by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
Every year about this time collectors of American silver eagle coins have their own holiday ritual, namely, pre-ordering the next year’s issue.
Bullion dealers are currently taking pre-orders for delivery during... read more »
December 21, 2011 10:24 AM / 3 comments
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
On December 13 Vice President Biden and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the presidential dollar coin program will be suspended immediately, which they claim will result in a savings of $50 million... read more »
December 14, 2011 8:56 AM / 1 comment
by Louis Golino for CoinWeek
Collectors who ordered 25th anniversary silver eagle sets from the Mint on October 27 are eagerly awaiting shipment of their sets.
A waiting list for the sets was posted about 4 ½ hours after the start of sales... read more »
November 8, 2011 2:29 AM / 59 comments
By Louis Golino for CoinWeek
It’s been an interesting year for collectors of the five-ounce silver America the Beautiful (ATB) coin series.
The bullion versions, which were hard to obtain when the 2010 coins were released, are now readily... read more »
November 3, 2011 7:04 AM / 5 comments
by Louis Golino for Coin Week
The widely and eagerly anticipated 25th anniversary American silver eagle sets sold out on October 27 in 4 ½ hours, but large numbers of collectors were unable to place orders because of problems with the Mint’s... read more »
October 28, 2011 6:28 AM / 64 comments
by Louis Golino for Coin Week
On August 30 the U.S. Mint’s online list of upcoming products was updated to include the first 2011 collector version in the five-ounce silver America the Beautiful (ATB) coin series. The coin, which will be released... read more »
August 31, 2011 10:55 PM / 4 comments
Rosie Rios, United States Treasurer
Treasurer Rios introduces herself to ANA convention goers and answers questions from the crowd. She talks about the future of the dollar coin and dollar bill, whether a new Mint Director has been chosen, status... read more »
August 24, 2011 6:38 PM / no comments
by Louis Golino for Coin Week
For several years collectors of American silver eagles have speculated about whether the U.S. Mint would issue a limited edition set of American silver eagles to mark the coin’s 25th anniversary in 2011. The... read more »
August 20, 2011 8:56 AM / no comments
by Louis Golino for Coin Week
Within hours of the publication on August 11 of my column on exploding gold prices (http://www.coinweek.com/bullion-report/the-coin-analyst-the-explosion-in-gold-prices-and-the-gold-coin-market/), the U.S. Mint... read more »
August 15, 2011 10:09 PM / no comments
News and Analysis on scarce coins, markets, and the coin collecting community #62
A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds
On July 7th, at the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, a trial began regarding the fate of ten 1933 Double Eagles ($20 gold... read more »
July 20, 2011 8:31 AM / 6 comments