Coin Collecting News
One of the beauties of grading is the ability to find rolls of modern uncirculated coins that others overlook, believing them to be common and not worth slabbing. I have had luck in the past, holdering rainbow cents from double mint sets and individual cents from shotgun rolls. As usual with Coingrader Capsule, we not [...]
The United States Mint will start accepting orders for the 2013 American Gold Buffalo Proof Coin on May 23, 2013 at 12:00 Noon ET. This represents the latest numismatic release for the popular one ounce .9999 fine, 24-karat gold coin. The design for the American Gold Buffalo is taken from the original 1913 Type 1 [...]
The latest weekly United States Mint numismatic product sales report includes the debut of the 2013-P White Mountain National Forest Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins. The 2013 West Point Silver Eagle Set makes its second weekly appearance. The numismatic version of the White Mountain Five Ounce Silver Coin went on sale May 16, 2013. The [...]
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) met on April 19, 2013, at United States Mint Headquarters, to review and discuss observe design candidates for the 2014 Presidential Dollars, which will include Presidents Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. In attendance from the committee were Chairman Gary Marks, Erik Jansen, Michael [...]
The Royal Mint have launched (16th May) four new coins which pay tribute to one of the Monarchy’s most solemn occasions, that of the Queen’s coronation whose 60th anniversary will be celebrated on the 2nd June 2013. Queen Elizabeth II, then the Duchess of Edinburgh and heiress presumptive, acceded to the British throne on the [...]
On May 7, 2013, Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas introduced H.R. 1849: Collectible Coin Protection Act. This bill seeks to broaden the existing Hobby Protection Act by making it unlawful to support or assist anyone who violates the act and adding trademark violations to the act. The Hobby Protection Act was enacted in 1973 and [...]
Last week on May 9, 2013, the United States Mint began sales of the 2013 American Eagle West Point Two Coin Silver Set. This special set contains American Silver Eagles with reverse proof and enhanced uncirculated finishes to mark the 75th anniversary of the edifice that houses the United States Mint facility at West Point. [...]
The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) recently reviewed design alternatives for a Congressional Gold Medal to be issued honoring the Code Talkers of the Muscogee Creek Nation. Under the Navajo Code Talkers Congressional Gold Medal Act passed in 2000, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to Navajo Code Talkers [...]
Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew has selected the obverse and reverse designs for the Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Gold Medal. The designs were unveiled during a ceremony held in the Department of the Treasury’s Cash Room. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden were present for the event. The medal was authorized under Public [...]
The United States Mint has started accepting orders for the eagerly awaited 2013 American Eagle West Point Two Coin Silver Set. This continues the tradition of offering special American Eagle coin sets, with the latest set issued to mark the 75th anniversary of the edifice that houses the United States Mint facility at West Point. [...]
