Well guys, the YN auction is 4 days away. I am so excited, this is my first year doing this. First of all, let me just say how great the ANA staff is on putting all of this together! They do all of this for the YN's, and it has really helped me be more interested in coins. In this blog, I am going to be highlighting what I think are the coolest things in the auction.Lot #1 -� 1828 Half cent: Even though this is in terrible condition and has enviormental damage, it is still an almost 200 year old coin. If you are looking for something old or to impress your friends with, then this is a great coin. Open is only YN10Lot #3 - 1909 VDB Brilliant Uncirculated: What a beauty! This coin would definitely get a high grade by anyone! It is a semi key date in the Lincoln cent series and a high grade coin. One of the lots I am looking forward to. Open is YN50Lot #30 - 1893 Morgan Dollar: A key date to the Morgan Dollar series, it has been cleaned. But if you collect Morgan Dollars this would be a great way to obtain this pricey example. Open is YN100!Lot #51 -�1927-B SWITZERLAND 20 FRANCS – CHOICE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED: Sorry for caps, but I was to Lazy to type all of that out. As always, sometimes the highlight of the auction! The gold coin! This year the coin has almost 1/5 of an ounce of gold. After the intermission make sure to be there if you want to bid on this. Open is YN250!Lot $90 - 1960 proof set with small date penny: The small date penny was HOT on the market in the '60s. It has cooled down, but it is much scarcer than the large date penny. It is also a relivitaly old proof set. Nice coins, proof set collectors take notice! Open is YN60Lot #99 Series 1953 $5 Silver Certificate: I always find old notes interesting, and here is an old(ish) $5 silver certificate. Perfect for the bank note collector, also the only US bank note offered this year. Open is YN10Lots #101-110 Grab Bags!: I would recommend buying one of these, I don't know what is in them, so if anyone wins one, could they please share what you got? You can only get one of these if you did not get ANYTHING from the auction. Open is YN25 and they all went for YN300 and YN250 last year.That's it for this blog. Good luck all YN's!Question for the blog - If you could own one coin, what would it be?

A forum post, "What happened to Innovation Dollars "�Has been going viral lately. The US Mint revealed the designs for the 2019 innovator dollars for four states. The four states will be pensyllvania,� Georgia, New Jersy, and Deleware. They plan to release the coins later this year. Designed by Richard Masters and engraved by Joseph Menna, This coin commemorates the creation of the polio vaccine in 1953. It features a microscope on the obverse. The Georgia coin designed by Emily Damstra and engraved by Micheal Gaudioso� Commemorates the Trustees' Garden, the first agricultural experimental garden in America. It features seedlings growing on the inscriprion "TRUSTEES' GARDEN" like it is soil, with an outstretched hand planting seeds. The New Jersey dollar� commemorates the invention of the lightbulb with a filiment that could last 1200 hours. It pictures the Edison Lightbulb on the obverse. This coin is designed by Paul C. Balan and is engraved by Phebe Hemphill. Last but not least, the� deleware coin, designed by Donna Weaver and engraved by Joseph Menna commemorates Annie Jump Cannon who developed a star-classifying system that we still use today. For more coin updates, visit my blog and follow me.Source: CoinWeekhttps://coinweek.com/us-mint-news/united-states-mint-unveiled-2019-american-innovation-1-coin-program-designs/

I am really excited to go to my first world's fair of money in pittsburgh. I have never been to any coin show besides my local coin show. Usually, I bringcash and trading silver to my local coin show. What should I bring to the WFM? What is it like to see coins sell for $1,000,000? How big is it? How does it vary from my local monthly coin show?

� �No doubt many of my fellow ANA members receive The Coin Update and have already seen this article. I feel the need to bring it to everyone's attention during this holiday, Memorial Day. Have you ever notice coins on the grave markers at some cemeteries' and wondered what the deal was? Here is a brief history of the practice.

A great way for kids to exhibit their collections is through the 4-H Collections project at their local county fair. It is a way for us to share our collections with the public and get interesting feedback from judges. I have been exhibiting coins since I was in kindergarten. You start out exhibiting a handful of your favorite coins and then add six more every year, along with records showing the history and value of each piece in your collection. I like to display mine in a leather binder with information on each coin on the page beside it. I use scrapbook paper with history and travel themes to add a little more fun to the project. I have earned grand champion, reserve grand champion, champion, reserve champion, honor, and first place ribbons on my coin collection every year since I began. It is a lot of fun! What are ways that you share your collection with the public?�