The United States Mint offered the 50 State Quarters & Euro Coin Collection to capture the moment in history when the twelve original members of the European Union replaced their former national currencies with the Euro. The Euro had been introduced in non-physical form at midnight on January 1, 1999. The physical Euro notes and […]
Thomas Jefferson Coinage and Currency Set with Matte Proof Nickel
The United States Mint created a special collector’s edition offering for the 1993-dated Thomas Jefferson Silver Dollar commemorative coin. Released in 1994, the Thomas Jefferson Coinage and Currency Set generated a great deal of excitement when collectors realized that the 1994 Jefferson Nickel included had been struck with a special matte finish. The commemorative program […]
Benjamin Franklin Firefighters Silver Medal
The United States Mint currently offers a one ounce silver National Medal struck for the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001. Although these types of offerings have been infrequent, the US Mint has offered other silver medals in the past, such as Benjamin Franklin Firefighters National Silver Medal offered in 1993 and 1994. The issuance […]
The United States Millennium Coinage and Currency Set
The United States Mint released the Millennium Coinage and Currency Set in the summer of 2000. At first, the sets did not make much of an impression with collectors. However, when the sets started to arrive and were closely examined, collectors realized that a special finish had been used for the included Sacagawea Dollar, resulting in […]
U.S. Veterans Commemorative Silver Dollar Set
In 1994, the United States Mint issued commemorative coins to pay tribute three groups of American veterans. The silver dollars were available individually as well as packaged together as the U.S. Veterans Commemorative Silver Dollar Set. The three coins were the Prisoner of War Silver Dollar, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Silver Dollar, and Women in Military […]
Legacies of Freedom Set Featured Liberty and Britannia
The Legacies of Freedom Set is an intriguing United States Mint product originally issued in 2004. It brought together an American Silver Eagle bullion coin from the US Mint and a Silver Britannia bullion coin produced by the British Royal Mint. The product was created as part of the US Mint’s efforts to expand numismatic […]
Lewis and Clark Coinage and Currency Set Included Wide Array of Items
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, […]
Storage and Display Options for First Day Coin Covers
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two part article related to First Day Coin Covers. The first part covered the basics of collecting First Day Coin Covers. The second part discusses storage and display options for coin covers. A current problem for First Day Coin Cover collectors persists. There are no standardized […]
Collecting First Day Coin Covers
Editor’s Note: This is a two part article related to First Day Coin Covers. The first part describes First Day Coin Covers and reviews the covers created by the United States Mint in recent years. The second part will discuss storage and display options for coin covers. The philatelic community has long cherished the creation […]
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