Mexican Libertad Series Surprises

As Pat Stovall, a longtime dealer inMexican coins and the stepson of the late "Dean of American Experts on Mexican Numismatics" Don Bailey, noted recently: "The never-ending story of Mexican coins is that somethingnew comes to light almost every day.

In an interview for CoinWeek, Pat explained that while attending a coin show in Arizona during the previous week, a collector showed him a coin he had never seen andthat he told the individual he would need to check into it before he could offer his opinion. The coin in question was a 2014-dated, 100-Peso reproduction of a famous classicMexican coin that was part of the Numismatic Heritage Series the Casa de Moneda (the Mexican Mint) issued for several years starting in 2011. The unusual thing is that the coinwas one that was part of the 2013 set (Series III), and the collector said he was told that 100 of them were made (whereas 8,000 are in the 2013 sets).

This is just one example of how fascinating collecting modern Mexican coins can be.

To read the complete article, see:
The Coin Analyst: Mexican Libertad Series Surprises Again(https://coinweek.com/bullion-report/the-coin-analyst-mexican-libertad-series-surprises-again/)

Little Leather Pouch Coin Find
In his David Kahn Rare Coins November 2019 News and Newps newsletter David Kahn writes:

The pouch held 16 gold dollars, mostly from the1850s and from the Philadelphia Mint except for one AU-55 1851-C Coronet gold dollar struck at the Charlotte Mint; four gold $2.50 quarter eagles; one Indian Head gold $3 coin;one gold $5 half eagle; the lone $10 eagle; a single gold $20 double eagle; and a 1924 Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary silver half dollar.

The 1854 Indian Head $3 coin was graded and encapsulated NGC MS-65; and the 1851 Coronet double eagle was graded NGC MS-62+.

Stevenson said the sibling owners of the coins have currently retained the $3 coin and are not selling it at this time.

To read the October 4, 2019 Coin World article, see:
Finest known 1859 gold $10 eagle among family heirlooms(https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/finest-known-1859-gold-10-dollar-eagle-among-family-heirlooms)

Unique WWI Gold Medal For Honoring WWI Allied Commander-in-Chief

To read the complete article, see:
The General and the Student-A Personalized, Unique Gold Medal Following the Brutality ofWorld War I (https://www.stacksbowers.com/News/Pages/Blogs.aspx?ArticleID=Unique-Gold-Medal)

Trump Tweets Faked Photo of Hero Dog Getting a Medal
President Trump on Wednesdayshared an altered photograph of himself placing a medal around the neck of the dog injured in the raid last weekend that led to the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the IslamicState's leader.

Mr. Trump has spoken of the dog, whose name Newsweek reported is Conan, in glowing terms in the days since the raid, which culminated with Mr. al-Baghdadi detonating asuicide bomb, killing himself and several children and injuring the dog.

To read the complete article, see:
Trump Tweets Faked Photo of Hero Dog Getting a Medal(https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/us/politics/trump-dog.html)