Coin Collecting News
A launch ceremony and coin exchange have been scheduled for the El Yunque National Forest Quarter. This coin is the eleventh overall release within the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, which features national parks and sites from each of the 50 states, 5 U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. The El Yunque Quarters were [...]
The Perth Mint of Australia has released a one ounce silver proof coin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the RMS Titanic. The coin is issued under the authority of the Government of Tuvalu and carries a limited mintage of 5,000 pieces. The design for the coin depicts the Titanic as seen on an original [...]
The Royal Canadian Mint has released the third coin in their silver and niobium series honoring the seasonal moon phases of the Algonquin people. The latest design features the Wolf Moon. The Algonquins used the moon to track time and assigned a name to each full moon. The four coin series includes the buck, hunter, [...]
Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has announced a big change involving one of the most famous and desirable United States gold coin rarities, the famous 1841 Quarter Eagle, nicknamed, “The Little Princess.” Traditionally, it has always been thought that only proof quarter eagles were struck by the Philadelphia Mint in 1841 and no circulation strikes [...]
On March 5, 2012, an event will be held at the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Visitor Center to launch the sales of the 2012 Star Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins. Authorized under Public Law 111-232, up to 100,000 $5 gold coins and up to 500,000 silver dollars will be issued to commemorate the [...]
The 2011-P Chickasaw National Recreation Area Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin went on sale at the United States Mint on February 9, 2012. This is the tenth release in the numismatic series of America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Coins. The reverse design was selected to represent Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma. It features [...]
On February 7, 2012, the United States Mint began accepting orders for the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Three Coin Set featuring the El Yunque National Forest Quarters. Starting with this release, the product type will incorporate images specific to each national site. Each three coin set includes one uncirculated quarter struck at the Philadelphia [...]
The Perth Mint of Australia has released a one ounce silver coin featuring the USS Constitution. This is the fourth release within the series “Ships That Changed the World.” The USS Constitution is the world’s oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. It was named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States and [...]
The United States Mint recently began accepting orders for numismatic bags and rolls containing El Yunque National Forest Quarters. This represents the eleventh release within the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. El Yunque Nationl Forest is located in Puerto Rico and is the only tropical rainforest within the U.S. National Forest System. The reverse design [...]
After two slower months, sales of the United States Mint’s American Silver Eagle bullion coins rocketed higher in January 2012 to more than 6 million ounces. Sales of American Gold Eagles also jumped, reaching 127,000 ounces. The month of January has traditionally been one of the strongest for US Mint bullion sales. This is driven [...]
