Monthly Archives: May 2014
2014-W $50 Uncirculated American Gold Eagle Released
Just released today, May 22, is the U.S. Mint's 2014-W $50 Uncirculated American Gold Eagle.
Pricing for the uncirculated coin opens at $1,575.00. That can change weekly. This year's release starts $150 less than when the 2013-W uncirculated Gold Eagle debuted on June 6, 2013 [...]
Coin Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Royal Winnipeg Ballet
A dynamic part of Canada's cultural legacy is commemorated on coin with the Royal Canadian Mint's release of the 2014 $20 75th Anniversary of The Royal Winnipeg Ballet Silver Coin.
It marks a pair of firsts for the Royal Canadian Mint -- a new colorization technique and its presentation inside a music box [...]
2014-P Great Smoky Mountains 5 Oz Silver Coin Sells Out
Sales of the 2014-P Great Smoky Mountains Five Ounce Silver Coin officially ended this morning, May 21. The U.S. Mint added the coin's product page to the No Longer Available section of its website and tagged "sold out" beside its name.
Released on April 7, 2014, the latest weekly sales of the Great Smoky Mountains coin jumped [...]
Gold and Silver Decline; Platinum and Palladium Rise
Gold declined on Wednesday for the first time since Friday, though the last two rounds of session gains totaled a modest $1.20.
Gold for June delivery fell $6.50, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,288.10 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Sales: Core 2014 Sets Top Charts
The U.S. Mint's trio of core annual sets topped sales charts, buoyed by last week's release of the 2014 Mint Set and a 2014 Spring Catalog that pulled in buyers.
Immediately behind the three sets was the new 2014-P Shenandoah National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin, logging sales that are probably the quickest in the series since 2011 [...]
Mary Lannin Appointed to CCAC, Marks and Wastweet Reappointed
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) welcomed Mary N. Lannin as a new member at its recent meeting in Philadelphia. Lannin was appointed to the 11-member committee on May 19, 2014 and will serve the statutory term of four years.
Recommended by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Lannin fills the vacancy created by the expiration of Michael Olson's appointment [...]
2014 Mint Set Sales Start at 157,044
Starting sales for this year's 2014 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set about matched the debut performance of last year's set, figures from the U.S. Mint show.
Released on Tuesday, May 13, the 2014 Mint Set with 28 uncirculated coins for $27.95 scored sales of 157,044 by Sunday, May 18 [...]
Gold, Silver Inch Higher for Second Day
Gold ended higher for a second day in a row Tuesday, doubling the prior session's very modest gain.
Gold for June delivery rose 80 cents to finish at $1,294.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Government Prints 560 Million Banknotes in April 2014
More money was printed by the U.S. government in April than a month earlier and the combined value of the bills climbed as well, data from the agency responsible for producing U.S. currency shows.
560 million in $1s, $5s, $20sm $50s and $100s were made last month for a total value of [...]
2015 March of Dimes Silver Dollar Designs Recommended
The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) have recommended designs for the commemorative March of Dimes Silver Dollar.
In 2015, the United States Mint will strike and sell up to 500,000 silver dollars in collector proof and uncirculated qualities to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the March of Dimes Foundation [...]