A bill was recently introduced in the House of Representatives which seeks to require commemorative coins to be minted in recognition and celebration of Hero Street USA. The year 2018 will mark the 50th anniversary of the naming of Hero Street in Silvis, Illinois. Only a block and a half long, the street lost six […]

A bill introduced in the House of Representatives seeks changes to various requirements for United States Mint bullion and collectible coins. The changes would impact the American Gold Buffalo, silver versions of circulation coins included in numismatic sets, and potential palladium bullion and collectible coins. The bill H.R. 1698: Bullion and Collectible Coin Production Efficiency […]

A bill introduced in the House of Representatives which seeks to provide for savings, accountability, value, and efficiency in government spending would have significant and potentially unintended consequences for coins. The bill H.R. 614 known as the SAVE Act was introduced by Rep. Patrick Murphy of Florida on January 28, 2015. A similar bill had […]

Bills have been introduced in both the House and Senate which seek to authorize commemorative coins to mark the centennial of Boys Town. In the last session of Congress, the program had nearly been approved when a bill was passed in both chambers but in non-identical forms that were never resolved. Boys Town is a […]

A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives which seeks to quickly and dramatically alter the composition for all current circulating United States coins. Specifically, the bill would require the one-cent, five-cent, dime, and quarter dollar coins to be produced primarily of steel, with the change implemented 90 days after the enactment of […]

On January 7, 2015, Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana introduced a bill in the Senate which seeks to terminate the Presidential Dollar Program. Sen. Vitter has previously introduced identical bills in 2011 and 2013, which had gained little traction. Back in 2011, the Presidential Dollar Program had come under scrutiny due to the build up […]

Following several other recent actions in coin related legislation, President Obama has signed the Collectible Coin Protection Act into law. The Act will serve to broaden the existing Hobby Protection Act by making it unlawful to sell unmarked replica coins. The Hobby Protection Act, which was enacted in 1973, had made it illegal to manufacture […]