Coin Collecting News
On January 26, 2012, a bill was introduced in the Senate seeking to require commemorative coins to be minted and issued in recognition and celebration of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A similar bill had been introduced in the House of Representatives on July 14, 2011. This previous bill has 296 cosponsors and passed [...]
A bill recently introduced in the House of Representatives seeks to require the Treasury of the Secretary to mint and issue coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The program would include $5 gold coins, silver dollars, and clad half dollars. The bill H.R. 3818 was introduced [...]
Two bills were introduced in the House of Representatives on December 15, 2011 which seek to immediately alter the metallic composition of the one cent and five cent coins. Although the text of the bills is not yet available, statements released by Rep. Steve Stivers who introduced the bills H.R. 3693 and H.R. 3694 indicate [...]
On December 15, 2011, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 886 by roll call vote. The bill calls for gold, silver, and clad coins to be produced in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the United States Marshals Service. The bill had been introduced on March 2, 2011 by Rep. Steven Womack [...]
A bill was introduced in the Senate on December 1, 2011, which seeks to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue commemorative coins in recognition and celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the March of Dimes Foundation. A similar bill was previously introduced in the House of Representatives in [...]
On November 29, 2011, Rep. Jerrold Nadler introduced a bill in the House of Representative which seeks to amend the distribution of surcharges for the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Silver Dollars. The commemorative coins were issued to celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The obverse design featured a portrait of the President inspired [...]
A bill was introduced in the Senate on November 30, 2011 which seeks to require gold and silver coins to be minted in commemoration of Mark Twain. This follows a similar bill introduced in the House of Representatives in July. The current bill S. 1929 Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act was introduced by Sen. Richard [...]
On October 26, 2011, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2527, which calls for commemorative coins to be produced in recognition and celebration of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The bill passed 416-3. The bill was introduced earlier this year on July 14, 2011 by New York Congressman Richard Hanna. In order to become [...]
On October 13, 2011, Rep. Robert Brady of Pennsylvania introduced a bill in the House of Representatives which seeks to require silver dollars to be issued in commemoration of the legacy of the U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia. The U.S.S. Olympia was commissioned on February 5, 1895 and was the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the [...]
On October 13, 2011, a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives which seeks to authorize commemorative silver dollars to be issued for the 75th Anniversary of the establishment of the March of Dimes. If approved, the coins would be issued in a quantity of up to 500,000 during the 2014 calendar year. The [...]
