Coins DIG

Mint of Finland Ltd launched two new types of coins: 100-euro collector coin and a 5-euro collector coin. These were issued to commemorate the 90th anniversary of independence of Finland.

The former collector coin is made of gold. It weights 8.48 grams and its diameter is 22 mm. The 5-euro collector coin is made of Nordic gold. The surrounding ring of the coins is made of copper-nickel. The characteristics include a weight of 19.81g and 35mm diameter.

Officials from the market leader regarding third-party grading and authentication PCGS Currency, announced that notes that have serious problems and/or require restorations will not be placed in "Red Holders" any longer.

The central bank of Zimbabwe introduced new banknotes with the following denominations: Z$1 million, Z$5 million and Z$10 million.

In order to fight extreme shortage of money the bank of Zimbabwe decided to issue the new 10 million dollar banknote. Till now purchasing ordinary goods in the country required a bag of money, this especially concerns stores and financial institutions.

A warning has come from Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office regarding a potential conspiracy to steal coins that belong to the Dahlonega Gold Museum.

It is worth mentioning that on Christmas Eve there was an anonymous call that warned the museum about a potential conspiracy. Museum's officials contacted one of the supposed co-conspirators, who lately paid a visit to the museum to pick the information regarding the value of the coins.

After losing the battle to Google over the regular advertisements that appear next to web search, the number two search engine Yahoo! makes a great push in the field of mobile Internet advertising. The company continues registering more partners in the domain. It is worth mentioning that the company has already been applying the same strategy for some time, which maker it one of the biggest competitors in mobile Internet advertising.

Advanced Micro Devices recently announced a bigger quarterly loss which occurred after the chip producer paid $1.68 billion charge for having acquired the ATI, which is a Canadian company that manufactures graphics chips.

Despite the fact that the chip maker was able to realize revenue of $10.1 billion, plus operating income $2.2 billion and net income $1.9 million, Advanced Micro Devices could only generate its quarterly revenue of $1.770 billion, having a net loss of $1.722 billion and registering an operating loss of $1.678 billion. The whole picture looks as follows: the chip manufacturer registered revenue of $6.012 billion along with a net loss of $3.379 billion. Together with AMD, ATI also showed some negative results. Analysts say that the company is currently valued 30 percent less that the money the CPU paid for it 2 years ago. It is worth mentioning that in 2006 CPU acquired the company for $5.4 billion.

The first five dollar bill, featuring a new design, is to be spent on March 13 in the gift shop of the President Lincoln's Cottage, located at the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C.

The message regarding the first $5 bill and the way it would be spent was made this week by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP).

A real time story of rivalry between deep see divers and Spanish government involved everything a Hollywood movie could encompass: adventure, suspense and mystery over a treasure that sunk in the waters near Spain.

It is worth mentioning that several times, both, Florida-based submarine team Odyssey Marine and representatives of the Spanish government, has met in the court.

Consumers who paid a visit to the official site of the U.S. Mint and willing to place an order for any product that the Mint offers, especially for the new Bald Eagle Commemorative Coins, had been redirected to a page that started with the following message:

"Because of a transition in service providers, the United States Mint online catalog is currently unavailable. We expect the online catalog to be back in service within the next couple of days. In the interim, our toll-free customer service number will continue to be available to our customers.

According to the report made by the U.S. health foundation, people living in the United States are left far behind other industrialized nations in terms of preventable deaths. The foundation's report is available in the January/February issue of the journal entitled Health Affairs. The New York-based Common Wealth fund was the one to provide financial aid to researchers' work.