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On Tuesday, September 4, 2012, the United States Mint began selling the 2012 Hawai'i Volcanoes Quarter Three-Coin Set for $9.95.

Today's issue is the fourth in 2012 and honors the park on the big island of Hawaii. Earlier three-coin sets honored El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, and Acadia National Park in Maine [...]

Released today, 2013 Year of the Snake Gold and Silver Proof Coins are offered by the Perth Mint in 99.99% pure gold or 99.9% pure silver.

They mark the annual debut of new collector products released as part of the Australian Lunar Series II program from the Perth Mint of Australia [...]

The Perth Mint of Australia treads into new territory with the debut of the one ounce, 99.9% fine 2012 Australian Koala High Relief Silver Proof Coin.

Released for sale to start September, the strike marks the first time the Perth Mint has created a koala silver proof coin in high relief [...]

Precious metals rallied Friday to secure lofty August gains that settled to 4.5% for gold, 12.6% for silver, 8.5% for platinum and 6.6% for palladium.

Gold prices closed to a more than five-month high and near $1,690 an ounce while silver surged $1 to a more than four-month high above $31 an ounce [...]

Coming November 5, 2012, The Perth Mint of Australia will release its 2013 Australian Koala Silver Bullion Coins.

The Perth Mint not only provided a release date this week, but it also unveiled the new design depicted on the four different sized 99.9% pure silver coins [...]

The first week of September starts off with two collector coin sets from the United States Mint. The first numismatic product showcases Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Quarters in its own Three-Coin Set, and the other features all of the U.S. Mint's $1 coins in the six-coin 2012 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set.

Following the Labor Day holiday, on Tuesday, September 4, Hawai'i Volcanoes Quarters Three-Coin Set will hit [...]

More than 1,600 lots of graphically stunning and significant currency, from every country in the world, will take center stage at the Long Beach Convention Center, Sept. 6-7, as Heritage Auctions presents its first World Paper Money Signature® Auction.

The auction includes a large selection of British commonwealth and Canadian notes, including an [...]

Each year The Perth Mint of Australia issues new releases in their annual Australian Lunar Series II program. The designs change based on the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac, and recently the Mint unveiled their 2013 Year of the Snake Gold Bullion Coins.

2013 is the Year of the Snake, and appropriately, the artwork on the sixth animal of the zodiac depicts a snake that is curled among some grass and bamboo shoots [...]

The next issues in the Australian Lunar Series II, the 2013 Year of the Snake Silver Bullion Coins, were revealed by The Perth Mint this week. The coins celebrate the sixth animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The coins' launch date is September 3, 2012.

Struck in 99.9% pure silver, these bullion coins are being offered in seven sizes with all but two produced in amounts to meet demand [...]