2009 American Buffalo Gold Proof Coin Launches with Little Issues

Today at noon ET the United States Mint began selling the 2009 American Buffalo Gold Proof Coin for $1,360.00, as it announced on Oct. 22. The one-ounce .9999 fine (24 karat) gold coin is expected to draw significant attention. The US Mint handled early demand in improved fashion compared to the collector blitz and resulting [...]

Austrian Mint’s Vienna Philharmonic 20 Ounce Gold Coin celebrates a 20 Year Success Story

Twenty years ago in 1989 the Austrian State Mint passed from the Treasury into the ownership of the central bank. The mint was given the freedom to produce and sell products in accordance with the demands of the modern numismatic and investment markets. One of the very first innovations introduced by the new CEO, Paul [...]

Austrian Mint 2010 Coin Product Schedule

The Austrian Mint has just released their product schedule (known to them as an Issuing Programme) for the year 2010. The coin schedule includes many coins that collectors should find nearly irresistible, given the spectacular designs the Mint has become known for from around world. Several of the new issues will be continuations of series [...]

US Mint Sales: Bullion Robust, Collector Coins Retreat

US Mint collector coins moved like molasses when compared to sales figures of two weeks ago. But bullion coins — especially gold — still had a little swagger in their step. October will be a robust month for American Eagles and American Buffalos. These and other highlights follow: UHR Double Eagles took a significant hit, [...]

28.8 Cents Prevents US Mint Gold Coin Price Reductions

The price of gold has been on a five-day price slide, but ironically the timing of the decline was slightly off in helping collectors pay less for US Mint gold collector coins. The US Mint uses a London Fix weekly gold average to determine whether to keep gold coin prices the same, or adjust them [...]

PCGS Helps Police Nab Counterfeits Suspect

(Santa Ana, California) – Information provided to Northern California law enforcement authorities by Professional Coin Grading Service led to the arrest of a suspect who is now under investigation in connection with the sales of fraudulently altered Morgan dollars in tampered PCGS holders for nearly $300,000. CLICK TO ENLARGE: These four photographs show a tampered [...]

Coin News: 2008 Proof, Mint, and Chronicles Set Values; Fake Coins; Errors

Several numismatic news or coin blog articles are referenced on CoinNews two separate times a week. These articles are not authored by us, but we recommend coin collectors read them for their unusual or interesting content. Here are today’s coin articles: 2008 mint and proof sets strong Harry Miller | Numismatic News Mint sets have [...]

More Coins, Articles and Features Added to Coin Collecting News Web Site

(San Antonio, TX) – CoinCollectingNews.org was originally designed as a quick hub where interested parties could learn about the latest coin news from leading sources. While this feature continues as the site’s trademark, Coin Collecting News recently expanded to offer brand new resources and more than 150 pages of quality information relevant to the hobby [...]

PCGS Impresses at COINEXPO Warsaw and Paris Brogniard Show

Continuing its international expansion, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) participated in COINEXPO in Warsaw, Poland on October 15-17 and in the Brogniard show October 17 in Paris, France.   Both shows raised the continuing growing interest in world coin grading among European and Eastern European collectors. In Poland, third-party independent coin grading is already widely [...]

2009 Proof and Uncirculated American Silver Eagle Coin Images at Mint

In what is now a touch of torment, several weeks back the United States Mint published 2009 American Eagle Silver Proof Coin images within their Press Image Library. 2009 Proof and Uncirculated American Silver Eagle Coins – Click to Enlarge The torment comes from the fact that US Mint on October 6, 2009, announced that [...]

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