Monthly Archives: March 2014
2016 Presidential $1 Coin Designs Feature Nixon and Ford
The Presidential $1 Coin Program commemorates our nation's leaders by featuring their portraits on obverses of dollar coins.
Since 2007, four Presidents per year have been honored in the same order that they served. For the last year of the program in 2016, the 37th and 38th Presidents, Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, will be celebrated [...]
Gold Snaps 5-Session Win Streak, US Silver Eagles Top 11M
Gold ended lower to start the new trading week Monday, snapping a five-session winning streak and pulling back from a six-month high.
Gold for April delivery declined $6.10, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,372.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2015 Presidential $1 Coin Design Candidates
The Presidential $1 Coin Program debuted in 2007 and honors former American presidents with their portraits featured on the obverse (heads side) of dollar coins. The series in 2015 celebrates Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the 33rd - 36th Presidents of the United States.
As part of the development for the $1 coins, design candidates for the portraits are created [...]
Gold, Silver Rally on Week; US Mint Eagle Bullion Coins Impress
Gold advanced Friday, scoring a fifth session gain in a row, notching another six-month high and driving ahead for a fifth weekly gain in six weeks.
In bullion coin news, sales of Gold Eagles picked up following depressed levels last week, demand for Silver Eagles remained strong under rationed supplies, and the U.S. Mint reintroduced its Platinum Eagle after a 5-year hiatus [...]
2014 America the Beautiful 5 Oz Silver Coins – Sale Dates
Pricing and release dates for the collectible 2014 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins have been revealed by the United States Mint.
The bureau also announced that the first investor 2014 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coin will go on sale Monday, March 17, 2014 [...]
2016 Native American $1 Coin Designs Feature Code Talkers
Artists working for the U.S. Mint have been busy. 2014 Native American $1 Coins become available next Thursday, March 20, and already designs candidates have been unveiled for next year's coin and for the one in 2016, the topic of this article.
Eighteen proposed designs are competing for the reverse or tails side of the 2016 Native American $1 Coin [...]
2014 £2 Britannia and Lunar Mule Error Coins Graded by PCGS
Varieties of bullion 2014 £2 Britannia and 2014 £2 Lunar Year of the Horse mule error coins have been authenticated, graded and certified by the Paris Submission Center of Professional Coin Grading Service.
A mule error happens when an obverse die for one coin is used along with a reverse die for a different coin [...]
Gold Remains at 6-Month High; 1/10 oz Gold Eagles Rise
Gold prices inched higher Thursday to notch a fourth straight day of gains and log a fresh six-month high.
Gold for April delivery rose $1.90, or 0.1%, to end at $1,372.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2013-W Proof Platinum Eagle Sells Out
2013-W Proof American Platinum Eagle coins are no longer available. As briefly discussed in our weekly sales article published on Wednesday, the U.S. Mint declared the proof platinum coin sold out.
Its latest sales total of 5,758 is at the second lowest mintage for size in proof quality, as highlighted in the table [...]
2015 Native American $1 Coin Design Candidates
Design candidates for the 2015 Native American $1 Coins have been released by the United States Mint. Twenty different images have been unveiled with each one depicting a design emblematic of the theme, "Mohawk Iron Workers."
Artists created these designs at the request of the U.S. Mint. They are now subjected to a selection process that will lead to one of them chosen as the final design for the 2015 coin [...]