Welcome to Something About Coins! Today's theme is new coin releases. The U.S. Mint has been busy preparing for the proof platinum American Eagle release and celebrating the recent launch of the newest America the Beautiful Quarters, the Yosemite National Park quarter. In addition to those items, there is still the America the Beautiful 5 oz silver bullion coins that should be coming soon. Other world mints are celebrating new coin releases too, and some of them are mentioned below. Enjoy!
US Mint To Release American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin Next Week, WorldMintCoins.com
In what is sure to be a hot item, the US Mint is poised to release the much anticipated 2010 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin next week on August 12, 2010. The 2010 Platinum Eagle features the second of six new unique reverse designs that are emblematic of the six major principles of the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States. All six of the designed to be used on the Platinum Eagles were ... Click for coin article
2010 Yosemite National Park Quarters Released in California Ceremony, AmericaBeautifulQuarters.com
The third 25-cent piece in the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program entered circulation on July 26, 2010, and was officially released in a ceremony three days later on July 29, 2010. The 2010 Yosemite National Park Quarter ceremony introduced the new coin to a crowd of about 1200 people at the Valley Visitor's Center in Yosemite, California. Similar to the first Hot Springs National Park Quarter ... Click for coin article
What do you think the price will be?, Blog.NumismaticNews.net/buzz
With silver at roughly $18 a troy ounce presently, what do you think a fair price would be for the Mint to charge for the upcoming silver versions of the America the Beautiful quarters? Each coin will contain five troy ounces, or $90 worth of bullion. It will be an unusual issue. The U.S. government has never issued five-ounce coins before. The coin will have twice the diameter of a Morgan dollar and will be unusually thin ... Click for coin article
2010 Australian Kangaroo High Relief Silver Coin Released, SilverCoinsToday.com
Expanding on its world-renowned Australian Kangaroo bullion coin series, the Perth Mint of Australia has released the 2010 Australian Kangaroo 1oz Silver Proof High Relief Coin. This coin marks a departure, however, from the traditional kangaroo bullion series which, up until now, has only been struck from pure gold. The series itself debuted over twenty years ago and features an annually changing reverse design -- a unique feature among world bullion coins. The 2010 Silver Kangaroo is the first time the Perth Mint has created a coin in the ... Click for coin article
Mint Of Poland Kick Off Exciting New "Skies" Silver Coin Series, EuroCollections.blogspot.com
Mennica Polska (Mint of Poland) have begun an exciting new silver series entitled "How Man Conquered the Skies". The unique, rectangular-shaped coins, stuck in the highest quality proof condition, have been released to celebrate the dream of man taking to the skies - and how that dream became a reality! The series kicks off with the tragic tale of Icarus, taken from ancient Greek Mythology. The myth tells the doomed story of Icarus, who is imprisoned with his father Daedalus on the island of Crete by Kind Minos. Daedalus was a skilled ... Click for coin article
BoN marks 20 years with N$10 coin, NewEra.com.na
A new N$10 coin will hit the streets this weekend to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Bank of Namibia. The commemorative coin is minted using two metals and it would be in circulation for a brief period. There is also another N$10 coin, a silver one, purely for commemorative purposes but not for circulation. Prime Minister Nahas Angula would launch the two commemorative coins at a gala dinner tonight in the capital on behalf of President ... Click for coin article
Coin Production Process Detailed in Royal Australian Mint Exhibit, CoinNews.net
A new educational display for the Royal Australian Mint’s tourist gallery has been presented to the Mint today. The display will further educate students and visitors to the Mint about the coin production process. "The Mint does not make the actual blank coins so up until this point we have only been able to demonstrate to visitors what happens to the blank coins once we receive them," said Ross MacDiarmid, Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australian Mint. "We are now able to provide a complete explanation of the coin production ..." Click for coin article
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