Monthly Archives: December 2013

Today, Dec. 10, 2013, the United States Mint published a news release announcing that it would no longer offer 500-coin boxes of Presidential $1 Coins and Native American $1 Coins.

Since 2012, coin collectors have had options of getting circulating-quality dollars in 25-coin rolls, 250-coin boxes and 500-coin boxes from the [...]

Earlier today, Dec. 10, 2013, sales kicked off for the fourth of five 2013-dated Presidential $1 Coin & First Spouse Medal Sets from the United States Mint. This one honors Woodrow Wilson and his first wife Ellen, the 28th President and First Lady.

An uncirculated 2013-P Woodrow Wilson Presidential $1 Coin and an Ellen Wilson bronze medal [...]

Fewer coins shipped out of United States Mint production plants in November, snapping a streak of three straight monthly increases. The year-end decrease is typical and will extend into December as the bureau gears up to strike coins for 2014.

As for November, U.S. Mint production facilities in Philadelphia and Denver produced 991,140,000 coins for circulation [...]

2013-W $50 Proof American Gold Buffalo coins are not available from the United States Mint.

Today, Dec. 9, the U.S. Mint placed the one-ounce, 24-karat gold coin on its list of "No Longer Available" products [...]

Precious metals on Monday moved opposite of their direction last week with gold, silver and platinum higher and palladium lower.

U.S. Mint bullion sales rose for American Gold Eagles, American Gold Buffalo coins and American Silver Eagles. Gains on the day for the Gold Buffalo and Silver Eagle were higher than [...]

Today, Dec. 9, 2013, the United States Mint began taking orders for Ellen Wilson First Spouse Gold Coins.

Each is struck to either proof or uncirculated quality from one-half ounce of 99.99% pure gold. Like other coins of the series, they are produced at the United States Mint facility in West Point and bear the designating 'W' mint mark [...]

Gold, silver and platinum traded lower in the first week of December but palladium rallied.

Rationing is suppressing sales of the U.S. Mint's most popular silver coin but its gold coins scored the highest weekly total since July 5 [...]

In what has become a traditional end-of-year reminder, the United States Mint on Friday provided a single Web page filled with an array of 2012- and 2013-dated last chance products.

Found on the page are nearly two-dozen products, a notice that they will be available until 12 noon ET on Dec. 31, 2013 and [...]

Next year's silver bullion coins depicting the iconic maple leaf will sport a new finish and an advanced micro engraved design, additions that are "cutting edge in coin security," the Royal Canadian Mint said this week.

Replacing the bullion finish associated with the Silver Maple Leaf (SML) since its 1988 introduction are [...]

Gold, silver and platinum declined Thursday, giving back a portion of their prior-day gains. Palladium extended its winning streak to three sessions.

Gold for February delivery fell $15.30, or 1.2%, to $1,231.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange[...]