Visitors to the 2010 National Money Show™, March 25-27 at the Fort Worth Convention Center, are encouraged to get involved in a wide range of educational programs. The show offers in-depth seminars, free programs and lectures on a wide range of topics, and workshops for Boy and Girl Scouts looking to earn collecting awards. The [...]
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has released the first installment in the 2010 $2 Single Note Collection, which in its entirety includes banknotes from each of the 10 available Federal Reserve Banks (excluding Minneapolis and Kansas City Districts). Collectors can now purchase notes from the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, [...]
The American Numismatic Association and the Professional Numismatists Guild have agreed to jointly sponsor the Official Pre-Show prior to the ANA World’s Fair of Money for three years beginning with the ANA Chicago convention in August 2011, ANA Executive Director Larry Shepherd and PNG Executive Director Bob Brueggeman have announced. The Official Pre-Show will be [...]
In The China Shop… Good Day, Gold prices lifted off at warp speed in the first moments of overnight trading on Sunday, following news that China went on a commodities shopping spree in December. The US dollar lost more than 0.50 on the trade-weighted index as follow-through selling from Friday, and the Chinese news reignited [...]
The Perth Mint has appointed Coins N Things Inc. (CNT) as the exclusive distributor for its Kangaroo Minted Gold Bars in North America. Based in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the respected wholesale company has been in business for 37 years and records over US$1.5 billion in sales annually. Already, CNT is a major distributor of the Mint’s [...]
Precious metals were on fire with weekly gains in New York ranging between 3.9 to 9.6 percent and in London from 2.1 to 7.0 percent. Gold, as typical, moved opposite of the US dollar which showed weakness as various economic reports kindled concerns and then attraction for safe-haven metal buying. In other commodity related news, [...]
Although most collectors and dealers may never personally own a seven-figure numismatic rarity, enjoying and learning about them now is easy and fun with the launch of the PCGS Million Dollar Coin Club™ (www.PCGS.com/Million-Dollar-Coin-Club), a free reference guide available from the Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com). The "club" presently consists of 210 United States rare [...]
Unemployees Of The Month Good Day, Gold prices tried to find support at lower levels overnight, following yesterday’s declines that were largely a combination of dollar strength and on-going profit-taking. Asian markets witnessed further declines in the yellow metal, which sank to a low near $1118 as mild selling spilled over into the overnight hours [...]
The Royal Canadian Mint today released its first new collector coins and gift products of 2010, choosing the distinguished celebration of the Canadian Navy’s centennial as the theme of its 2010 Silver Dollar.

This flagship of the Mint’s annual collector coin program is joined by the newest editions of annual releases consisting of $100, $200 and $300 face value gold issues, as well as proof, uncirculated and specimen coin sets featuring popular icons of Canada. Attractive gift sets and new greeting card coins complete the line-up.
"The Royal Canadian Mint is proud to celebrate Canada’s heritage, culture and values through the rich and exciting variety of collector coins it produces every year," said Ian E. Bennett, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint.
"In 2010, Mint employees are honoured to pay tribute to the distinguished celebration of the centennial of Canada’s Navy while celebrating many other uniquely Canadian symbols through an inspiring array of world-class collector coins".
Below are the featured products being launched today.
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The Canadiana Collection dominates auction action at The Waldorf Astoria, Jan. 3-4, 2010 NEW YORK — Heritage Auctions’ World Coins division kicked off 2010 with a bang over the New Year’s weekend at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, setting an in-house record total with its $11 million+ Signature® World Coin Auction, Jan. 3-4, with the [...]