Monthly Archives: April 2009
Gold Collector Coin Prices at US Mint to Decline
Australia Issues First Annual ANZAC $1 Coin
The Perth Mint has issued the first Australian ANZAC $1 coin from a new annual program honouring all men and women who have served their country since the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.
The 2009 release symbolises the importance of remembering the sacrifices of Australian diggers and the preservation of their memories by each succeeding generation with a commemorative design of a former serviceman and a young child.
As well as The Perth Mint's historic 'P' mintmark, the reverse design includes a silhouetted bugler, the words 'Lest We Forget' and the date of ANZAC Day – April 25 – on which the lives of all Australians lost in war time are remembered.
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Gold and Silver UK Coins Celebrate Birth of Robert Burns
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of his birth, the British Royal Mint has released Robert Burns £2 Silver and Gold Proof Coins. Robert Burns, sometimes called Scotland's favorite son and still known worldwide for his work, was a poet and lyricist in the 1700's.
In a two room cottage (now known as Burns Cottage) in Alloway Scotland, Robert Burns was born on January 25, 1759. Robert's mother would often sing traditional Scottish songs to him and his younger brother. His father, who was a firm believer in education, helped to persuade area residents to hire a schoolteacher named John Murdoch for all of their children. Murdoch said that Robert could quickly memorize whole passages of text. This memory would serve him well later in life.