Yearly Archives: 2008

A blazing fast turnaround is not what you expect from the government, but that is exactly what the District of Columbia received....

Heritage Auction Galleries is awarding a complimentary second year of membership with the American Numismatic Association to young collectors who become junior members at...

2009 will see six new quarter-dollar coins in the District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program. Development of the...

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has an aggressive lineup of coins this year with a schedule of releasing 44 commemorative coins. The...

January 1, 2009 is the 10th anniversary of the first use of euro currency and of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). An estimated...

The second and third in a year-long series of free Professional Numismatists Guild “Share the Knowledge” educational seminars will be conducted in conjunction...

2008 State Quarter Silver Proof Sets are now on sale by the United States Mint with each priced at $25.95. The non silver version of the state quarter proof sets went on sale back in January and are available for $13.95.

The main difference between the two is the 90% silver contained within each quarter of the silver sets. Both sets contain five proof quarters with their honoring commemorative designs:

• Oklahoma - “Scissortail Flycatcher”
• New Mexico - “Land of Enchantment”
• Arizona - “Grand Canyon State”
• Alaska - “The Great Land”
• Hawaii - “King Kamehameha I."

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The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has announced that the First Day New York 2008 $2 Single Note is available for sale. This is the second in the 2008 series. The first $2 banknotes offered in January of 2008, the Atlanta Single Note, sold out extremely fast.

The New York collector's note features:

• Crisp, uncirculated Series 2003A
• Serial number beginning with “2008xxxxD”
• Designation from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Other reserve bank notes will follow throughout 2008. Read the rest of this numismatic news article »

An 1880 Japanese gold coin with a face value of ¥2 was expected to sell for millions when auctioned by Japan's Finance Ministry. An...

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has their next public meeting March 13, 2008. A main responsibility for the CCAC is to review coin...