The 225th anniversary of the United States Marshals Service will be celebrated in 2015 with special gold, silver and clad commemorative coins issued by the United States Mint.
Their release was authorized by Congress with the passage of the United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act (H.R. 886). It was signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 2, 2012 as Public Law 112-104.
The Perth Mint of Australia has issued a strike to commemorate the horrific events surrounding one of the worst maritime disasters in history with the release of the 2012 RMS Titanic 1 Oz. Silver Proof Coin. With this release, the Perth joins other world minting facilities such as the Royal Canadian Mint in issuing Titanic commemorative coins.
Shown on the reverse of the Perth Mint's Titanic Silver Proof Coin is a colorized image emblematic of the White Star Line's poster design of the ship. Posters such as these, along with contemporary news media reports led many individuals to booking their passage aboard the largest and most luxurious passenger ocean liner of its day.
Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins
The United States Mint has announced an official launch ceremony to be held for the Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins. Along with that announcement, the US Mint also issued imagery of the actual strikes to replace the line-art images previously released as well as an image of the two-coin proof set
The Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins will officially be launched at 11:00 AM ET on March 5, 2012 at the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Visitor Center, located at 2400 East Fort Avenue in Baltimore, MD. Several official dignitaries are expected to attend including U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, U.S. Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, U.S. Congressman John Sarbanes, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, Fort McHenry NM&HS Supt. Tina Orcutt and United States Mint Chief Counsel Daniel Shaver.
Last week, the United States Mint updated its product schedule available at its online store. Like the schedule unveiled this past December, the newest update only contains several products and their anticipated release dates.
This differs from some Scheduled Products Listings of the past such as the one unveiled in December of 2010. That Schedule included most of the products that were to be issued in 2011 along with the dates they were scheduled for.
The United States Mint today, February 16, 2012, began selling the 2012 Infantry Soldier Silver Dollars. These commemorative coins are issued by the US Mint to recognize the legacy of the U. S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center in Columbus, Georgia.
Each Infantry Soldier Silver Dollar is struck from 90% silver and features obverse and reverse imagery emblematic of the Infantry Soldier. The coins will be struck to a maximum mintage of just 350,000 to proof and uncirculated conditions, both of which are available now. [click to continue…]
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 its face value of $20.
Shown on the reverse of the coin is a design by Emily S. Damstra which depicts the iconic polar bear swimming in water. The head of the creature is just above the surface. To the right are the initials of "ED" for the designer while the inscription of "$20 DOLLARS" and "ARGENT PUR FINE SILVER 9999" are to the left. Below is the inscription of "CANADA." [click to continue…]
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 strikes have not been issued by the US Mint since 2009 such as the 2009 Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set. However, that is going to change with the pending 2012 Commemorative Coin releases. [click to continue…]
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 are no longer being sold, we have an idea of what the mintages will be on the ten different varieties of commemorative coins struck during the year by the US Mint. These numbers are not final and may be adjusted based on returns, and accounting corrections, but they are taken from the US Mint's sales figures released early last week (with sales shown through December 19, 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) that was signed into law by President Obama on August 16, 2010. Each strike was to feature designs "emblematic of the War of 1812 and particularly the Battle for Baltimore that formed the basis for the Star-Spangled Banner" according to the authorizing law. [click to continue…]
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 placed the affected products on a "Last Opportunity" section of its online store. By law, the US Mint cannot issue the coins past December 31, 2011 forcing an earlier end to their sales to allow time for order processing and related issues. [click to continue…]
