Coin Collecting News
The United States Mint recently began accepting orders for numismatic bags and rolls containing El Yunque National Forest Quarters. This represents the eleventh release within the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. El Yunque Nationl Forest is located in Puerto Rico and is the only tropical rainforest within the U.S. National Forest System. The reverse design [...]
Based on the last available sales figures, the United States Mint’s 2011 commemorative coin programs generated around $5.5 million in surcharges for the designated recipient organizations. Commemorative coin programs are authorized by acts of Congress to celebrate and honor American peoples, places, events, or institutions. The authorizing legislation dictates the specific denominations to be issued, [...]
Over the years, the United States Mint has offered various special presentation sets in conjunction with commemorative coin programs. One of the most ambitious was the 2004 Lewis and Clark Coinage and Currency Set, which incorporated a multitude of items from the United States Mint, United States Postal Service, the National Archives and Records Administration, [...]
On January 31, 2012, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced a bill which seeks to transition from $1 bills to $1 coins in order to save taxpayer money. The bill S. 2049 was introduced by Senators Tom Harkin and John McCain, and cosponsored by Senators Tom Coburn and Mike Enzi. The Treasury Department recently implemented [...]
As the market price of silver moved higher, some collectors shifted their focus to the United States Mint’s numismatic silver products, particularly those which recently had their prices decreased. This was evidenced by the numbers in the latest weekly US Mint numismatic product sales report. The United States Mint offers numismatic versions of the America [...]
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 [...]
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program recently completed its second year of release, with five different designs representing National Parks or sites of America. The total mintage across the five designs rose compared to the previous year, although the increase was only attributable to a jump in production for the final design of the year. [...]
The United States Mint plans to expand the number of numismatic product offerings for the American Silver Eagle in 2012. This will include an uncirculated version of the coin struck at the San Francisco Mint and potentially two other collector coins only available within a special set. The American Silver Eagle was introduced in 1986, [...]
El Yunque National Forest, located in northeaster Puerto Rico, was previously called Luquillo National Forest, and the Caribbean National Forest, and is the only tropical rain forest in the United States. It was originally set aside by Spain’s King Alfonso XII in 1876. Its 240 inches of annual rainfall create a lush environment for plants [...]
