Monthly Archives: August 2016

Next week on Thursday, Aug. 25, the United States Mint and the National Park Service will formally introduce the 34th release in the series of America the Beautiful Quarters. This one commemorates Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.

This year's fourth quarter ceremony takes place at the park's visitor center. A coin forum will occur the evening before the quarter launch and a coin exchange will take place right after the ceremony [...]

Gold futures closed higher for the third time in four sessions Thursday, extending gains that began in after-hours trading Wednesday with the release of the July FOMC minutes.

Gold for December delivery tacked on $8.40, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,357.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

A week ago Tuesday, Aug. 9, the U.S. Mint introduced three-coin sets of 2016 Presidential dollars. They include circulating quality $1 coins depicting former Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, and Ronald Reagan.

The set with coins from the Philadelphia Mint opened at 3,612 and the one with coins from the Denver Mint debuted at 3,364 [...]

Precious metals declined in regular trade hours Wednesday, then climbed modestly in electronic trading after minutes from the Fed's last meeting showed mixed opinions over the pace of interest rate hikes.

Ending lower for the first time in three sessions, gold for December delivery declined $8.10, or 0.6%, to $1,348.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has a deal for the winning designer of the 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coins.

If he or she agrees to individually hand-sign NGC labels, the coin authenticating and grading company will offer the artist $10,000, doubling the awarded prize money given by the United States Mint [...]

Gold futures advanced for a second session in a row, posted their biggest gain in two weeks, and closed at their highest price in more than a week.

Gold for December delivery on Tuesday rose $9.40, or 0.7%, to settle at $1,356.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]

Two early American cents sold for a combined $869,500 in a sales event that was held in conjunction with the ANA World's Fair of Money, Heritage Auctions announced on Aug. 11.

A 1792 Silver Center Cent, named for a small silver plug added to its center to make its melt value equal its face value, realized $352,500 [...]

In a week from today, on Aug. 23, official from Boys Town and the United States Mint will officially introduce designs for 2017 coins celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Boys Town.

Public Law 114-30 calls for up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, no more than 350,000 silver dollars and a maximum of 300,000 clad half-dollars to celebrate the centennial founding of the organization, one of the largest nonprofit child care agencies in the United States [...]