The following events related to coins and coin collecting are scheduled to take place during the month of March 2010. The month will include the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo in Baltimore and the ANA National Money Show in Fort Worth.
Third party coin grading companies PCGS and NGC will both offer on-site grading at the [...]
This week’s sales report for United States Mint numismatic products includes the debut figures for the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars. This is the first of two commemorative coin programs for the year, with the sales for the second program featuring the Boy Scouts Silver Dollar expected to begin on March 23, [...]
During the second month of the year, bullion sales from the United States Mint were once again restricted to only the one ounce American Gold Eagle and one ounce American Silver Eagle coins. The sales level for the silver bullion coins showed a hefty drop from the prior month, while gold bullion coins remained steady.
The [...]
Recently, the German television station ProSieben ran a news story covering W. C. Heraeus in Hanau, Germany, the world’s largest privately owned refinery. In the story, Wilfried Hörner, the head of the gold foundry, shows a 500 gram bar (16.0755 troy ounces) received from an unidentified bank. The bar had the right physical dimensions [...]
The United States Mint recently announced that they are seeking applicants for the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). This committee was created to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on the selection of themes and design proposals for coins and medals, as well as with regards to the events, persons, or places to be featured [...]
Coins featuring the likeness of Abraham Lincoln will be included in a wide variety of United States Mint products released during 2010. The First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln will also be featured on a coin and medal. This comes one year after the Lincoln’s Bicentennial year which was celebrated with the issuance of four different [...]
A bill has recently been proposed in the Senate, which seeks to authorize commemorative coins issued in 2013 for the Gettysburg Campaign. The coins would include $5 gold, $1 silver, and clad composition half dollars which specifically commemorate the Invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Gettysburg Address.
The bill S. 3009 The Gettysburg [...]
As the gold and silver price suppression tactics of the US government and its trading partners become more blatant and predictable, that enables smaller investors to take advantage of the patterns for financial benefit.
Here is a real life example that occurred for one of our customers in the past two days. Every month, in the [...]
Last year the United States Mint released one of their most anticipated products in years, the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin. The coin is a digitally reproduced version of Saint-Gaudens’ original 1907 ultra high relief $20 gold piece, which is viewed as one of the nation’s most beautiful coins ever minted.
The Ultra [...]
Today February 25, 2010, the United States Mint began sales for new commemorative coins issued to honor disabled American Veterans. The silver dollar coins were authorized under Public Law 110-277, which was signed into law on July 17, 2008.
The obverse of the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar was designed and sculpted by [...]
