Monthly Archives: February 2013
2013 Canadian Wood Bison Silver Bullion Coin
Marking an end to the successful Canadian Wildlife series is the new 2013 Canadian Wood Bison Silver Bullion Coin.
Officially unveiled by the Royal Canadian Mint earlier this month at the World Money Fair in Berlin, the last issue in the [...]
2013 Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver Dollars, Images and...
Photographic images of the 2013 Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver Dollars were revealed this week by the United States Mint. Along with those images, prices of the upcoming commemorative coins have also been published.
2013 Girl Scouts Silver Dollars will launch on February 28, 2013 in both proof and uncirculated qualities [...]
Gold, Silver Inch Up; US Bullion Coins Gain
Gold prices edged higher Tuesday after falling to a five-week low in the prior session.
Gold for April delivery inched up 50.0 cents to settle at $1,649.60 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Trading occurred between intraday levels of $1,639.50 and $1,653.80 [...]
White Mountain National Forest Quarters Three-Coin Set Available
On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, the United States Mint began accepting orders for this year's first America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set. With coins honoring White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, the numismatic product has a price of $9.95.
The White Mountain National Forest Quarters Three-Coin Set includes [...]
Gold Prices Drop to 5-Week Low, US Silver Coins Rise
Gold retreated to a five-week low Monday. It was hit, opined analysts, by technical selling after prices dropped below a key 200-day moving average.
Gold prices for April delivery fell $17.80, or 1.1%, to close at $1,649.10 an ounce [...]
50-Coin Rolls of Last Million Canadian Pennies Sell Out
The last million pennies produced for circulation by the Royal Canadian Mint are gone.
Announced for release on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, rolls of the last million pennies produced for distribution at the Royal Canadian Mint's Winnipeg facility in the spring of 2012 reached a sell-out status on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 [...]
2012-W Proof American Gold Eagle Coins Sell Out, Mintage Lows
Collectors can no longer look to the U.S. Mint to buy 2012-W Proof American Gold Eagle coins. The four-coin set sold out over the weekend, joining individually offered proofs that sold out months previously.
Released on April 19, 2012 in the four sizes of one-tenth ounce, one-quarter ounce, one-half ounce and one ounce and in a [...]
Gold Dips on Week, Silver Falls 1.6%, US Gold Coins Stronger
A stronger U.S. dollar pressured commodities. Precious metals were mixed Friday and on a weekly basis, with gold slightly lower for both and only platinum higher than a week ago.
On Friday, gold for April delivery dipped $4.40, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,666.90 an ounce on the Comex in New York. It logged only modest [...]
US Coin Production Soars Over 1.2 Billion in January 2013
For the first time since at least early into the Great Recession, U.S. circulating coin production topped 1.2 billion coins for a month, United States Mint data for January shows.
If the pace stretches through to the end of the year, 2013 annual mintages would exceed 14 billion coins. Such a level has not been recorded since 2007 [...]
S.94 Seeks to End Presidential $1 Coins
Newly introduced legislation seeks once again to put Presidential $1 Coins on the chopping block. If enacted into law, the proposed bill would strike the current legal requirement to produce dollar coins.
Senator David Vitter (R-La) introduced S.94 on Jan. 23, 2013 [...]