Monthly Archives: January 2010
Bullion & Business Monthly Report – January, 2010
2010 Kennedy Half Dollar Rolls and Bags Released
US Mint 2008 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Set Sold Out
Gold, Silver, Metal Prices: Commentary – 1/29/2010
Gold Declines Slightly, Silver Drops 1.4%
2010 Royal Canadian Mint Specimen Set Pays Tribute to Northern Harrier
The Royal Canadian Mint's Winter 2010 Collection -- Product Spotlight
Earlier this month, the Royal Canadian Mint released its first new collector coins of 2010. To follow up on our recent 2010 Proof Set Spotlight honouring the Canadian Navy's centennial as the theme of its 2010 Silver Dollar, we're now pleased to tell you about another perennial favourite -- the annual Specimen Set which pays tribute to one of Canada's remarkable feathered friends.
The Royal Canadian Mint 2010 Specimen Set includes seven Canadian coins with a combination of superb brilliant and frosted relief finishes on lined backgrounds.
US Mint Numismatic Sales Slide, Bullion Coins Lead
Austrian Snowboarding and Ski Jumping Coins Celebrate 2010 Winter Games
To celebrate the Winter Games, the Austrian Mint in Vienna has issued two silver 5 Euro coins. Each displays a winter discipline in which Austria is a world-leading performer.
Austrian 5 Euro Snow-Boarding and Ski-Jumping 2010 Winter Games Silver Coins
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The first has as its theme ski jumping. One sees the helmeted ski-jumper captured in his flight from the end of the steep ramp against a background of trees in an alpine forest. The second design shows a female snow-boarder as she performs a hair-raising air trick, flipping her snowboard up over the rim of the half-pipe in which they perform.