Daily Archives: August 12, 2009
Gold Rises with Dollar Decline, Silver Advances
Gold on Wednesday climbed for the second straight day as the U.S. dollar retreated against other world currencies and oil prices rose. In other...
2009 Lincoln Formative Years Penny Rolls Sell Out
On the eve of the third Lincoln cent launch, the United States Mint has stopped selling penny rolls of the second issued 2009 Lincoln coin design known as the Rail Splitter, or the Formative Years cent.
Visitors to the Mint information page for the rolls now see the words "Sold Out" in bolded, red font.
The two-roll sets with 50 coins from Philadelphia and 50 coins from Denver went on sale May 14 for $8.95 each. The latest US Mint sales report shows 300,246 were purchased by collectors as of Sunday, August 9.
National Future Farmers of America Commemorative Coins Proposed
Two nearly identical coin bills were introduced in the Senate and House late last month that would commemorative the National Future Farmers of America...