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Ottawa, Ontario -- The Royal Canadian Mint has launched the third and final issue of the world's first series of bullion coins honouring...

Twenty-four sponsors contributed $111,000 in support of the American Numismatic Association's 2009 World's Fair of Money®, Aug. 5-9 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.   ...

Gold retreated Tuesday from a five-week high as the U.S. dollar firmed and comments from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke cooled inflation worries. The yellow...

The United States Mint on Tuesday updated its 2009 Product Schedule to include new offerings set for release in August. The Mint has been...

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US Mint 2009 Silver Proof Set sales were roaring mad during the first three days of release -- despite their $52.95 price tag.

271,372 were sold between their noon launch on Friday and up and through to Sunday, new US Mint figures reveal. Sales surged passed the same year six quarters silver proof set by more than 56,000. And those were issued several months back on March 23.

Demand looks to be paralleling the similar inaugural sales pace of the non silver 18-coin 2009 Proof Set. 437,178 of these were sold during the first seven days. (851,097 have been purchased as of Sunday.)

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Forty years ago today mankind made history with the famous first step on the Moon. In 1969 the Royal Australian Mint made its own...

The year was 1066 and a pivotal battle between two European powers that would help shape the history of the continent, and for that matter the world, was about to take place near a coastal village in England. To commemorate this conflict, the Perth Mint is now offering The Battle of Hastings 1066 1oz Silver Proof Coin as the third coin in its successful Famous Battle coin series.

Harold II, King of England, had just returned from crushing a Norwegian Viking invasion when he heard news of a Norman force near the village of Hastings. Eager to show his people of his ability to protect them under all circumstances, he rushed with what men he could find to meet the threat. Advisors had pleaded with King Harold to delay in order to give his battle weary soldiers a rest and to muster additional troops. Harold refused and marched at once with a force estimated at 7,500.

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A weakened U.S. dollar, rising oil prices and forward charging U.S. stocks helped lift gold on Monday to a more than five-week high. The...

Several 2008-dated Canadian coins will soon be pulled from the Royal Canadian Mint's inventory and unavailable, the Mint told customers in an e-mail...