Welcome back to Something About Coins! The U.S. Mint released their 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set today while sales for American Silver Eagles continued to skyrocket. A 1776 Continental currency dollar and a 1792 half disme are just two highlights that will be featured at the Santa Clara Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo coming later this month. Enjoy!
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set Release, americabeautifulquarters.com
The United States Mint on Friday announced that it will offer the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set for a price of $41.95. It will be available beginning on April 1, 2011 at 12:00 Eastern Time (ET). Similar to the "clad" set that was released less than two weeks ago for $14.95, the silver proof sets contain collector versions of this year’s America the Beautiful Quarters®. Each are are minted in San Francisco and each carry the "S" mint mark. Standard ... Click for coin article
Eagles at 'S' Mint, numismaster.com
Silver American Eagle bullion coins are being test struck at the San Francisco Mint in the expectation that the western facility will begin full-scale production to assist the West Point Mint in meeting unprecedented demand for the coins, the U.S. Mint announced in late March.The go-ahead has not yet been given, but U.S. Mint Director of Public Affairs Tom Jurkowsky expected that it would be in the next several weeks. Any American Eagle silver bullion coins minted in ... Click for coin article
US Mint Sales: American Eagle Bullion Coins Take Lead, coinnews.net
American Eagle bullion coins took center stage in the latest batch of US Mint sales figures. Their week-over-week sales levels improved for all but one offering. Seventeen US Mint numismatic products also outperformed their prior weekly gains, but the general sales trend for most collector coins and sets was down. Several were actually yanked back, registering lower totals than a week ago. The one-quarter ounce American Gold Eagle remained unchanged at ... Click for coin article
Early U.S. coins at expo, numismaticnews.net
Two famous early American coins – a 1776 Continental currency dollar struck in pewter and graded MS-65 by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation, and a 1792 half disme graded NGC MS-63 – will be the featured exhibits at the Santa Clara Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo set for April 15-17 in the Santa Clara, Calif., Convention Center. "The coins have a combined value of $750,000, and will be displayed courtesy of Robert Higgins of Certified Assets ... " Click for coin article
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