At the time of writing this post, there were over 127,000 items listed in the US Coins category on eBay. With such a large number of items, the chances are good that the coin you are looking for may be for sale. However, sometimes it is difficult to narrow your search results to find the […]
10th Anniversary Platinum Eagle Coin Set Announcement
The US Mint has just officially announced details of the 10th Anniversary Platinum Eagle Coin Set. Many collectors have been eagerly awaiting this set as a follow up to last year’s popular 20th Anniversary Gold and Silver Eagle Sets. The sets will contain two coins- one proof coin and one reverse proof coin. The proof […]
New Presidential Dollar Products Announced
The US Mint has just announced that several new Presidential Dollar related products will go on sale December 3, 2007. The new products will include the following: Individual Proof Coins Uncirculated Presidential Dollar Sets Official Coin Albums Presidential Dollar and First Spouse Medal Sets While there had been previous mention of the Individual Proof Coins, […]
Will Rising Gold Cause a Dolley Madison Sell Out?
The Dolley Madison First Spouse Gold Coin has now been on sale for one week at the US Mint. Unlike the first three issues of the First Spouse Series, Dolley Madison sales seem to be having trouble gaining momentum. I had explored some of the possible reasons in a previous post. There are a few […]
2008 Presidential Dollar Release Dates Announced
The US Mint recently announced the release dates for the 2008 Presidential Dollars. Next year will mark the second year of the series and include the next four Presidents. The published release dates are as follows: James Monroe Dollar– release date February 14, 2008 John Quincy Adams Dollar– release date May 15, 2008 Andrew Jackson […]
2007-W American Silver Eagle Sold Out
The 2007-W American Silver Eagle is now sold out at the Mint. These are the Uncirculated Silver Eagles sold by the US Mint, which have been branded as a collectible version of the bullion coin. This version of the coin is struck on specially burnished blanks and carries the “W” mint mark. The sell out […]
10th Anniversary Platinum Eagle Set- Release Date
The Mint had previously revealed to CoinWorld that the highly anticipated 10th Anniversary Platinum Eagle Set was still on the schedule for this year. The release was expected in December, although an exact date had not been set. Today Dave Harper on Numismaster confirmed that the release date for the set will be December 13. […]
2008 First Spouse Gold Coins Designs Released
The US Mint has released artist’s renderings of the 2008 First Spouse Gold Coins. The coins for next year will feature the following: Elizabeth Monroe Louisa Adams Andrew Jackson’s Liberty Martin Van Buren’s Liberty Since Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren did not have a spouse while serving as president, the coins feature designs used […]
Dolley Madison First Spouse Gold- Still on Sale
The Dolley Madison First Spouse Gold Coins went on sale at the US Mint today at 12:00 Noon EST. As of writing this post at 9:00 PM EST, the coins are still available for sale. This is notable because the prior three issues of the First Spouse Coin Program had sold out within shorter time […]
Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Commemorative- Only One Month Left
As mentioned in my last post, I wanted to take a look at this year’s Commemorative coins. They are only expected to remain available for sale at the Mint until December 14, so this will be a last look for anyone contemplating adding these coins to their collection. The second program for this year was […]