5 Oz Coins, $1 Sets, US Mint Visits, and Popular Coin...
This week the United States Mint will introduce two products. Up first, on Monday, is the 2014-P Great Sand Dunes National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin for $154.95. Then on Tuesday comes 2014 Presidential $1 Coin Sets from Philadelphia and Denver for $12.95 each.
We'll offer coverage on these releases, new world mint coins, plus stories about our recent trips to the West Point Mint and San Francisco Mint [...]
Gold Ends Week at 8-Month Low; US Mint Bullion Coins Split
Gold dropped for a fifth session in a row, settled at an 8-month low, and notched a second straight week of declines.
U.S. Mint bullion demand was mixed like the previous week, but swapped in focus with silver coin sales stronger and gold coins sales weaker [...]
Gold Coin Series Features Four Queen Elizabeth II Effigies
A new series of four coins from the Royal Canadian Mint kicks off with a 99.99% pure $10 gold piece featuring an obverse effigy of Queen Elizabeth II from 1953 and a reverse of maple leaves.
This new series celebrates the four effigies of the Queen which have appeared on Canadian circulated coinage since her coronation in 1953. Each is limited to a mintage of only 1,500 [...]
2015 US Marshals Service Gold, Silver and Clad Coin Designs
Final designs for the 2015 U.S. Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coins have been released by the United States Mint.
U.S. Mint Deputy Director Richard A. Peterson joined U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Marshals Service Director Stacia Hylton to officially reveal images for the three commemorative coins in gold, silver and clad [...]
Gold Drops to 7-Month Low, Silver Falls 1.7%
Gold settled lower for a fourth session in a row Thursday, finishing at a more than seven-month low. U.S. dollar strength continues to pressure. In earlier trade Thursday, the greenback hit a fresh six-year high against the yen.
Gold for December delivery declined $6.30, or 0.5%, to close at $1,239 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement price was the lowest since gold ended at [...]
Medals Honor Fallen Heroes of September 11, 2001
Men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were posthumously honored Wednesday with the presentation of three Congressional Gold Medals.
Authorized under the Fallen Heroes of 9/11, Public Law 112-76, each bears a unique design honoring the remembered fallen at the World Trade Center in New York, at the Pentagon in Virginia, and from Flight 93 in rural Pennsylvania. The United States Mint also struck bronze replicas of the medals for the public [...]
2014 Franklin D. Roosevelt $1 Coin Cover Available
The United States Mint on Wednesday, September 10, started selling new $1 Coin Covers with Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential dollars.
This is the 32nd release from the Mint's America Presidency $1 Coin Cover Series and honors the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevel [...]
Perth Mint Gold and Silver Bullion Sales Surge in August
Australian sales of bullion gold and silver surged in August after falling to a three-month low in July, new figures from the Perth Mint of Australia show.
Bullion sales were logged amidst an almost flat month for London gold and a tumbling 5.9% month for silver [...]
Gold Falls, Silver Inches Up; US Mint Coins Gain
Gold settled down for a third straight session on Wednesday, closing at a fresh, more than three-month low.
Gold for December delivery slipped $3.20, or 0.3%, to end at $1,245.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange [...]
US Mint Sales: Eleanor Roosevelt Gold Coins Debut
With last week cut short by the U.S. Labor Day holiday, United States Mint product releases were limited to 2014-W Eleanor Roosevelt First Spouse Gold Coins.
Collectors in the early going claimed 1,181 of the proof Eleanor Roosevelt gold coins and 629 of the uncirculated Eleanor Roosevelt gold coins for a total of 1,810 -- the highest start this year [...]
