Monthly Archives: August 2011
2011 Proof American Silver Eagle Price Increase, Uncirculated Price Set
The United States Mint is increasing the 2011 Proof American Silver Eagle price as it readies to rollout the 2011 Uncirculated American Silver Eagle earlier than anticipated and with a higher than expected price.
Launched on June 30 at $59.95, the United States Mint has announced that the 2011 Proof American Silver Eagle will climb $8.50 higher to $68.45. Originally scheduled for release on September 29, the 2011 Uncirculated American Silver Eagle is expected to launch on September 15 for $60.45. [...]
Vicksburg Quarter Ceremony on August 30, Coin Forum on August 29
Officials from the National Park Service and United States Mint will unveil the Vicksburg National Military Park quarter in a ceremony on Tuesday, August 30, and later offer an opportunity to exchange cash for the new coins. The Mint will also hold a public coin form on August 29, the evening prior to the ceremony.
The United States Mint previously announced ceremony dates in July, but a media advisory published late last week offers several more details.
Marking the ninth release in the America the Beautiful Quarters® series, the Vicksburg National Military Park quarter ceremony will begin [...]
Panama-Pacific Coin Set, 1870-CC Double Eagle Featured in Bonhams’ September Auction
Bonhams is pleased to announce the addition of a highly sought after five-piece Panama-Pacific coin set to the September 4, 2011 auction of Rare Coins and Medals.
Created to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal and the workmen that created it, the coins graced the 1915 exposition in San Francisco in celebration of the monumental event.
Filled with rarities, the sale also contains a collection of gold coins from the Estate of Hellen and Charles Mapes, of Reno, Nev. Once owned by the famed hotel and casino mogul Charles Mapes, the offering includes a rarely seen, high grade 1870-CC Liberty Double Eagle coin [...]
5,600+ Rare Currency Lots Featured in Heritage September Long Beach Auction
Heritage Auctions, the official auctioneer of the September Long Beach Coin and Currency Exposition, will be presenting more than 5,600 lots of rare and collectible currency as part of its Signature® Currency Auction, Sept. 7-9 and Sept. 11-12.
The lots will be offered in four floor sessions at the Long Beach Exposition and two additional sessions presented online.
Session One kicks off on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 6 p.m. PT with World Bank Notes, followed by selections of Colonial Currency, Canadian Currency, Fractional Currency, notes of the Confederacy and Obsolete Currency [...]
Gold Prices Trim Weekly Loss to 3%; Silver Advances but Falls...
U.S. gold prices rose for a second straight day Friday, trimming their weekly loss to 3.0 percent.
The yellow metal settled a few dollars from $1,800 an ounce after having hit an all-time high of $1,917.90 on Tuesday before a two-day correction kicked-in and drove prices down to their lowest level of the week at $1,705.40 an ounce.
On Friday, December gold prices advanced $34.10, or 1.9 percent, to $1,797.30 an ounce on the Comex in New York [...]
Stack’s Bowers Chicago ANA World’s Fair of Money Auction Tops $40...
Stack's Bowers Galleries proved the current strength of the coin and currency market last week by realizing an astounding $40,084,165 at the Official Auction of the ANA World's Fair of Money, with U.S. coins realizing over $29.9 million of the total.
The only official ANA auction in Chicago presented more than 9,000 lots of U.S. and world coins, paper money, medals and tokens over 11 sessions, August 13-20, 2011, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago [...]
US Mint Commemorative Gold Coin Price Guide Published
The United States Mint released a new price guide for commemorative gold coins which determines coin prices weekly based on the direction of gold.
The U.S. Mint had suspended four 2011-dated commemorative gold coins on August 12 "due to the current market volatility" of precious metals. Each of the coins includes 0.2419 ounces of gold, which had brought their melt values very close to their selling prices [...]
In The Lead – The Hole Story
Gold continued its stormy gyrations overnight, pretty much in concert with something that goes by the name of Irene; weakening, then strengthening, then weakening again, but still heading towards an as yet unknown final destination for the week.
The yellow metal lost most of Thursday's gains overnight only to recapture those losses ahead of the opening of the week's final trading session in New York and ahead, of course, of the much-anticipated Jackson Hole speech by the Fed Chairman himself. Then again, by market opening time, gold as well as the rest of its teammates in the precious metals' complex were seen headed towards lower price thresholds [...]
US Mint Commemorative Gold Coins, Silver Sets Return from Suspensions
The United States Mint is again selling commemorative gold coins after a thirteen-day suspension. The Mint on Thursday also brought back two suspended silver sets following six days of absence.
Volatile and surging precious metals prices were the designated culprits for triggering the product suspensions. And although gold and silver have fallen from their heights in mere days -- ironically, the two metals are lower now than when the products were first suspended -- the commemorative gold coins return on sale at higher prices (+$79.35 each) while prices for the silver sets are unchanged. [...]
PCGS Rewards Mike Marshall for Combatting Counterfeit Coin Sales
Officials of the Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) are applauding the efforts of collector Mike Marshall of Trenton, Ontario in combating the sales of counterfeit coins in Canada. At the recent PCGS Set Registry(SM) luncheon, PCGS announced it was awarding him with a check for $5,000 and a plaque praising his work.
"Mike Marshall has been a huge aid to PCGS in combating Chinese counterfeiting. His tenacity resulted in the removal of several counterfeiters from online auctions," said Don Willis, President of PCGS, a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLCT)...
In 2009, Marshall wrote an article for Canadian Coin News that detailed the counterfeiting problems and [...]