Clad half-dollars will sport the same curved shape as companion silver dollar and $5 gold 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Coins, the United States Mint announced this week.
All three denominations will now feature a convex and common reverse (tails) design that resembles the surface of a baseball and a [...]
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"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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In July, the United States Mint will release the 2013-W Proof American Platinum Eagle. Nine design candidates for the reverse of this year’s platinum coin have already been reviewed.
Struck from one ounce of 99.95% and around since 1997, proof American Platinum Eagles feature annually changing reverses [...]
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Reverse design candidates for 2014 America the Beautiful Quarters were revealed and reviewed, but the final selection of which five will actually be used has not been announced. The 2014-dated coins will mark the 21st through the 25th issues in the ATB series.
The final five selected from the design candidates will not only appear on next year’s America the Beautiful Quarters, but also on the [...]
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Designs were revealed by the United States Mint today for the 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters, the sixteenth through twentieth coins under the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program.
Circulation release dates, the state and the national site honored with the upcoming quarters are [...]
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Designs for the upcoming 2013 5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Program were unveiled by the United States Mint late Thursday, October 18, 2012.
The six designs are featured on three new coins to be issued as part of the commemorative program, including a $5 gold coin, a silver dollar and a half-dollar clad coin [...]
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On Saturday, September 22, 2012, Girl Scouts of the USA unveiled the designs of the United States Mint’s commemorative 2013 Girl Scouts USA Centennial Silver Dollar.
Designed by Barbara Fox and to be engraved by Phebe Hemphill of the U.S. Mint, the obverse depicts the faces of three girls, each representing different ages and diversity of Girl Scouts [...]
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In addition to preparing for several new product launches this week, the United States Mint on Monday announced the designs for the upcoming 2012 First Spouse Gold Coins — their release dates have yet to be published.
This year’s one-half ounce, 24-karat gold coins will honor and feature Alice Paul and the suffrage movement, Frances Cleveland (first term), Caroline Harrison and Frances Cleveland (second term) [...]
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Artwork designs for next year’s 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins were published by the United States Mint this week. These collectibles — in gold and silver — will celebrate more than just the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, the selected designs commemorate the events that led to the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the national anthem, by Francis Scott Key.
The specifications are standard for modern American commemorative coins. The gold coins will weigh 8.359 grams and have a diameter of 0.850 inches. Their composition will be 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy, and they will be minted at West Point [...]
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The United States Mint recently unveiled the selected five reverse designs for the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters. The same designs will also be used on the investment-grade 2012 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coins and numismatic 2012 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins.
These five final designs were chosen from a total of twenty-four design candidates released by the United States Mint in October 2010. Four to five candidates were offered for each of the 2012 quarters as created by artists for possible selection. For the year, the five sites honored in the three different America the Beautiful Coin Programs are [...]
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