Monthly Archives: April 2016
Canadian 2016 Coin Celebrates Toronto Blue Jays’ 40th Season
With its newest silver coin, the Royal Canadian Mint is joining millions of fans in celebrating the 40th season of the Toronto Blue Jays. The 99.99% pure silver collectible was unveiled Friday before fans gathered at Rogers Centrefor a home game.
Designed by Canadian artist Joel Kimmel, the proof coin features a red and white wave inspired by the team's colors. It flows behind the silhouette of a player with the tell-tale stance of a homerun hitter [...]
Gold Dips for Second Week, Silver Surges; US Mint Gold Sales...
Precious metals futures settled lower on Friday but most advanced on the week. Gold was the exception, edging slightly lower for a second week in a row. Silver, meanwhile, advanced for a third straight week.
Gold for June delivery on Friday dropped $20.30, or 1.6%, to settle at $1,230 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2016 Mercury Dime Centennial Gold Coin Unavailable … For Now
Collectors didn't have a lot of time on Thursday to order the new 2016-W Mercury Dime Centennial Gold Coin. The 24-karat gold coin went on back order after about 20 minutes and then became unavailable by the 40-minute mark.
"The status of the Mercury Dime 2016 Centennial Gold Coin will remain as currently unavailable until all order reconciliations and order cancellations have been processed," U.S. Mint spokesman Michael White said in a brief statement.
The U.S. Mint set the mintage of the highly-anticipated collectible to 125,000 [...]
Phase I of WWI Dollar Design Competition Nears End
Just under a week remains to submit an application to enter the public design competition for the 2018 World War I American Veterans Centennial Silver Dollar.
The deadline for Phase One of the competition ends next Thursday, Apr. 28. Before that time, interested artists must submit a digital portfolio with three to five samples of their work [...]
Introductory Prices on 2016 NPS Coins Ends Monday, April 25
United States Mint introductory prices are ending soon for coins commemorating the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS).
Released one month ago, regular pricing for the commemoratives takes effect on Monday, April 25, at 3:00 p.m. ET. At that time, buyers will have to [...]
US Mint Sales: Dozens of Collector Products Go Away
The U.S. Mint last week didn't release any collector products but it did remove about four dozen of them from its online catalog and weekly sales report.
With nearly all of them issued in the past two years and most of them having been unavailable for some time, there are no huge surprises in their final sales totals [...]
Gold Snaps 4-Session Winning Streak; US Mint Coin Sales Jump
Gold and silver futures settled slightly lower Thursday. In doing so, gold snapped a four-session winning streak and silver dipped from a more than 11-month high.
Gold for June delivery lost $4.10, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,250.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
2016 Gold Mercury Dime Launch (Updated)
Celebrating one of the most iconic coin designs in American numismatic history, the U.S. Mint is selling the 2016-W Mercury Dime Centennial 1/10 Ounce Gold Coin at noon ET today, April 21. The commemorative appears 100 years after the original Mercury dime was first issued.
Adolph A. Weinman's representation of Winged Liberty is featured on the obverse with his [...]
Gold Marks Fourth Session Increase, Silver Logs New 11-Month High
Gold futures ended higher on Wednesday for a fourth straight session while silver climbed for a second day in a row and settled at a more than 11-month high.
Gold for June delivery added a dime to finish at $1,254.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act Poised for Passage
The United States Mint will likely strike commemorative coins, including collectible editions in pink gold, with designs emblematic of the fight against breast cancer.
On Tuesday, April 19, the U.S. Senate passed by Unanimous Consent the Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act. The legislation, numbered H.R. 2722, had already won approval in the U.S. House of Representatives back on July 15 [...]