March 2011

2011 Native American DollarThe United States Mint on Monday placed its 2011 Native American Dollar Rolls on sale for a price of $39.95, plus shipping and handling.

Available are rolls filled with either Philadelphia or Denver minted coins. Each 25-coin roll is wrapped with specially designed paper with the year and mint of origin printed in black font [...]

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Fine Gold BarsU.S. gold fell for a third straight session on Monday but silver prices edged slightly higher.

Bullion closing levels were narrowly changed from Friday, as silver and platinum each climbed 0.1 percent while gold and palladium retreated 0.4 and 0.6 percent, respectively.

April gold prices declined $6.30 to settle at $1,419.90 an ounce on [...]

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BEP Franklin Commemorative Series Inventor Intaglio PrintThe Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) on Monday made available the first of three intaglio print cards commemorating the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s 2011 Intaglio Print Program is entitled the "Franklin Commemorative Series." The series of prints features [...]

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Bullion BarsNew York’s Monday morning trading session saw gold prices opening on a defensive. Spot trading in the yellow metal started off with a loss of $19.00 per troy ounce. The opening bid-side quote came in at $1,411.20 and traders were on the alert for another potential breach of the round figure beneath current levels.

Just last week, bullion values practically achieved a $1,450.00 per ounce print on the back of MENA regional turmoil and perceptions of inflationary pressures that might in part be brought about by the recent disaster in Japan and [...]

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Medal of Honor Commemorative CoinsThe United States Mint on Monday at 5:00 PM ET will discontinue the introductory prices for the 2011 Medal of Honor Commemorative Coins.

Each of the commemoratives will have their prices raised by $5, an amount and percent increase much more noticeable on the silver dollars than on the more expensive $5 gold pieces. However, sales in the past typically are not significantly hurt following a transition to [...]

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Fine Gold BarsU.S. bullion prices declined slightly Friday, but advanced on the week. Weekly gains in precious metals ranged from a low of 0.7 percent to a high of 5.7 percent.

On Friday, April gold prices lost $8.70, or 0.6 percent, to settle at $1,426.20 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Gold prices hit an all-time intraday high of $1,448.60 an ounce on Thursday, but then reversed course and closed modestly lower. Profit-taking and a stronger U.S. dollar hurt the metal further on Friday [...]

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Glacier and  Olympic QuartersThe United States Mint has announced ceremony dates for the second and third 2011 National Park Quarter releases, as well as times for coin forums to be held on the evenings prior to each of the ceremonies.

The US Mint will conduct the second 2011 Glacier National Park Quarter ceremony on April 13 and the third 2011 Olympic National Park Quarter ceremony on June 14 [...]

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Bullion BarsCrude oil prices hovered near the mid- $105 area for yet another morning, gold traded some $3 higher at the open (following a somewhat unsettling and swift pullback from a new record very near $1,450 on Thursday) and silver edged higher as well (last seen near $37.38 per ounce).

Platinum and palladium slipped a tad lower in early trading as the players in that complex weigh the impact on the events in Japan, and to some extent Libya, on the auto industry [...]

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1864 Seated Silver DollarGreatCollections has launched its much-anticipated auction and direct purchase website at www.greatcollections.com. Catering to collectors and dealers, over 1,000 coins are already available for bid and direct purchase.

Initially, auctions will end on Sunday evenings before expanding to other days and times. Bidding is available 24/7 at the start-of-the-art website [...]

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The Secret History of the First U.S. MintKolbe & Fanning LLC, Numismatic Booksellers, are pleased to announce that they have been commissioned by the authors to produce specially bound editions of Joel Orosz and Leonard Augsburger’s exciting new book The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint, just published by Whitman.

Two special editions are available. The first, limited to 25 copies, is bound in green [...]

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