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PR Log (Press Release) – Dec 28, 2009 – Royal Silver Company (www.royalsilver.com) announced production of the world’s purest silver coins, guaranteed to be one troy ounce of 99.999% extra-fine silver, featuring the theme of Endangered Animals ...  

Via Current: The announcement by the United Nations this week that it will license the minting of silver and gold bullion coins bearing the UN logo may be the button that launches metal prices into orbit. In its wide-ranging report this fall, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) stated that the system of currencies and international banking practices within today’s economies were inadequate, and responsible for the present...  

The United States Mint today released the four new designs that will appear on the 2010 First Spouse Gold Coins. The coins will feature Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, James Buchanan’s “Liberty” and Mary Todd Lincoln. The obverses (heads sides) of the Fillmore, Pierce and Lincoln First Spouse Gold Coins feature striking portraits of the first [...] Related posts:United States Mint Announces 2009 First Spouse Gold Coin DesignsUnited States...  

MIAMI — A U.S. district judge has ruled that U.S. treasure-hunting company Odyssey Marine Exploration should return to Spain a fortune in old coins recovered from the wreck of a 19th-century Spanish warship. Judge Steven Merryday nevertheless directed that the return of the treasure to Spain be stayed until an appeals process in the case was concluded. Merryday's order backed a recommendation by a U.S. magistrate judge in June that Odyssey...  

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Mint today unveiled designs for the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar. The Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act (Public Law 110-363) authorizes the United States Mint to mint and issue silver one-dollar coins to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.  

Sales of the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin will end on December 31 at 3 p.m. (Eastern Time). Customers may order the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin until December 31 at the United States Mint’s secure Web site, http://www.usmint.gov/catalog, or by calling 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Customers with TTY equipment may order by [...] Related posts:United States Mint Unveils Modern Ultra-High Relief Double Eagle Gold...  

Important U.S. Coins to Cross Auction Block in January Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s leading rare coin and currency auction house, will commence its 2010 auction schedule with the Orlando Rarities Sale. The auction will be conducted on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, beginning at 6 p.m. ET at the Doubletree Resort-Orlando International Drive. Pre-sale lot [...] Related posts:BOWERS AND MERENA SETS RECORDS AT ORLANDO RARITIES SALE ON...  

National PostMint reveals details on missing goldNational PostPat McGrath, Canwest News Service Files A Royal Canadian Mint employee melts down gold coins. The mint announced yesterday how it lost track of government gold in its Ottawa inventory. More than $3-million in government gold was unwittingly sold off at ...Mint's missing gold now accounted forCBC.caReview shows no gold stolen from Royal Canadian MintToronto Sun$15.3 million in...  

The U.S. Mint plans to resume the sale of several types of American Eagle Gold half-, quarter- and tenth-ounce bullion coins beginning today. The Mint will resume the sale of 2009 American gold one-ounce bullion coins Tuesday, but on a weekly ...  

FROM the ongoing 10th anniversary of Macau's return to rule by China, to birthdays of royalty and national holidays, all these celebrations have one thing in common - commemorative coins to mark the festivities, rolled out of The Singapore Mint. It started producing coins for Singapore in 1968 and has gone on to win customers the world over, creating commemorative coins for more than 30 countries including Bhutan, Brunei and Samoa.  

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics Hot Topics BACKGROUND: Legend Numismatics recently purchased the Boyd 1870-S Seated Dollar Graded PCGS Genuine for this dynamic father/son duo from the Bowers and Merena Sale in Baltimore. Thay had just about finished with their AU/MS Seated Dollar Collection and dreamed about owning a 70-S. Here is a portion of [...] Related posts:Buccaneers Quarterback JEFF GARCIA and GAINESVILLE COINS Team Up For...  

Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASADQ: CLCT), announces the unveiling of a completely new version of its popular web site, www.pcgs.com. With 3 million page views each month, PCGS.com is one of the most-visited web sites in the entire numismatic field. The new site represents [...] Related posts:PCGS Launches All-New CoinFacts SitePCGS Set Registry Launches “Everyman” Coin Collections...  

It's a tradition the Salvation Army has come to rely on. An anonymous donor has dropped a gold Krugerrand into a bell ringer's kettle in Fort Collins every Christmas season for the past 11 years. On Wednesday the coin appeared in a kettle at the King Soopers on John F. Kennedy Parkway.  

Michael Zielinski is an internet entrepreneur and coin collector. Learn more about the 2010 Lincoln Pennies including previously considered design candidates. Find information on all of the 2010 Presidential Dollar coin releases.... more  

The following is from the PCGS website about Updates to the PCGS Guarantee. This is the first time we know of where one of the major grading services has been so forthcoming as to buybacks under their guarantee, and In Our Optinion, PCGS should be commended for its transparency and openness. For 24 years we’ve stood [...] Related posts:PCGS at World Money Fair in BerlinNew Website Targets Rare Coin and Paper Money InvestigationsPCGS Currency...