Monthly Archives: March 2009
Inflation Rises to 0.2%, Inflation Calculator Reflects Change
Exhibitors Recognized at ANA Portland National Money Show
Top 10 Canadian Olympic Winter Moments Contest Ends in Week
Vote to Determine Canadian 2010 Olympic 25-Cent Coin Designs
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Canadians from coast to coast to coast can recall that one special moment during an Olympic Winter Games that captured their imagination and was a source of national pride. Which one stands above the rest in your mind?
The Royal Canadian Mint and Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium are inviting Canadians to vote on the Top 10 Canadian Olympic Winter Moments of all time.
The Top 3 moments will be featured on 25-cent coins, each with a mintage of 22 million, and will enter into circulation in the fall of 2009, leading up to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. The results of the Top 10 Canadian Olympic Winter Moments will be revealed in a one-hour prime-time broadcast special, in English and French, in September 2009 on CTV, TSN and RDS.
Gold, Silver Decline for Second Day, Oil and Stocks Rally
PCGS at Whitman’s March Baltimore Show
US Mint at Philadelphia Earns OSHA Safety Star
Numismatic News and Blog Headlines – Mar 17
Gold Drops First Day in Four, Silver Declines
Gold Eagle Coin Bullion Sales at 10-Year High
The US Mint's recent actions to temporarily suspend production of collectible 2009 gold and silver American Eagle coins in order to produce their bullion counterparts is, to say the least, annoying to many coin collectors. Worst of all, it could be many months before the collector coins are offered since bullion coin sales are off to their quickest pace in 10 years.
The collector community may be able to empathize somewhat by stepping back from emotion over the Mint directives and instead focus on the reality -- and the biggest angst that has driven many recent Mint decisions, the "unprecedented demand" for gold coins.
2009 American Eagle Gold Coins Suspended
Proof and uncirculated 2009 American Eagle Gold Coins are temporarily suspended, the United States Mint is now announcing in the latest statement from its online store.
The coins are struck for collectors and include the "W" mintmark, unlike the 2009 bullion versions intended for investors -- although many coin collectors purchase them -- and already available through the Mint's authorized purchasers, coin dealers and precious metals sellers.