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U.S. Mint brings home two Coin of the Year awards

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The United States recently earned top honors in two coin-design categories at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany. United States Mint officials accepted two Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards on behalf of the nation. The U.S. won in the category of Best Circulating Coin for its America the Beautiful Program quarter honoring Kisatchie […]

Numismatic Literary Guild Awards 2016 Prizes to Eight Whitman Publishing Authors

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(Anaheim, California)—The Numismatic Literary Guild announced the awards for its annual Writers Competition at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Anaheim, Thursday, August 11, 2016. Eight Whitman Publishing authors received recognition in categories covering U.S. coins, U.S. paper money, world coins, numismatic investments, and tokens and medals. They were: Michael Moran and […]

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U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending June 25, 2017

This week, we caught up with a couple of missing 2017 U.S. Mint numismatic sales reports: one for the period ending May 14, and one for the period ending May 21. The present report covers the week ending June 25, 2017. There are no new releases on the report this week. Last week’s only new […]

U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending May 21, 2017

Thank you to readers who have written in requesting the missing Mint sales reports from May 14 and May 21! The present “make-up” report covers the period ending May 21, 2017; it will be followed by the regular, current (June 18) report. (The May 14 report is located here.) For the sake of expediency, rather […]

U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending May 14, 2017

Thank you to readers who have written in requesting the missing Mint sales reports from May 14 and May 21! The present “make-up” report covers the period ending May 14, 2017; it will be followed by the May 21 report and then the regular, current (June 18) report. For the sake of expediency, rather than […]

New Zealand: Celebrating 50 years of decimal currency with new silver double crown

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand have launched (9th June) an exquisite new silver double crown coin to mark the country’s 50th anniversary of decimalisation, which officially took place on the 10th July 1967. The newly introduced New Zealand dollar replaced the New Zealand pound, distinct from the pound sterling which had been the legal tender in the […]

Louisiana enacts new exemption on coins and precious-metals bullion

Last year, the Louisiana legislature, facing a $900 million deficit, held a special legislative session and increased Louisiana’s 4% sales tax to 5%. In addition to increasing the state sales tax, it eliminated nearly all tax exemptions and exclusions—including numismatic coins and precious-metals bullion exemptions—for three months, from April 1 through June 30. Beginning July […]

Must-see rarities at Denver World’s Fair of Money

The American Numismatic Association is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Colorado headquarters, which officially opened in Colorado Springs on June 10, 1967. Those who attend the World’s Fair of Money (www.WorldsFairofMoney.com), which takes place August 1–5, 2017, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, will be in for an anniversary treat: The ANA will […]

Miles Standish to get his head shaved to benefit ANA and help sick children

(Denver, Colorado)—Prominent numismatist Michael “Miles” Standish will get his head shaved in public at the American Numismatic Association 2017 World’s Fair of Money in Denver. The hair-raising act will raise money for the ANA and the nonprofit Standish Foundation for Child & Family Centered Healthcare. Standish is an award-winning numismatic author as well as being […]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways three-coin set available June 26

The United States Mint will accept orders for the 2017 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set featuring the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (product code 17AF) on June 26 at noon Eastern time. The reverse of the quarters in this set depicts Alley Mill, a steel roller mill built in 1894. This merchant mill was used to convert […]

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