These silver coins are certainly nothing but the ordinary. America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins are 5 ounces of .999 fine silver with special and challenging design elements.U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy described earlier in the year, part of the delay has been in developing a process to inscribe the fineness and weight on the edge of each coin. The special design element is mandated by the America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act.
Challenges of incusing the edges, which are particularly thin due to the required bullion coin diameter and weight specifications, have been overcome with the help of a newly purchased coin press that was designed to strike larger coins.
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Coin collecting is a great hobby that has withstood the test of time. There is something distinctly fascinating about money or any type of coinage for enthusiasts of all ages: whether you use your collection as an investment, or whether you are planning on starting a new hobby with your grandkids, here's a quick peek at what's new in coin collecting for 2010.
Collectible Quarters
Minting quarters whose reverse designs spotlighted each of the 50 states has been in practice since 1999. The two rotations issued have so far been met with wild enthusiasm by collectors and the public at large, so the U.S Mint will be issuing a new series beginning in 2010. They are calling this series "America the Beautiful" and each state's coin will feature a National Park or Site contained within its boundaries. Collecting these quarters is inexpensive, and this series is ideal for getting kids interested in coin collecting.
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The 2010 Boy Scouts Silver Dollar proof coins were launched on March 23, 2010, along with their uncirculated counterparts, to overwhelming demand.
In fact, ordering in the first few hours was so intense that the U.S. Mint online store and telephone systems experienced significant issues reminiscent of the troubles that occurred during last year Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set release.
200,000 Boy Scout Silver Dollars were sold during the first four days of their release, accounting for well over half of the maximum 350,000 mintage allowed by law.
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2009 american gold eagle bullion coins were released on December 3, 2009 and quickly sold out. 2009 gold eagle coins surely made a history with leading sales figures, despite late launch and supply of the smallest size depleted the very next day. Fractional sizes were 1/2, 1/4 and 1/10 ounces and recorded huge release day sales — 345,000 were sold for a total of 58,000 ounces of gold. All the fractional coins completely sold out at the Mint.
If you want to add 2009 gold eagle bullion coins into your coin collection, below are what’s available now on auctions: Read more...
The US Mint released 2009 American Eagle One Ounce Platinum Proof Coin in December and has sold out of the coins, as had been predicted by many numismatic resources. And it took about a week.
Platinum eagle coins were struck at the Mint’s facility at West Point and release was limited to a mintage of only 8,000. The obverse on this year’s Platinum features the first of six annual designs dedicated to the six principles of the Preamble of the United States Constitution.
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Authorized by Congress in 1792, the United States Mint is our country's exclusive producer of legal tender coins. It's main mission is to generate an adequate quantity of circulating coinage for the United States to conduct its commerce and trade. The United States Mint also manufactures proof, uncirculated and commemorative coins, including Gold Congressional Medals and platinum, silver and gold bullion coins.
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New Zealand coins quickly becoming popular with coin collectors worldwide. Why do you want them to have in your collection? New Zealand coins are one of the rarest coins on the market, their mintage is often below 10,000 coins (limited editions), quality is great and coins feature attractive design.
New Zealand mint recently released NEW limited edition, 3-year coin series to celebrate New Zealand’s most loved native icon - the kiwi. Different design will be issued annually over the next three years, celebrating uniqueness of the country with the kiwi bird.
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The value of collectable coins frequently determined by their mintage, simply how many coins were minted during certain year. To help you assess a value of American Silver Eagle, we put together a table showing mintage of this coin by years since series started in 1986.
This table displays the mintage numbers for American Silver Eagle coins. It includes both bullion versions of the coin in the first column, and proof versions in the second column. These figures are based on sales figures reported by the US Mint, which may differ from the final mintage figures when released.
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