Daily Archives: October 6, 2009
Coin News: Shipwreck Coins, 37-Cent Coin, Forging Innovation, Obverse/Reverse?
Four numismatic news or coin blog articles are referenced on CoinNews every Tuesday and Thursday. These articles are not authored by...
Gold Hits Record, Silver Soars, Stocks Climb
Gold closed to a record high Tuesday as a report surfaced suggesting oil producers could toss the US dollar and...
US Mint Gold Coin Prices Set to Increase Again
For the third straight week, the United States Mint is set to adjust its collector gold coin prices in response to London gold...
2009 Gold & Silver Eagles Cancelled, Gold Buffalo & Platinum Eagles...
The United States Mint announced today that it will offer for sale 2009 one-ounce American Buffalo Proof Gold Coins and one-ounce American Eagle Platinum...
2009 Kennedy Half Dollar Production Increased for Collectors
Demand for the 2009 Kennedy Half Dollar has pushed their mintages higher, September coin production and recent US Mint sales figures seem to indicate.
While the US Mint no longer makes Kennedy Half Dollars for general circulation, they do offer circulating strikes in bags and rolls for coin collectors.
Demand has not been blazingly strong for these in past years. In 2008, the Mint struck 1.7 million in Denver and in Philadelphia, for a total of 3.4 million. The amount was sufficient to cover collector purchases with several thousand left over, as the following table highlights: