Monday June 10, 2013
The United States Mint has revealed the twenty-four semi-finalist designs for the National Baseball Hall Of Fame Commemorative Coin Program Design Competition. The United States Mint held a national competition for people to create the design that will appear on the obverse of coins that will be issued under the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program. The winning design will appear on the concave obverse. These twenty-four designs will be evaluated by Baseball Hall of Fame judges Dave Winfield, Ozzie Smith, Brooks Robinson, Don Sutton, and Joe Morgan. Their preferences will then be presented to the CCAC and CFA in July for review and recommendation and the winning design will be announced in September 2013. The designs are more creative than I expected. My favorite one is "The Big Three" as illustrated in this article. You can see all of the Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative designs and select your favorite.
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Wednesday June 5, 2013
The United States Mint began selling the 2013 American Eagle West Point Two-Coin Silver Set on May 9, 2013 and over 243,000 set have been sold so far. The sets are selling for $139.95 (not including shipping and handling). There is no mintage limit or household ordering limit, but sales will close on June 6 at 5:00 pm ET. The sets contain one 2013 Reverse Proof Silver Eagle with a W mint mark and one 2013 Enhanced Uncirculated Silver Eagle with a W mint mark. Each coin is struck from 99.99% pure silver and weighs one Troy ounce.
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Tuesday May 28, 2013
The United States Mint has announced that they will be issuing a special 2013 American Buffalo gold coin in the reverse proof finish to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fraser's design. This coin features James Earle Fraser's Indian and Buffalo design that was first used on the Buffalo nickel issued in 1913. The sale date has not been established yet nor has the initial issue price. The coin will be sold separately from the traditional proof coin that has been issued since 2006. The will be struck from 99.99% pure gold, weigh one troy ounce and be struck at the West Point Mint in New York.
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Friday May 24, 2013
The Morgan Silver Dollar is one of the most beautiful and highly collected coins in the United States. With the price of silver fluctuating greatly over the last twelve months, I have updated the Morgan dollar values. Since many collectors are buying silver dollars now that the price of silver has dropped recently, I have added retail price information so you will know how much it will cost you to purchase a particular coin. If you want to learn more about the Morgan Silver Dollar, visit the pages I have listed below.
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