Read more coins stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17219/coins.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:18:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51625/jazz-great-ellington-will-grace-dc-quarter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLate jazz legend Duke Ellington has been chosen to appear on the District of Columbia's commemorative quarter, CNN reports. The composer and performer, a DC native who died in 1975, beat out abolitionist Frederick Douglass and surveyor and astronomer Benjamin Banneker in a vote of the capital's residents. Ellington becomes...http://www.newser.com/story/51625/jazz-great-ellington-will-grace-dc-quarter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Feb 2009 6:07:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46776/shoppers-go-whole-hog-for-piggy-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPiggy banks have been flying off the shelves this holiday season, reports Reuters. Newly frugal consumers see the pigs as symbolic of the need to save, retailers say. The savings rate across America has shot up from zero to 2.8% as worried households start to sock away cash—although...http://www.newser.com/story/46776/shoppers-go-whole-hog-for-piggy-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Jan 2009 12:08:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/31533/first-braille-coin-unveiled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Mint unveiled the first coin bearing readable Braille letters yesterday. The silver dollar features the letters "Brl," code for Braille, and honors the 200th birthday of the eponymous creator of the alphabet for the blind, the AP reports. "This is going to put Braille in front of people...http://www.newser.com/story/31533/first-braille-coin-unveiled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Jul 2008 16:41:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28797/marine-in-iraq-suspended-over-bible-quoting-coins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US Marine has been suspended after he reportedly distributed coins with Bible verses at an entry point in Falluja, CNN reports. One coin reportedly asked, in Arabic, “Where will you spend eternity?” Military rules forbid troops from proselytizing. A US spokesman apologized to angry Muslims and said “appropriate action”...http://www.newser.com/story/28797/marine-in-iraq-suspended-over-bible-quoting-coins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 May 2008 8:31:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28250/us-rations-silver-dollars-as-investors-scoop-them-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInvestors and coin collectors are hopping mad at the US Mint for placing quotas on purchasing silver dollars, the Wall Street Journal reports. The price of silver has more than doubled in the last three years, and investors looking to cash in on the boom—and avoid the stock and...http://www.newser.com/story/28250/us-rations-silver-dollars-as-investors-scoop-them-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 May 2008 9:31:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/12007/prototype-coins-go-for-30m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn anonymous buyer spent more than $30 million on a collection of about 1,000 coins that never made it to circulation, the AP reports. The rare “pattern coins,” dated from 1792 to 1942, are trial designs the US Mint rejected before producing them for circulation. Those coins generally stay...http://www.newser.com/story/12007/prototype-coins-go-for-30m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Nov 2007 21:53:42 CST