Coin Collecting News
The Israel Coins and Medals Corporation has issued, as authorized by the Bank of Israel, a new set of three collector coins as part of their ongoing series featuring geographical and historical sites in Israel and also on the occasion of the 64th year of Independence. The new coins are dedicated to the Sea of [...]
The United States Mint recently began accepting orders for bags and rolls containing 2012-dated Kennedy Half Dollars. The Kennedy Half Dollar was introduced in 1964 and features a bust of President Kennedy on the obverse designed by Gilroy Roberts. The reverse features the Presidential Seal as designed by Frank Gasparro. Since 2002, half dollars have [...]
After making a recent craigslist purchase, I found that there were some duplicate proof sets within my collection, so I took photographs of both sides of the packages, and put them up for auction on eBay. All of them sold, resulting in a small profit for myself. Shortly after mailing out the items, I received [...]
The Royal Mint have launched (11th May) both gold and silver coins with a weight of five ounces which celebrate the 60th year of reign or Diamond Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II who ascended the British throne in 1952. These are the first and only coins of this weight to mark this auspicious occasion. [...]
The latest weekly sales report for United States Mint numismatic products includes the debut for the 2012 Proof Set, which represents this year’s release of one of the most popular annual sets. Elsewhere in the report, collectors are showing caution in gold coin purchases, amidst the continuing decline in the market price of the metal. [...]
The Treasury of Ascension Island have launched (14th May) a new coin which celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who marked 60 years on the British throne on 6th February of this year. This new coin incorporates a world first in the production of a collector coin. Struck by the Pobjoy [...]
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee met on April 26th, 2012, at the U.S. Mint’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to review and discuss the candidate designs for the Code Talker Congressional Gold Medals honoring the Comanche, Kiowa, Santee Sioux, and Tlingit tribes. In attendance from the CCAC were Chairman Gary Marks, Michael Bugeja, Robert Hoge, Erik [...]
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program is currently within its third year of release. The series is scheduled to run from 2010 to 2021, featuring a different national park or site from each state, territory, and the District of Columbia. For the first two years of the series, mintages were at extremely low levels on [...]
The Royal Dutch Mint have launched (8th May) their first circulation coin value with an additional element of color in honor of the upcoming UEFA European Football Championship tournament scheduled to kick off from the 8th June. The coin’s numeral of “10″ euro-cent on the reverse has an Orange color, symbolic for the Dutch National [...]
After the Lafayette Silver Dollars were sold in 1900, it would take fifteen years for the next silver commemorative coin to be released. This was the 1915-S Panama Pacific Half Dollar, which represented only the second commemorative half dollar from the United States Mint. The half dollar was issued in conjunction with the Panama Pacific [...]
