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On June 30, 2009, the People’s Bank of China issued coins to mark the 30th anniversary of the issuance of Chinese modern precious metal commemorative coins. The coins include specially issued Gold Panda and Silver Panda coins.

Both coins share a common design. The obverse features the Temple of Heaven in Beijing and the reverse features [...]

A gold nugget weighing 25.5 kilograms is currently on display at the Perth Mint in Australia. This weight makes it the second largest nugget in the world today that has escaped melting, and the twenty sixth largest gold nugget ever discovered.
Newmont Mining Corporation’s Normandy Nugget and was found in a dry stream bed near Kalgoorlie, [...]

The following events related to coins and coin collecting are scheduled to take place during the month of September 2009. This month’s events include the release of the next First Spouse Gold Coin and 2009 Quarter, two coin conventions, and the announcement of the sites to be featured on the upcoming National Park Quarters series.
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When is a MS-66 2009 Lincoln Penny different from any other? When it can be certified as a “First Strike”, “Early Release” or “First Day” coin. The former two terms usually refer to a coin being certified (in some way) within a month of it being officially released, while “First Day” means [...]

The US Mint is seeking applications from artists to participate in their Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) to help design coins and medals. Up to six associate designers will join the current AIP designs under contract with the program.
US Mint Director Edmund Moy stated, “We are very excited about this unique program and its latest call [...]

The United States Mint will host the official launch ceremony for the American Samoa Quarter on September 3, 2009 in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The launch ceremony actual comes more than a month after the coin’s release into circulation, which occurred on July 27, 2009.
The reverse design of the quarter depicts the ava bowl, used [...]

Today, August 26, 2009, the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent Proof Set went on sale at the United States Mint. This set includes the four different 2009 Lincoln Cent designs with a proof finish, struck in a special composition.

To celebrate the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, four different designs are being used on the 2009 Lincoln [...]

The United States Mint plans to raise the order limit for the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin on August 31, 2009. The current limit of ten coins per household will be raised to twenty five coins per household.

The coin recreates the original ultra high relief 1907 Double Eagle Gold Coin as envisioned [...]

On August 22, 2009, the United States Mint unveiled the designs for the 2010 Disabled Veterans Silver Dollar. The coins will be issued under Public Law 110-277, the American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act.

Under the Act, the coin designs are intended to be emblematic of the service of disabled veterans who made enormous [...]

Today, August 20, 2009 at 12:00 Noon ET, the United States Mint will begin selling James K. Polk Presidential Dollar Rolls. The offering coincides with the coin’s official launch and release into circulation as the eleventh coin of the Presidential Dollar coin series.
The James K. Polk Dollar features a portrait of the President designed by [...]