical value because of the war going on in Ukraine right now. It's only worth around $2.00 but I really liked it. Can't wait for that to come.
People call the U.S. cent "penny" a lot when that's not the actual term. I've seen blogs here with the usage of the word penny and even a thing on the U.S. mints kids page titled "penny". I'm not blaming them since most people use the term "penny". I decided to dig in to find out why. The reason is because in the colonial ages, the British penny's were circulating in the U.S. Many people would use the term "penny" for U.S. cents because the of the British penny's. I found that quite fascinating.
In 1996, the West Point Mint minted a special Roosevelt dime. The 1996-W dime is scarce with a very low mintage of 1,457,000. The reason they made this coin was because it was the50th anniversary of the series and the fact thatRoosevelt lived in the town of Hyde Park in upstate New York, around 40 miles from West Point. It was not made for circulation but just for collectors. It is 75% clad and 25% nickel and is worth around $23. There was also a silver 2015-W dime too which had a super low mintage of 74,430, is 90% silver, and worth around $46.
In 1936, theSan Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened. It is one of the most famous bridges in the U.S. today. The same year they made a silver commemorative half dollar for it. This is my favorite classic commemorative.
Welcome back to the fifth YN auction review I’ve done so far. I hope any YN who read this will consider bidding on one of the lots and knowing what they are bidding on. All of the lots this month were really good so let’s get to that review!