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Legislation was introduced in the Senate this month and in the House last February seeking coins commemorating the centennial anniversary of the National Park Service.

Established in 1916, the National Park Service or NPS (www.nps.gov) is a bureau of the Department of the Interior [...]

2013 Discover Australia 1 oz Silver Proof Coins are available from the Perth Mint of Australia. The coins showcase colorful reverse designs depicting indigenous Australian creatures set against their natural habitats.

Featured are a kangaroo, a koala, an emu, a kookaburra and a platypus [...]

Precious metals bounced higher Friday but Thursday's bloodbath assured weekly declines that stacked to 6.9% for gold, 9.1% for silver, 5.4% for platinum and 7.8% for palladium.

On Friday, gold for August delivery rose $5.80, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,292.00 an ounce on the Comex in New York [...]

United States involvement in World War I has never been memorialized on a coin from the U.S. Mint. New legislation recently introduced seeks to address that by requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to strike silver dollars in commemoration of the centennial of World War I.

The bill, H.R. 2366, is entitled the World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act. It was introduced in [...]

On Thursday, June 20, 2013, the United States Mint began selling rolls and bags of 2013 Kennedy half-dollars.

Price points vary with bags containing 200 coins at $139.95 and 20-coin rolls sold in units of two for $32.95 [...]

Gold, silver and other precious metals extended harsh losses that started in late-trading Wednesday when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled a potential for the central bank to wind down its stimulus policies.

Silver and gold were hit hardest Thursday, falling to levels not seen in more than two and half years [...]

Before jumping into the inaugural sales of Great Basin quarters, a quick mention is in order about U.S. Mint reports on numismatic product sales.

In the past, the U.S. Mint delivered weekly sales reports directly to news organizations. That has changed. Earlier this week, the Mint rolled out [...]

Three new collector coins from the Royal Canadian Mint celebrate the allegorical Miss Canada.

These strikes are composed of gold, silver and bronze and showcase an image of the iconic figure on their reverse [...]

For a second month in a row and for the third time this year, circulating coin production in the United States topped 1 billion coins in a month, U.S. Mint data for May shows.

Speaking to the rarity in recent years of reaching a billion coins in month, the milestone was hit [...]