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Some of the major foreign mints produce coins for the country in which the mint is located, but also produce coins for smaller countries that have no mint. The smaller countries often use the coins are a source of income, so having them be collectible is extremely important. Images of subjects that are collectible on their own offer opportunities to have issues of coinage that are highly desired. It is, therefore, quite understandable that these countries utilize popular subjects for their collectible coins.

One of the most collectible dolls today is Barbie. The Barbie doll itself exists in a multitude of editions, some aimed directly at the collecting community. To celebrate Barbie's fiftieth anniversary, the prestigious Perth Mint produced a beautiful, colorized Barbie coin for the island nation of Tuvalu. This 2009 issue comes in proof condition, and is housed in a pink display case and a box. The coin is licensed by Mattel.

The Perth Mint also makes two coins that celebrate the Transformers movie. These coins are also legal tender for Tuvalu. The coins depict Megatron and Optimus Prime, and come housed in their individual display cases. These coins are also colorized. These coins are produced with agreements from Dreamworks and Hasbro.

The New Zealand Mint produced a four coin set in conjunction with the one hundred twentieth anniversary of the Sherlock Holmes. These sets, beautifully colorized, were released in 2007. They are proof-line. The box that accompanied each of these sets of coins was made in the image of a filmmaker's clapper-board. The coins are legal tender in the Cook Islands.

While the collecting community in the United States is probably the largest, some coins appeal primarily to residents of other nations. The New Zealand Mint produces the three proof Tintin coins for France. These coins bear the denomination of one and a half Euros. They commemorate a cartoon character, Tintin, whose cartoons were drawn by a Belgian artist, and were published in French.

The coins mentioned in this article are all quality pieces that appeal to multiple groups of collectors. They are made of fine silver, with the exception of the Tintin coins, which have a slightly lower purity. They are all limited edition pieces, and come with certificates of authenticity. The major mints must cap production low, and retain quality, or the incorporation of a subject that is itself collectible would be nullified.

Black Spaniel Gallery offers links through our http://blackspanielgallery.com website to these mints, and invite you to utilize these links to learn more about these wonderful coins directly from their sources.

Henry M. Smith provides information and sells coins through Black Spaniel Gallery. The website is http://blackspanielgallery.com for both coins and information.

Wanna Mint or a Mark?

Mint Marks are tiny letters referring to the locality where the minting of coins took place. The position of mint mark can be found typically on the back side of coins that were minted before the year 1965 and on the front after the year 1967.

Coins of every US mint branch are recognized by mint marks. These coin marks date back to ancient times in Rome and Greece.

The “Director of the Mint”, through the “Act of March 3, 1835”, set rules to classify and distinguish the coins released from every US Mint branch. This core management set accurate standards and pattern of production as well as responsible coinage.

Coins that minted at the “Philadelphia mint” earlier than the year 1979 have no mint marks. So it was in that year that the dollar was marked with the letter P and other denominations had that same mark thereafter.

All dies for US coins are produced at the “Philadelphia Mint” and prior to shipping the coins to their mint branch, coins are marked first with the correct and designated mint markings. The precise size and positioning of the coins’ mint mark can slightly vary; this is influenced by how deep the punch was impressed and where.

The importance of mint marks:

Collectors can determine the value of a coin though mint mark, date and condition examination, making the coins condition the most significant factor and standard when determining its value.

Defining the Mint which hit the coin is tremendously important in determining the value of the coin; the coin can be hit in huge quantities at a single Mint or in smaller quantities in another hit.

The process of minting:

1. The making of metal strips in the correct thickness: Zinc strips are used for pennies, alloy strips composed of nickel (25%) and nickel (75%) for nickel and dollars, half-dollars, dimes, half-dimes are fabricated from a fusion of three coatings of metals; the external layer are alloys and the center is copper.

2. These strips of metals are then put into “blanking presses” that are responsible for cutting “round blanks”, approximately the dimension of the “done” coin.

3. The blanks then are softened by running them through an annealing furnace, through tumbling barrels, and then through revolving cylinders containing chemical mixtures to burnish and clean the metal.

4. The blanks then are washed and placed into a drying device, then into the "upsetting" machines, that produce the raised rim.

5. The Final stage: “coining press”. Each blank is clasp into position by a collar or ring as it is being struck or hit under great pressure. Pennies need approximately40 tons of pressure and the larger coins need more. The “upper and lower dies” are stamped simultaneously on the two sides of each coin.

The design:

The “Director of the Mint” chooses the design and pattern for United States coins, then that is approved by the “Secretary of the Treasury”; congress can recommend and suggest a design. The design then can not be changed for twenty five years unless directed by the congress.

All emblems of United States coins minted currently represent previous presidents of the United States. President Lincoln is on the one-cent coin, adopted in the year1909; Washington on the 25 cent coin that was minted first in 1932; Jefferson on the five cent coin in 1938; Franklin Roosevelt on the dime, introduced in the year1946; Kennedy on the half dollar that was first minted in 1964.

The “Act of 1997” known as the “50 States Quarters Program” supports and allows the redesigning of the quarters - the reverse side is to show each of the fifty states emblems. Every year starting in 1999 and until 2008, coins honoring five states, having designs that are created by each state, will be issued in the sequence or manner in which each state signed the Constitution.

The phrase "In God We Trust" was used first in 1864, on a United States two-cent coin. It then was seen on the quarter, nickel, half-dollar, silver dollar and on the $10, $5 and $20 in 1866; in 1909 on the penny, in 1916 on the dime. Today, all United States coins carry the motto.

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