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Today, November 30, 2009 at 12:00 Noon ET, the United  States Mint will begin sales of 2009 Northern Mariana Islands Quarters Bags and Rolls. This coin represents the sixth and final release of the DC & US Territories Quarters Program.
The Northern Mariana Islands Quarter reverse was designed by Richard Masters and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill. [...]

On December 3, 2009, the United States Mint will release the 2009 Proof American Platinum Eagle. The reverse design of the one ounce .9995 platinum coin will feature the first of six different designs to commemorate the core concepts of American Democracy.
The collectible version of the Platinum Eagle has carried a different reverse design for [...]

News that Dubai World is postponing payments on $59 billion of debt that it used to finance its construction boom sent gold down as much as $52 to $1,138 per ounce in overnight trading. The price of gold recovered much of the loss during the holiday shortened trading session, as market participants continued the [...]

The United States Mint has suspended sales of their popular one ounce American Gold Eagle and one ounce American Silver Eagle bullion coins. The suspension was announced in a memo sent to the US Mint’s authorized bullion purchasers.
The suspension comes during an environment of steadily rising precious metals prices and increased demand for physical gold [...]

The continuing rise in gold prices has prompted the United States Mint to increase prices for their gold numismatic products once again. The new prices represent another set of all time high prices for available gold coins.
This year the US Mint adopted a new pricing policy, which allows them to adjust prices of gold and [...]

Today the United States Mint announced the reverse design that will be used on the 2010 Native American Dollar. This coin series features a different reverse design annually to celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of Native Americans.
The new reverse design is based on the theme “Government – The Great Tree of Peace”. The design depicts [...]

The price of gold set another new record high at $1,182.75 per ounce, moving higher for the seventeenth trading day out of the last eighteen. The gold price has rallied 12.9% in November alone, rising $135.40. The topic of asset bubbles is back gracing the covers of the financial press, and the explosive move in [...]

The Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) has announced the next three dates for PNG Days. These invitation-only events are held in conjunction with major coin shows around the country.  Complimentary invitations to attend can be obtained from participating PNG member-dealers or PNG headquarters.
The future dates include the first-ever PNG Day and PNG Share the Knowledge educational [...]

Today November 24, 2009, the United States Mint held the official launch ceremony for the Zachary Taylor Presidential Dollar. The ceremony was held at Taylor Park in Orange, Virginia as part of Zachary Taylor Appreciation Day. The event took place on the 225th anniversary of the former President’s birth.
“Millions of Zachary Taylor Presidential $1 Coins [...]

Gold hit a record intraday high of $1,174 per ounce and COMEX gold futures closed higher for the fifteenth time in the last sixteen trading sessions. The December COMEX contract rose $17.90, or 1.6%, while spot gold bullion closed at $1,165.31, up 1.3%. Investment banks are rushing to raise their gold price targets – Bank [...]