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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 [...]
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Australian Coins, Breaking Coin News, World Coins
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

The Perth Mint of Australia released the 2012 Australian Platypus Platinum Bullion Coin on December 5, 2011. The strike contains one ounce of 99.95% pure platinum and features a diameter of 32.60 mm. This new platinum release marks the second time the Perth has issued a coin in the platypus series. The first Platypus Platinum [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Canadian Coins, Gold Coins, World Coins
Sunday, December 4th, 2011

The Royal Canadian Mint will be adding another precious metal coin featuring the elusive cougar when its begins issuing the Cougar 0.5 g Gold Coin later this month. The strike is composed of half a gram of 99.99% pure gold and features a diameter of 11mm. Shown on the reverse of the strike is an [...]