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(Waterville, Ohio) -- A Northern Ohio teenager who discovered the joys of numismatics three years ago from his father's long-ago coin collection is the...

Paradox: The Rich List Poor on Gold Good Morning, Another day on the road, another abbreviated version of the daily usual. Gold's eight-day run...

Annual America the Beautiful Quarters™ Sets have opened to stronger sales than their companion 2009 quarters sets. This year's first two sets recently launched...

Sales ticked slightly slower for 2010 Boy Scouts Commemorative Coins. Newly released United States Mint figures reveal 2,820 of the proof silver dollars are...

The United States Mint's bullion 2010 American Silver Eagles posted their best May and second best sales month in history, according to the most recent figures available from the Mint.

In just the one month, buyers purchased an astonishing 3,636,500 of the one ounce .999 fine silver coins. This number smashes the old May record of 1,904,500 set last year.

May 2010 sales fell short of the best month ever by only 59,500. December 1986 retains the title with 3,696,000. While the month to month comparison is always valid, it should be noted that December 1986 bullion eagle numbers were lifted by the excitement of their premiering worldwide release just days earlier.

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According to the lawyers at the U.S. Mint, the term "America the Beautiful" cannot be used when referring to the quarter series without noting that it is a trademark.

Coin World is reporting that Numismatic Guarantee Corporation will change the labels they use on certified 2010 quarters to remove "America The Beautiful" from across the top because the lawyers at the U.S. Mint complained.

According to registered trademark number 77823874, the trademark is for the term America the Beautiful Quarter™ with the disclaimer "No claim is made to the exclusive right to use America or Quarters apart from the mark as shown."

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Murder On the Euro-Express? Good Morning, The holiday-shortened trading week opened on a firmer footing for precious metals last night, as a confluence of several...

The Yellowstone National Park Quarter, the second of fifty-six coins in the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program, launches this week.   ...

The commemorative series in gold "Celebrated Physicians of Austria" concludes with a coin for the renowned Viennese doctor, Clemens von Pirquet (1874-1929). Austria...

IRVINE, Calif. -- Bowers and Merena Auctions, America's leading rare coin and currency auction house, will again present the Official Auction of...