Coin Collecting News
This week’s US Mint sales report includes the debut figures for the most recently released Presidential Dollar product and potentially the last sales figures for the D.C. & U.S. Territories Quarters First Day Coin Covers. Another highlight of the report is the uptick in demand for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars. The [...]
1861 Double Eagle Paquet Reverse and 1921 Proof Saint Gaudens Double Eagle on Display in Boston An $18 million display including two rare Gold Double Eagles and Boston-related early Americana will be one of the exhibit highlights in the Museum Showcase area at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money convention in Boston, held [...]
On Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 5:00 PM ET, the United States Mint will conclude sales for the six District of Columbia & U.S. Territories First Day Coin Covers. These products initially went on sale throughout 2009, shortly following the circulation release of each coin. The covers feature the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, [...]
The Mint of Sweden has issued commemorative coins to mark the Royal Wedding of the world’s first and to date, only female heir apparent (as opposed to an heir presumptive) and her long time boyfriend / fiancé Daniel Westling on the 19th June 2010. The obverse of the coin portrays the royal couple in full [...]
Yosemite National Park comprises over 760,000 acres of central California, reaching eastward towards the Sierra Nevada mountain range. While not the first designated site, it was central to the national park idea, thanks to the work done by Galen Clark and John Muir. Clark, along with others, advocated for the area to be protected, which [...]
The United States Mint has just released the Presidential $1 Coin and First Spouse Medal Set featuring President Franklin Pierce and his wife Jane Pierce. The sets officially went on sale June 24, 2010 at 12:00 Noon ET. The set includes one Franklin Pierce Presidential Dollar. The obverse of the coin has a portrait of [...]
The latest report of the United States Mint’s numismatic product sales is available. With the price of gold reaching a fresh all time high earlier this week, gold coins are in focus. Also in this report, the 2010 Boy Scouts Silver Dollars finally attained sales equal to the maximum authorized mintage of 350,000 coins. Accordingly, [...]
The Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland has issued a new coin honoring the nation’s Presidential award, the Gaisce Award (pronounced Gaish-ke) which highlights the achievements of young adults in Ireland from 15 to 25 years ranging from community involvement, personal skills, physical recreation and an adventure journey. The patron of the award [...]
For a long time I was reluctant to become a member of VAMworld because so many varieties of Morgan Dollars and Peace Dollars exist. I just couldn’t imagine my searching for them all and adding more designations to labels, especially since major grading companies now include stars, plus signs and stickers on their holders. Then [...]
Possible Run on COMEX Silver Inventories May Already Be Underway
On June 16th, the COMEX reported total silver inventories of 119.5 million ounces. Six trading days later, on June 24, total inventories had fallen to 114.9 million ounces, a 4.6 million ounce decline. On June 24th, the COMEX silver market had over 137,000 open contracts. At 5,000 ounces per contract, that means that commodity contract [...]