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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 4, 2010
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
IDAHO
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
1-8641
(Commission File Number)
82-0109423
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
505 Front Ave., P.O. Box “I”
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 83816
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(208) 667-3511
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2 below):
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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
     Pursuant to privately negotiated agreements dated December 16, 2009 and January 4, 2010, Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (the “Company”) agreed to exchange $31,529,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 and $2,000,000 of its 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2028 for 1,833,932 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.01. The Company issued 774,951 of the Shares on or about December 17, 2009 and expects to issue the remainder of the Shares on or about January 6, 2010. The Company issued or will issue the Shares pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements afforded by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation
 
 
Date: January 6, 2010  By:   /s/ Mitchell J. Krebs    
    Name:   Mitchell J. Krebs   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   
 

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