Welcome to Something About Coins! Sales of American gold bullion coins was better in March than February, according to a report on the U.S. Mint's sales figures. The mint launched the Glacier National Park Quarters on Monday, and the Hot Springs silver uncirculated coin will be made available on April 28. Silver coins are receiving lots of attention and so is the supply of U.S. coins. Enjoy!
March 2011 American Gold Bullion Coin Sales, coinnews.net
Demand for 22-karat American Gold Eagle coins retreated in March, but the United States Mint still sold more ounces of gold bullion coins during the month than in February or during the same period last year. Fewer ounces were sold than in January, however. US Mint Authorized Purchasers (AP’s) ordered 115,000 ounces of gold bullion coins last month. That was better than the 92,500 ounces purchased during the previous month and the 102,000 ounces from ... Click for coin article
Glacier National Park Quarters for Montana Released in Bags and Rolls, coincollectingnews.org
The United States Mint today announced the release its latest products, Glacier National Park Quarters in bags and rolls. The coin is the second issue this year from the America the Beautiful Quarters® series, and the seventh since the series kicked-off in 2010. The 2011 Glacier Quarter honors the national park located in the state of Montana. The park has the distinction of being the nation's 10th national park and was designated as such on May 11, 1910. Buyers ... Click for coin article
Hot Springs 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Release Date, silvercoinstoday.com
The United Mint has scheduled the release date for the collector Hot Springs 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin, the debuting issue from the numismatic America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins series. The newly updated US Mint 2011 product schedule has the Hot Springs coin set to launch on April 28, 2011. The US Mint has yet to publish a price, but given silver just hit a fresh 31-year high on Monday of over $38.50 an ounce and the uncirculated ... Click for coin article
Bullion show distracts collectors?, blog.numismaticnews.net
It there is any degree of heat in the coin market? Not that I can see in a recent exercise of updating price performance charts that are published in the annual North American Coins and Prices. Where prices rose, it was invariably due to stronger prices in the prices of gold and silver. That’s understandable. An 1889-O Morgan silver dollar in F-12 jumped from $19.60 to $31.90. A 1921 Morgan in MS-60 rose from $25.70 ... Click for coin article
Big demand for 90% silver, coinvaluesonline.com
Pre-1965 90 percent silver U.S. coins are especially hot, while silver U.S. coins that aren't so familiar to buyers — such as post-1992 Proof 90 percent silver coins from Silver Proof sets — are trading at discounts to melt value. For example, on March 28, one dealer advertised on a trading network a bag of 4,000 Proof 2010-S 90 percent silver Washington quarter dollars — $1,000 face value — for $26,300, lowering it later in the day to under melt value at ... Click for coin article
Ron Paul to Probe U.S. Mint Coin Shortage, kitco.com
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has one question for the U.S. Mint: why is there a coin shortage? He is aiming to get to the bottom of this during a scheduled April 7 hearing of his U.S. House Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy to examine the bullion programs at the U.S. Mint. “We are going to try and find out what the Mint has done so they can give us a better answer as to why there is a shortage. Why can’t they keep the supply of coins up?” said the ... Click for coin article
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