DALLAS, TX — Heritage Auction Galleries, the world’s leading numismatic auctioneer, has created a new online auction venue for World Coin buyers with its new Monthly Internet-only World Coin Auctions. The first installment of this new venture is currently online at www.HA.com/WorldCoins, closing on July 12. The next auction will start the same day, July [...]
June 23: 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 coin articles: Reeds on [Presidential] dollar Ken Potter | Numismatic News A 2007-P George Washington [...]
The official medal for the American Numismatic Association’s 118th Anniversary Convention, August 5-9 in Los Angeles, is now available. Designed by Garrett & Michelle Burke and Alex Shagin, the medal celebrates the convention’s host city and the grandeur of numismatics. The obverse design showcases the excitement and glamour of Los Angeles. Lights coming from L.A. [...]
Pressured lower on Monday by a stronger U.S. dollar and plunging oil prices, gold dropped near $920 an ounce. Silver and platinum followed with harsh declines while U.S. stocks suffered sinking losses. In New York trading futures for bullion: Silver for July delivery plummeted 49.7 cents, or 3.5 percent, to $13.703 an ounce. Gold for [...]
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced Monday that it would launch gold and silver Panda themed coins on June 30 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the issuance of its first precious metal commemoratives.

Each new coin’s reverse bears the same Panda design as depicted on the 2009 Gold Panda and 2009 Silver Panda bullion coins. The new commemoratives, however, feature a ring surrounding the pandas with the inscription "30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE CHINESE MODERN PRECIOUS METAL COMMEMORATIVE COINS."
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The US Mint during the last two days has been updating the release schedule for 2009 collector products.
The last major update occurred in the beginning of June when the Mint rescheduled the launch of the Letitia Tyler First Spouse Gold Coins to July 1. The latest schedule has shifted the coins and related product releases to the 2nd.
Most of July issues appears to be firmed with the addition of the much anticipated US Mint Silver Proof Set, the American Samoa quarters and the Guam First Day Coin Cover. The John Tyler $1 Cover Cover was also added.
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Coin Chat Radio’s June 18th episode touches on a recent coin bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, coin shows, and pre-federal paper money. Bob Van Ryzin’s beginning "What’s In the News" segment discusses the Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Act of 2009. The legislation passed in the House in May and would [...]
Precious metals declined on the week with a strong U.S. dollar once again taking most of the blame. London gold slid lower for week three while silver and platinum retreated for week two. In other markets, crude-oil slipped, breaking four weeks of gains as U.S. and European stocks also declined on the week. In London, [...]
San Antonio, TX — Mike Unser, founder and president of CoinNews Media Group LLC, announced today the introduction of World Mint Coins, a public resource of modern U.S. and World coins located at www.WorldMintCoins.com. World Mint Coins offers free information, specifications and high resolution images of modern coinage struck throughout the world. Currently featured coins [...]
The Royal Mint has today reported another profitable and successful year, demonstrating the commitment to long-term sustainable growth. An operating profit before exceptional items and interest of £8.2 million (2007-08: £9.6m) was realised in spite of the challenging global economic environment, meaning the Royal Mint will pay a dividend of £4.0 million (2007-08: £3.9m) into [...]