2016 Gold Walking Liberty Half-Dollar Launch (Updated)
The United States Mint is selling the much-anticipated 2016-W Walking Liberty Centennial 1/2 Ounce Gold Coin beginning at noon ET today, Nov. 17. This collectible appears 100 years after the original Walking Liberty half-dollar debuted, and it is the last of three gold coins for this year to celebrate designs issued in the 1916 renaissance of American coinage.
Unlike its century-old predecessor with its composition of 90% silver and 10% copper, the centennial edition is in .9999 fine 24-karat gold [...]
US Mint Sales: Products Move Quicker
Overall, United States Mint products saw their best week-over-week gains since early October. Nearly 64% of them posted stronger sales.
And for a third week in a row, the same products in the same order held the top three sales spots -- the 2016 Proof Set, 2016 Proof Silver Eagle and the 2016 Silver Proof Set [...]
Year of the Rooster $1 Notes Feature ‘8888’ Serial Numbers
In celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, the Bureau of Engraving (BEP) unveiled its latest Lucky Money product during a media event today, Nov. 15, at its Eastern Currency Facility in Washington, DC.
Dubbed the "Year of the Rooster 2017," the product features an uncirculated $1 Federal Reserve note with a serial number beginning with "8888" [...]
2016 Fort Moultrie Quarters Released
Another year of the United States Mint's America the Beautiful Quarters® Program comes to a close with the newly released Fort Moultrie quarter. The coin's reverse commemorates the fort which is a part of Fort Sumter National Monument in South Carolina.
Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco Mint-struck quarters with the new design are now available [...]
Gold, Silver and Platinum Tumble on Week; US Mint Bullion Sales...
Gold futures declined Friday to a more than five-month low, extending their losing streak to five straight sessions and marking their largest weekly decline in nearly three and a half years.
Gold for December delivery lost $42.10, or 3.3%, to finish at $1,224.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]












