The $10 gold coin and medal series which honors the spouses of former United States Presidents will last between 2007 and 2016. The coins are composed of one-half troy ounces of gold, which is 99.99% fine, and released at a rate of at least four each year. Below are recent articles published on CoinNews.net about new issues, sales figures and sell outs. For an overview of the United States Mint’s program, also check out the CoinNews.net section First Spouse Gold Coins. Also, check out the sales figures page for recent sales totals, mintages, coin prices and issue dates.
The United States Mint is close to wrapping this year up with the release of its final 2011-dated set, the Garfield Presidential $1 Coin and First Spouse Medal Set. It went on sale Thursday, December 22, at noon Eastern Time for $14.95.
Two collector products are featured in the set, an uncirculated James Garfield $1 coin and a Lucretia Garfield bronze medal which bears the same designs as her First Spouse Gold Coins [...]
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Four bronze medals, each honoring a different First Spouse of the Presidents who served between 1865 and 1881, are featured in the United States Mint 2011 First Spouse Bronze Four-Medal Set that launched on Thursday, December 1, 2011.
Specifically, the medals bear the likenesses of Eliza Johnson, wife of President Andrew Johnson; Julia Grant, married to President Ulysses S. Grant; Lucy Hayes, President Rutherford B. Hayes’s spouse; and Lucretia Garfield, wife of President James Garfield [...]
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The United States Mint made the 2011 Lucretia Garfield First Spouse Gold Coins available on Thursday, December 1, at noon Eastern Time. The 24-karat gold collector coins are the fourth issue of this year and the twenty first in the series.
The strikes are available in two versions, proof and uncirculated. The proof’s price is $1,029.00 and the uncirculated coin’s price is $1,016.00. Like other numismatic gold offerings from the United States Mint, prices may change weekly, depending on the rise or fall of gold prices on the London Fix.
The new coins honor Lucretia Garfield, wife of James Garfield who served as the twentieth President of the United States. Lucretia Rudolph Garfield married her husband in 1858 while [...]
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Last week the United States Mint stopped selling the 24-karat proof version of the Mary Todd Lincoln First Spouse Gold Coin. Sales were scheduled to continue until December 1, 2011, but the Mint apparently sold the entire inventory. The coin’s information page, similar to the uncirculated version some time ago, is now located on the "No Longer Available’" area of the bureau’s website.
The United States Mint began selling both the proof and the uncirculated versions on December 2, 2010. Their original published mintage limit was set at 20,000 across both options, with the ratio determined on buying trends of customers [...]
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The Hayes Presidential $1 Coin & First Spouse Medal Set was launched by the United States Mint on Thursday, September 22, for $14.95.
The set features two collector strikes, an uncirculated Rutherford B. Hayes $1 Coin and a Lucy Hayes bronze medal, which bears the same designs as her First Spouse Gold Coins. The two are mounted on a decorative card with the portraits of the President and First Lady [...]
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The United States Mint released the 2011 Lucy Hayes First Spouse Gold Coins on Thursday, September 1, at noon Eastern Time. The special collector coins are the twentieth in the 24-karat gold coin series that started five years ago in 2007.
The newest issues, honoring Lucy Hayes, are the third of four designs this year and are available for $1,054.00 for the proof strikes and $1,041.00 for the uncirculated strikes. Prices may rise or fall weekly depending on the direction of gold [...]
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The United States Mint on Wednesday is expected to raise prices on its collector American Platinum Eagle and its numismatic gold coins, including all types of American Gold Eagles, the American Gold Buffalo and each of the uncirculated and proof First Spouse Gold Coins.
The expected US Mint coin prices will be at their highest levels ever, pushed up by price hikes in platinum and all-time record highs in gold. [...]
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Today at noon Eastern Time, July 7, 2011, the United States Mint released the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential $1 Coin & Julia Grant First Spouse Medal Set for $14.95.
The set features collector versions of the uncirculated Ulysses S. Grant Presidential $1 Coin and Julia Grant’s bronze medal, which bears the same designs as her First Spouse Gold Coins. The coin and medal are mounted on the front of a durable plastic card next to portraits of the President and First Lady. The back of the card includes the Mint’s issuance information [...]
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Collectors were a bit more active last week in buying coins, based on the latest US Mint sales figures. 26 United States Mint products showed up with improved week-over week sales versus the 20 which outperformed in the previous report.
Debuting in this round of US Mint sales are the first batch of 2011 September 11 National Medal figures and starting numbers for the Julia Grant First Spouse Gold Coins [...]
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The United States Mint released the 2011 Julia Grant First Spouse Gold Coins on Thursday, June 23, at 12 PM Eastern Time. The 24-karat gold coins are the second of four issues in the First Spouse series for this year and the nineteenth since they were introduced in 2007.
Julia Grant was the country’s First Lady while her husband Ulysses S. Grant served as the eighteenth President of the United States between 1869 and 1877. The collector coins honoring her are struck from [...]
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