http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/World-Coin-News/page59.html World Coin News : Black Mountain Coins http://www.paradigmprint.com/ en copyright 2013 Black Mountain Coins Thu, 8 Mar 2012 10:09:11 EST Thu, 8 Mar 2012 10:09:11 EST http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/mm5/graphics/site_img/logo01.gif http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/World-Coin-News/page59.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/The-Tale-of-Piri-Reis/subpage254.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/The-Tale-of-Piri-Reis/subpage254.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com You can find out amazing things if you are curious about the origins of coin inscriptions. One of the great things about dealing in non-circulating legal tender (NCLT) coinage is that many issues commemorate historic events, while the vast ... Arts & Entertainment Thu, 8 Mar 2012 10:09:11 EST http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Easter-Island-Moai-Coins/subpage245.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Easter-Island-Moai-Coins/subpage245.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com This months Non-Circulating Legal Tender (NCLT) column features a remarkable coin Easter Island Moai Coin issued by authority of the government of the Cook Islands , a self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand. The ... Arts & Entertainment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:16:38 EDT http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Customer-In-The-News/subpage236.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Customer-In-The-News/subpage236.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com Software consultant and Black Mountain Coins Customer Alok Kumar Goyal, 44, was recently spotlighted in The Telegraph newspaper of Calcutta, India. See an excerpt below: Collecting coins is this software consultants passion. His collection ... Arts & Entertainment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:32:05 EDT http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Coelacanth-Fish-Coin/subpage231.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Coelacanth-Fish-Coin/subpage231.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com Coelacanth is the common name for an order of fish that includes the oldest living lineage of jawed fish known to date. The coelacanths were believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period, until one was found off the east coast ... Arts & Entertainment Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:52:25 EDT http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Exciting-new-NCLT-Coins/subpage208.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Exciting-new-NCLT-Coins/subpage208.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com Exciting new NCLT issues have arrived from Armenia, Belarus and Niue, each with unique subject matter. Just issued, a rectangular 100 Dram brilliant uncirculated silver crown that honors Hovhannes (Ivan) Aivazovsky (July 29, 1817 - May 5, ... Arts & Entertainment Mon, 5 Feb 2007 17:56:40 EST http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Hologram-Crop-Circle-Coin/subpage207.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Hologram-Crop-Circle-Coin/subpage207.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com A hologram coin from Northern Mariana Islands $5 coin pays tribute to the mystery of crop circles. If you peruse the Standard Catalog? of World Coins , you?ll notice the many non-circulating legal-tender (NCLT) coins produced by countries around ... Arts & Entertainment Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:54:37 EST http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/The-Tale-of-Piri-Reis/subpage206.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/The-Tale-of-Piri-Reis/subpage206.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com You can find out amazing things if you are curious about the origins of coin inscriptions. One of the great things about dealing in non-circulating legal tender (NCLT) coinage is that many issues commemorate historic events, while the vast majority ... Arts & Entertainment Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:25:07 EST http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Collecting-NCLT-Coins/subpage205.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Collecting-NCLT-Coins/subpage205.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com The following editorial by Dan Lewis is featured in the September 2006 issue of Numismatist Magazine the official publication of the America Numismatic Association: Production of and interest in non-circulating legal-tender coins has increased as ... Arts & Entertainment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:36:13 EDT http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/American-Numismatic-Association-Coin-Camp/subpage203.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/American-Numismatic-Association-Coin-Camp/subpage203.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com Just got back from my annual pilgrimage to ?coin camp? at the headquarters of the American Numismatic Association in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where I spent two weeks with hundreds of fellow numismatists. This is a tradition that began six years ... Arts & Entertainment Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:30:00 EDT http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Coin-Photography-Lighting-Shootout/subpage202.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Coin-Photography-Lighting-Shootout/subpage202.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com I?ve always chosen halogen lamps for my coin photography because of their small size and white light. It seems to me that I get good color and detail with them, so I?ve never had any reason to change. But as you know, everybody seems to have a ... Arts & Entertainment Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:30:00 EDT http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/My-Approach-to-Coin-Photography/subpage201.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/My-Approach-to-Coin-Photography/subpage201.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com Introduction Coin photography has come a long way in the last few years since the arrival of digital cameras. Digital cameras allow virtually anyone to take good photographs of the coins in their collection. The available cameras have high ... Arts & Entertainment Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:30:00 EDT http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Mint-Worker-Jailed-for-Stealing/subpage200.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/Mint-Worker-Jailed-for-Stealing/subpage200.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com A worker at Australia's mint has been jailed for stealing thousands of dollars of newly-minted coins which he smuggled out in his boots. William Bosia Grzeskowiak was jailed for three years for stealing A$135,000 ($100,000) in ... Arts & Entertainment Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:18:10 EDT http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/What-Is-An-NCLT-Coin/subpage194.html http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/What-Is-An-NCLT-Coin/subpage194.html#1 noreply@blackmountaincoins.com By definition a Non-Circulating Legal Tender coin is a coin that has been issued by a recognized monetary issuing authority, but is not intended for circulation as a medium of exchange. Widely recognized examples of NCLTs include United States Mint ... Arts & Entertainment Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:57:18 EDT