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Breaking Coin News, Canadian Coins, Silver Coins, World Coins
Friday, February 3rd, 2012

The Royal Canadian Mint has released the third strike in what has become one of its most popular series – the “Exchange $20 for $20″ program. The $20 Pure Silver Polar Bear Commemorative Coin continues that series and like its predecessors is struck from 99.99% pure silver and is sold for an amount equal to [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Canadian Coins, Silver Coins, World Coins
Monday, January 30th, 2012

The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a new silver dollar emblematic of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The War of 1812 Bicentennial Proof Silver Dollar is the first collector coin issued by the Mint this year. Each coin is struck from 99.99% pure silver and features a maximum mintage of 40,000. The [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Thursday, January 26th, 2012

The United States Mint indicated that new products would be released in 2012 in association with the commemorative coins planned for the year. In addition, the price points of those products as well as the individual coins are now known. Special commemorative coin packaging or multi-coin sets associated with commemorative strikesĀ have not been issued [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, Silver Coins, World Coins
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

The Royal Canadian Mint has released two new strikes celebrating the Year of the Dragon taken from the Chinese Zodiac. Both the Year of the Dragon 1/10 Oz Gold Coin and the Year of the Dragon 1/2 Oz Silver Coin showcase the same reverse design of the mythical creature and are available now for ordering. [...]
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America the Beautiful Quarter, Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Monday, January 16th, 2012

While the United States Mint has yet to offer a complete Product Schedule for 2012 letting the public know when to expect certain products, it has released a list of issue prices for some of those products. Collectors will be happy to learn that many of those 2012 issue prices are lower than their 2011 [...]
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America the Beautiful Quarter, Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Friday, January 13th, 2012

The United States Mint yesterday, Thursday, January 12, 2012, released the 2011 Vicksburg Silver Uncirculated Coin. These strikes feature a reverse design emblematic of Vicksburg National Military Park located in the state of Mississippi and are available now for $204.95, plus the US Mint’s standard shipping and handling charge. The 2011 Vicksburg Silver Uncirculated Coin [...]
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Australian Coins, Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins
Thursday, January 5th, 2012

The fourth release of the popular Famous Battles in Australian History series has been issued by the Perth Mint of Australia. Called the Kapyong 1 Oz Silver Proof Coin, the strike recalls the Battle of Kapyong fought during the Korean War in April of 1951. Each silver proof coin is struck from one ounce of [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Monday, January 2nd, 2012

The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2012 bullion Gold and Silver Eagles tomorrow, January 3rd, 2012 from its network of authorized purchasers (APs). The announcement of the debut of the 2012-dated coins was made in a memo last week to the APs and also included additional details as well as alluded [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Friday, December 30th, 2011

On Tuesday, December 27, 2011, the United States Mint lowered the price on five of its numismatic silver products. The five products affected by the new price points include the uncirculated American Silver Eagles and the four currently available America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins. These price drops were lead by a continued [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

The United States Mint stopped selling the 2011 Commemorative Coins at 5PM on Friday, December 16, 2011 in order to allow it time to insure all orders for the strikes were completed before the end of the year. As required by law, the coins could no longer be sold after 2011. Now that the coins [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Sales of the 2012 American Eagle Gold Bullion Coin and the 2012 American Eagle Silver Bullion Coin will begin on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 according to the United States Mint. On that date, the Mint will begin accepting orders for the bullion Eagles from its network of Authorized Purchasers. The Authorized Purchasers (APs) are responsible [...]
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America the Beautiful Quarter, Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Line-art imagery of the upcoming 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters and Silver Coins has been released by the United States Mint. These images include the reverse designs for 2012 strikes that will honor El Yunque National Forest of Puerto Rico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park of New Mexico, Acadia National Park of Maine, Hawai’i Volcanoes [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Saturday, December 17th, 2011

The United States Mint this week introduced the designs for the upcoming 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins. Released as part of the program will be $5 gold coins and silver dollars, both struck to proof and uncirculated conditions. Congress authorized the series as part of the Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Act (Public Law No: 111-232) [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

The United States Mint will cease offering the 2011 Commemorative Coins on Friday, December 16, 2011 beginning at 5PM Eastern Time. Affected US Mint products include six 2011 U.S. Army Commemorative Coins and four 2011 Medal of Honor Commemorative Coins. The US Mint forewarned of the end date for sales back in October when it [...]
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America the Beautiful Quarter, Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Several upcoming products have a preliminary release date posted thanks to an updated 2012 US Mint Product Schedule available on the US Mint website. According to the Scheduled Products Listing offered on the site, at least seven new products will be issued in the first two months of 2012. Of those seven, three will be [...]