Jul-7-08

Coin News

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  1. MTA expects to charge bus riders 25 cents extra if they use coins (YourNabe.com) - Cash-strapped transit officials have come up with more possibilities in the event there is no bailout of the MTA, including requiring bus patrons to pay more for using coins and a 26 percent fare hike on the Long Island Rail Road.
  2. QVC will sell memorabilia at Obama inauguration (AP via Yahoo! News) - QVC is traveling to Washington to mark President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration this month — and is bringing along plenty of coins, stamps, jewelry and even a small handbag to sell.
  3. Singapore issues commemorative coins for lunar ox year (People's Daily) - Singapore Saturday launched commemorative coins featuring the image of ox to celebrate the upcoming Chinese new year. The Singapore Mint Saturday introduced the latest coin series on its website, saying that the design is inspired by the Chinese characters "Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branches", which are inscribed as motifs on the coins. A peony, a traditional Chinese symbol of blessings, is ...
  4. Florida coin auction could net $50 million (UPI) - ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- An auction in Orlando, Fla., that will include the sale of five U.S. coins minted in 1915 should result in at least $50 million in sales, the auctioneer says.
  5. New coins in a new year (Explorer News) - Randy Metcalf/The Explorer , Peter Spooner, numismatist at American Stamp and Coin, says 2009 is the year of the Lincoln penny.
  6. QVC to sell Obama trinkets from inauguration (MSNBC) - The QVC home shopping channel is traveling to Washington to mark President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration — and is bringing along plenty of commemorative coins.
  7. QVC will sell memorabilia at Obama inauguration (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - NEW YORK   (AP)—QVC is traveling to Washington to mark President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration this month - and is bringing along plenty of coins, stamps, jewelry and even a small handbag to sell….
  8. TV retail network QVC will sell memorabilia at Obama inauguration (Times & Transcript) - QVC is travelling to Washington to mark president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration this month - and is bringing along plenty of coins, stamps, jewelry and even a small handbag to sell.
  9. Customer Service (Brandon Sun) - NEW YORK - QVC is travelling to Washington to mark president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration this month - and is bringing along plenty of coins, stamps, jewelry and even a small handbag to sell.
  10. Bhubaneswar boy sitting on a treasure trove of rare coins (New Kerala) - By Sharada Lahangir, Bhubaneswar, Jan 3 : A resident of Bhubaneswar, Devi Prasad Maharaj is a proud owner of about 40,000 coins, many of them rare and antique.
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