Coin Collecting News
The 1995 Special Olympics World Games Silver Dollar is a very curious issue that is for many just one of too many modern commemoratives issued in the last twenty years. The coins were produced in uncirculated format at the West Point Mint and in Proof format at the Philadelphia Mint amidst an outpouring of other […]
The Royal Dutch Mint has launched a series of coins which marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the country’s Central Bank. Organized in 1814, one of King Willem I’s first official actions after assuming the new unified Dutch throne was to sign a Royal warrant setting up and establishing de Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). […]
The Royal Canadian Mint have launched their second silver coin which highlights the five Great lakes in North America, and this series began last year with the first coin dedicated to Lake Superior. The Great Lakes situated between the countries of Canada and the United States are the world’s largest system of fresh surface water. […]
President Obama recently submitted his proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 to Congress. For another year, the Budget raised the issue of potential changes to circulating coinage, although there were some key differences from prior years. In the Budget for Fiscal Year 2011 the case was made for providing the Department of the Treasury with […]
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand have announced a new silver coin to mark the upcoming Royal visit of Britain’s Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge who will be accompanied by his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge and of course – their eight-month old son, Prince George. The visit of the Cambridge’s will begin […]
The United States Mint has resumed minting American Platinum Eagle bullion coins after more than a five year gap. Production had been suspended in late 2008 in order to devote additional resources to the production of gold and silver bullion coins. The American Platinum Eagle was introduced in 1997, complementing the US Mint’s existing gold […]
The weekly United States Mint numismatic sales report contains the opening numbers for the latest new product release. After a few weeks of slowing sales, the 2014 Proof Silver Eagle had a large negative adjustment for the period. The US Mint began accepting orders for the Warren G. Harding Presidential Dollar Coin Cover on February […]
The Mint of Austria have issued a new coin which highlights the addition of a new Polar bear enclosure at Austria’s celebrated Shoenbrunn Zoo – or Tiergarten Schönbrunn. Located on the grounds of the famous Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna Austria, it was founded as an imperial menagerie in 1752 and is regarded as the oldest […]
The United States Mint’s bullion sales were mixed during February 2014, with gold sales falling and silver sales rising compared to the year ago period. Sales of the American Gold Eagle bullion coins measured 31,000 ounces during February. This was down sharply from the prior month when sales had reached 91,500 ounces and also down […]
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program will reach its sixth year in 2015 with five new reverse designs featuring the Homestead National Monument of America in Nebraska, Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana, Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware, and Saratoga National Historical Park in New York. At a […]
