2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coins For Sale
The United States Mint started selling the 2009 ultra high relief double eagle gold coin back on January 22 and this extraordinary coin has been a sure fire hit with collectors and investors alike. The coin design is the original as created by Augustus St Gaudens in 1907, but with a few minor technological updates that now make the coin possible.
Originally minted in 1907 the ultra high relief was considered one of the most beautiful coins ever to go into circulation, but because of the tiny edges on the tops of the coins bankers didn’t like them because they were nearly impossible to stack in their vaults. But now because of more modern minting techniques a slight edge has been given to the coins and collectors are going crazy over them after anticipating the coin for many years.
Probably the best place to find one of these coins and get it in a timely manner is through the eBay auction site. Prices range from $1,450 or so for an ungraded coin to around $2,000 or slightly more for one graded at MS 70. Those MS 70 held on to for many years could prove to be a very wise investment. These coins will only be minted in 2009 and will never be available again except for from private collectors.
The coins are 99.99 percent pure making them 24 karat gold and contain 1 full ounce of gold. If you are in the market for one of these gems don’t miss out and have to end up spending a lot more in the years to come. You can see a few listings of the 2009 Ultra High Relief coin here.
Rare Gold Coins Found In The City Of David
In December of 2008, a British volunteer took time off of work to visit Israel and take part in an archaeological dig that was going on in Jerusalem National Park. She found 264 ancient gold coins that date back to the early 7th century, which was during the Byzantine Empire. The fact that the coins were found on the first day of Hanukkah made the discovery all the more special for archaeologists and researchers in Jerusalem. The coins, which were found just below the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, are a well known type of coin from this time.
The coins are more than 1,400 years old, and were found in the City of David in the Giv’ati Car Park. This site has given other finds, including a preserved gold earring with precious stones and pearls. The coins were found in a collapsed building, which has yet to be identified. Until the dig is able to carry on and be completed, it may not be known what the building was used for or who owned it. This is a relatively new dig, so the discovery was a huge surprise.
It is presumed that the coins were buried in a niche in the walls of the building, mostly because they weren’t in any type of container or box. They bear the image of Heraclius, who led the Byzantine Empire from 610 to 641. Although there were many coins minted during this time, this particular find is reminiscent of a well known minted coin.
There is still much to discover about these coins, including their value today, as well as whether they are qualified as “treasure” or not. If they are, they will likely be commissioned by a museum, and the funds will be paid to the company that is managing the archaeological dig.
Finding or investing in gold coins is exciting for anyone. When it comes to finding such historic coins that hold significance in world history, it’s even more eventful. For a woman who just took a month of work to volunteer on the dig for fun, this is the discovery of a lifetime. She is an engineer in England, and came to Jerusalem specifically to deal with the dig, which turned out to work out in her favor.
Considering that it is one of the only finds of its type to have been discovered in Jerusalem, this is a very big deal for the City of David.
California Has Gone Broke, Duh
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in a press conference Tuesday said that, “California’s day of reckoning is here”, meaning in other words, they’re broke. As of Tuesday, the state has 14 more days before they completely run out of money having to shut down many agencies and make drastic cuts to education, prisons, health care and other money sucking government departments.
Well hello, California state lawmakers have know about the roughly $24 billion budget deficit for several years now and they’ve done absolutely nothing about it. Did they not know that overspending money on free health care for illegal aliens, education, bloated bureaucratic agencies, poor investments, welfare, and a multitude of other programs that were never intended to be funded by the state, was eventually going to lead to this?
If you are balancing your check book and paying credit card bills and having to take money out of savings (if you have any) every month, you darn sure know that there’s going to be a problem as soon as your savings run out. And simple math will tell you just how long you’re going to be able to rob your savings account before there’s going to be a serious problem. You can either do something about it, in other words stop spending money you don’t have, or you can continue on your path and go broke in 3 years, 1 year, 1 month or whatever your simple accounting tells you.
So obviously the big question is, why the heck didn’t California law makers, that are supposed to be so infinitely wise that we can’t function without their leadership, do something about a problem that was so huge they couldn’t ignore it. Stuff like this should make your brain melt. Everyone responsible for running the state of California should have known this was coming, yet they did nothing.
The situation could get even more insane if the US Government now decides to bail out the state of California. In effect this would be the rest of the taxpayers of the other individual states bailing out another state for being completely irresponsible with their budget. People will and should revolt if this happens. How dare my tax money be spent for such lack of foresight and fiscal lunacy.
Even if the US taxpayer doesn’t bail out California we still have a huge financial problem with the US Government because they are in a worse position fiscally than California is. The only difference between California running out of money and the United States running out of money is that the US Treasury can just print more money, California can’t.
But in reality, printing money just creates more problems. America’s day of reckoning is just around the corner.