Posted by World Mint Coins Staff
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 strikes have not been issued [...]
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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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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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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
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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America the Beautiful Quarter, Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Marking the third 2011-dated issue of the series, the United States Mint released the 2011 Olympic Silver Uncirculated Coin yesterday, November 29, 2011 beginning at Noon (Eastern). The strike also marks the eighth in the America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin™ series overall which debuted with five 2010-dated strikes. Shown on the reverse [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

The United States Mint has started fulfilling orders for the 25th Anniversary Silver Eagle Set, with some individuals already able to prove they have their sets in hand. Not surprisingly, many of those sets are already appearing on the online auction site eBay as sellers are now able to comply with eBay requirements concerning the [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Saturday, November 5th, 2011

Collectors looking on eBay for a 25th Anniversary Silver Eagle Set may be in luck, despite the fact that the online auction site has apparently chosen to temporarily cancel listings for the sets. Multiple Eagle Sets are still showing on eBay, although clearly not as many as were offered before the “ban” went into effect. [...]
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America the Beautiful Quarter, Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

For those that missed it amidst the frenzy of the American Eagle 25th Anniversary Set released last Thursday (which quickly sold out within just a few hours of availability), it should be noted that the United States Mint also issued the 2011 Glacier Silver Uncirculated Coin last week. The Glacier Silver Coin marks the [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Thursday, October 27th, 2011

One of the most anticipated releases from the United States Mint this year makes it debut today, October 27, 2011 at Noon (Eastern). At that time, the US Mint will release the 25th Anniversary American Silver Eagle Set. The Anniversary Silver Eagle Set will be selling for $299.95, as previously announced. Collectors will initially be [...]
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Breaking Coin News, Silver Coins, United States Coins
Monday, October 24th, 2011

With a release date just a few days away, collectors will undoubtedly be interested to know that the 25th Anniversary Silver Eagle Set will likely sell for $299.95. That price is listed on the US Mint’s product page for the pending debut and is currently subject to change based on updated market conditions. The announcement [...]