Darrin Lee Unser

Canadian 2013 $100 Bison Silver Coin for $100The Royal Canadian Mint is now accepting pre-orders for theĀ 2013 $100 Bison Silver Coin, the debuting release from its Wildlife in Motion series that features $100 silver coins that sell at face value.

Collector demand for the pure silver coins is expected to be strong. The Mint’s similar Exchange $20 for $20 program has [...]

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2013 Forest Babies 1/2 Oz Silver Proof Coins LaunchA trio of 2013 Forest Babies 1/2 oz Silver Proof Coins is now available from the Perth Mint of Australia. Shown on their reverses are colorful designs of a young Grey Wolf, young Red Squirrel and young Brown Bear within their natural forest settings.

Each of the proof coins is struck from one-half ounce of 99.9% pure silver [...]

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2013 Frilled Neck Lizard Silver Coin Begins Reptiles SeriesThe Perth Mint introduced the new annual Australia’s Remarkable Reptiles series with the release of the 2013 Frilled Neck Lizard Silver Proof Coin.

Shown on the reverse is a colored image of a Frilled Neck Lizard. Subsequent coins in the series will continue to [...]

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2013 Proof Australian Gold Sovereign CoinAvailable now from the Perth Mint of Australia is the 2013 Proof Australian Gold Sovereign Coin. Each is composed of 91.67% pure gold (22-karat). There is a mintage cap in place of only 1,750 coins.

This coin marks the fifth annual issue of the series. A new reverse design has [...]

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2013 ATB Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins Release Dates and PricesCollectors can soon order the first of the five 2013 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins™.

Prices and preliminary release dates for the numismatic products have been unveiled by the United States Mint [...]

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2013 US Mint Silver Proof Set DebutsToday, May 2, 2013, sales start for the 2013 United States Mint Silver Proof Set®. The set becomes available beginning at Noon (Eastern) and is sold for $67.95.

Found in the set are a total of fourteen different coins. Each are struck to proof quality at the US Mint facility in San Francisco and each bear the "S" mint mark [...]

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New $100 Bill Launches into Circulation on October 8, 2013More than two years after originally planned, the Federal Reserve Board has announced that a new $100 bill will finally begin circulating later this year. The new $100 note will be released beginning on October 8, 2013.

Original plans called for the release to occur in February of 2011. However, owing to [...]

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2013-W Proof American Gold EaglesAvailable now from the United States Mint are this year’s 2013-W Proof American Gold Eagle Coins.

The coins went on sale today, April 18, 2013, and are offered in four sizes and a four-coin set.

Proof American Gold Eagles are offered by the U.S. Mint as [...]

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U.S. Mint Suspends Three Numismatic Silver ProductsPlummeting silver prices sprung sales suspensions for three United States Mint silver products.

On Tuesday, silver values sank to a multi-year low. As a result, the following three numismatic silver products were taken off sale pending pricing adjustments [...]

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Baseball Coin Design Competition Underway"Batter Up! Pitch your coin design today," exclaims the United States Mint as a new contest gets underway. The Baseball Coin Design Competition seeks to find a winning design for the obverse or heads side of 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins.

If the chance of finding your design on an American coin is not enough, the winning artist is awarded $5,000 and [...]

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