Posted by World Mint Coins Staff
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 strikes 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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Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, United States Coins
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
The United States Mint has indicated that the 2011 American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coin has attained a sell-out. Effective January 17, 2012, the coins were moved to the “No Longer Available” section of the Mint’s online store. 2011 American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coins are a collector version of the highly popular American Eagle Gold Bullion [...]
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Australian Coins, Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, World Coins
Monday, January 9th, 2012
The Perth Mint of Australia has issued three new gold coins as part of the year long celebration of the Year of the Dragon. These new 2012 Year of the Dragon Gold Coins depict the Chinese characters of Fu, Lu and Shou on their reverse, symbolizing the concepts of Prosperity, Longevity and Success. Each 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, 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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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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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 [...]
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Australian Coins, Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, World Coins
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Scheduled for release earlier this month, the Perth Mint of Australia has struck two new coins to mark the 60th Anniversary of the ascension of Queen Elizabeth II of England to the throne. The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Coins mark the occasion with extremely limited mintages and are available now directly from the Perth. [...]
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Austrian Mint Coins, Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, World Coins
Saturday, November 19th, 2011
The Austrian Mint has issued the latest release of its “Crowns of the House of Habsburg” Gold Coin Series. Issued beginning on November 9, 2011, the Crown of Saint Wenceslas Gold Proof Coin marks the fourth release of the House of Habsburg Crown series. Featured on both the obverse and reverse of the coin are [...]
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Australian Coins, Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, World Coins
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Reaffirming its position as one of the premier minting institutions of the world, the Perth Mint of Australia has struck what it claims is the “biggest, heaviest, inherently the most valuable gold bullion coin in the world” – the 1 Tonne Gold Kangaroo Coin struck from 99.99% pure gold. As the name of the strike [...]
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Australian Coins, Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, Silver Coins, World Coins
Monday, September 26th, 2011
With the recent release of the 2012 Year of the Dragon Gold and Silver Bullion Coins, it may interest some to know that the Perth Mint of Australia is still offering collector grade strikes featuring the previous Year of the Rabbit designs. These remaining 2011 Year of the Rabbit Gold and Silver Coins may only [...]
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Australian Coins, Breaking Coin News, Gold Coins, Silver Coins, World Coins
Monday, September 12th, 2011
The Perth Mint of Australia has released the newest editions of the Australian Lunar Series II – the 2012 Year of the Dragon Gold and Silver Bullion Coins. Coins in these series are either struck from 99.99% pure gold or 99.9% pure silver to several different sizes. Like previous releases in this series, these coins [...]
