With the release of the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollars only one day away (March 23, 2010), the United States Mint has started advertising their availability in mailed brochures, and the coins are already starting to appear in the secondary market on sites like eBay.
For the latter, auctions found on eBay are, of course, pre-selling the coins. No individual has them. Shipment notices indicate they will only be available to winning bidders after the coins are received from the United States Mint.
At this time, only a handful of sold auctions have featured the Boy Scouts Commemorative Coins. The first one premiered last month. However, since then, several more have been added, bringing the number of auctions to over the dozen mark.
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Precious metals stumbled on Friday as the US dollar surged against the euro when Greece debt worries were resurrected, but mid-week gains and some safe-haven buying were enough to keep metals in extremely narrow weekly gain/loss positions in both New York and London. Crude oil tumbled on Friday to register the biggest one-day loss in [...]
Der Wiener Walzer Moves Counter-Clockwise Good Day, Gold prices slipped a bit in overnight trading amid anemic Indian physical offtake and a further gain in the US dollar. The latter managed a climb back to very near the 80.50 mark on the trade-weighted index and pushed oil, base metals, and assorted other commodities a tad [...]
The United States Mint will unveil the five 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters on March 24, 2010 at the Newseum Museum in Washington, DC. The final designs will provide a first look at the new coin series, named the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, which will feature 56 new emblematic National Park or National Site [...]
Answering a call that went out in October of last year, Heidi Wastweet of Seattle Washington has been appointed to the Citizen’s Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Wastweet, a well-known sculptor and medallist, replaces former CCAC member Sherl Joseph Winter whose term expired last September. Both have an expertise in sculpture [...]
New York gold futures finished higher for a fourth straight day on Thursday, although gains were limited by a rising dollar. Silver and platinum declined slightly as did oil which fell for the first time in three days. U.S. stocks were mixed. The Dow advanced for its eighth straight gain and toward an 18-month high. [...]
The Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Coins are the first of the spouse series to appear in 2010. They are, however, fourteenth in the series as a whole.
Abigail Fillmore First Spouse Gold Proof and Uncirculated Coin – Click to Enlarge
The United States Mint placed the 24 karat, 1/2 ounce gold coins on sale today at noon ET. The collector proof version is priced at $729.00 while the uncirculated option is listed for $716.00. These prices can change weekly depending on the weekly average of the London gold fix.
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Action picked up for numismatic coins, according to the latest US Mint sales report.
The prior report showed that only three products garnered week-over-week improvements. More than a dozen passed that barrier in the latest round of figures.
On the notable front, 2009 Gold Proof Buffalo coins increased by 598 compared to the previous 384 and are nearing 50,000 in sales. In fact, as of Sunday their total was at 48,994 which very likely means the 50K ceiling was actually topped by Tuesday or Wednesday. The proof Buffalo was released late last year on October 29, 2009.
Disabled American Veterans Silver Dollars advanced 16,323 for the proofs to 107,316 while uncirculated sales rose 5,779 to reach 46,620.
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IRVINE, Calif. — Spectrum Numismatics International, Inc., one of the world’s largest rare coin, currency and wine dealers, announced today that Matthew Westfall has joined the company in the next step of their continuous expansion. "Matt Westfall is one of the most respected numismatists in the industry. His incredible knowledge of better date U.S. [...]
New York gold futures closed slightly higher on Wednesday, marking a third straight day of gains. Silver and platinum followed. The Federal Reserve’s assurance on Tuesday to keep interest rates unchanged was still a cited factor in metals movement, as was a bigger-than-expected decline in wholesale inflation. The Labor Department on Wednesday said US producer [...]
