The Royal Australian Mint has released a new coin series titled Australia Remembers ahead of ANZAC Day which pays tribute to past and present Australians who played important roles during times of war, conflict and peacekeeping. "It is fitting to release this new series today as the nation takes the time to reflect on and [...]
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Ultra High Relief (UHR) $20 gold coin sales were near identical to those reported last week, based on the latest round of US Mint sales figures. Another 1,300 have been sold, bringing the new total to 58,318.
In a surprise, Louis Braille Silver Dollars broke a declining trend that had become the norm over the last several weeks. While sales increases were held to around 12% in the prior week, proof Braille’s jumped to 20 percent. The uncirculated options climbed to 16 percent. In total, 93,166 Braille commemorative silver coins have been sold.
For the third consecutive week, Lincoln Silver Dollars and Lincoln Birthplace cent rolls figures have remained unchanged. Each reached sellouts weeks ago.
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New legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday that would authorize the US Mint to strike gold, silver and clad coins "in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812." This legislation is a shining example of the phrase: "If at first you don’t succeed, try, [...]
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Four numismatic news or coin blog articles are referenced on CoinNews every Tuesday and Thursday. These articles are not authored by us, but we recommend coin collectors read them for their unusual or interesting content. Here are today’s articles: Value of pennies takes off Joseph Bakes | The Star-Ledger A penny doesn’t buy much anymore, [...]
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In the first release from the new Australia Remembers series, the Royal Australian Mint has introduced the Australian Services Nurses 20c Uncirculated Coin. The commemorative coin design, by W. Pietranik, portrays a wounded "Aussie Digger" (Australian soldier) comforted and nursed back to health. Military nursing in Australia was established in 1899. In January 1900 fourteen [...]
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Bowers and Merena Auctions has donated $30,000 to the American Numismatic Association’s Florence Schook School of Numismatics. The donation will help fund educational programs such as Summer Seminar, the Numismatic Diploma Program and convention workshops. The company also recently sponsored more than 800 new memberships to the ANA. In February, Bowers and Merena sent a [...]
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The release date and time for the second installment of the "We the People" Series 2004A $10 Single Note Collection has been announced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). $10 notes representative of the Federal Reserve Districts of Philadelphia, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Kansas City will go on sale at 9:00 A.M. (ET) on [...]
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The United States Mint on Tuesday officially announced the release date for two-roll sets of the newly designed Lincoln Cent Formative Years — the second of four pennies to launch in 2009.
The set is priced at $8.95, plus $4.95 for shipping and handling, and will be available at noon ET on Thursday, May 14. There is an order limit of five sets per household.
Like the Lincoln Log Cabin rolls released March 13, the latest offering will includes a roll of 50 coins from Denver with the “D” mintmark and another roll from Philadelphia, where the coins do not carry mintmarks.
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