Coin Collecting News
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) met earlier today November 29th, 2011, at the U.S. Mint’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to review and discuss design candidates for the 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters, 2012 First Spouse Gold Coins, and 2012 American Platinum Eagle. In addition, Mike Moran was sworn in by Acting U.S. Mint Director [...]
On October 31, 2011 the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled the Highway of Heroes Silver Commemorative Coin. The Highway of Heroes is the name given to the 172-kilometer stretch of Highway 401 traveled by a convoy of vehicles carrying a fallen soldier’s body and their family from Canadian Forces Base in Trenton to the coroner’s office [...]
The Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda have issued in September, two coins marking the 25th anniversary of both Portugal and Spain’s entry into the European Economic Community, later the European Union, which occurred on the 1st January 1986. The coin set includes one gold and one silver minted for the occasion. The silver coin is [...]
According to the US Mint’s website, the 2010-P Yellowstone National Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins have sold out. This is the second numismatic version of the America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Coins that the US Mint has offered. The coins replicate the design of the Yellowstone National Park Quarter on a 3 inch, [...]
