American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars History
January 21, 2011 by Darrin Lee Unser · 1 Comment
The 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars are officially no longer available from the United States Mint. They went off-sale on December 13, 2010, at 5PM ET to allow the US Mint a window of two weeks in order to fulfill any outstanding orders before the end of last year, which the Mint is required […]
America the Beautiful Silver Coin Diameters Could Change, but Will Not
January 17, 2011 by Darrin Lee Unser · 1 Comment
The United States Mint will not be changing the diameter of the America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins® from their current specification of three inches. This is despite new authority granted to the US Mint via the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act (Public Law 111-302) signed into law just last month on December 14, 2010. Under […]
2011 Gilded Koala Silver Coin Available
January 13, 2011 by Darrin Lee Unser · Leave a Comment
The 2011 Australian Gilded Koala Silver Coin is now available from the Perth Mint of Australia, continuing a series of strikes with a unique twist on the highly sought after silver coins. To accomplish the eye-catching design element, the Perth Mint uses state-of-the-art technology to apply a precision 24-karat gilding to the koalas shown on […]
Prices of America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins
January 10, 2011 by Darrin Lee Unser · 2 Comments
Limited mintages and extremely limited availability has helped drive prices of the 2010 America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins through the roof. It has been barely a month since the US Mint Authorized Purchasers were allowed to place their initial orders for the three-inch, five ounce .999 fine silver coins. These first orders were taken […]
2011 Australian Koala Silver Coins Available
January 5, 2011 by Darrin Lee Unser · Leave a Comment
The 2011 Australian Koala Silver Coins are now readily available from the Perth Mint. The popular series of strikes mark their fifth year since first introduced to the coin buying public. This silver coins series consists of four different sizes of 99.9 fine silver strikes including 1/2 ounce, 1 ounce, 10 ounce as well as […]
2011 America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Coin Designs
December 30, 2010 by Darrin Lee Unser · 4 Comments
Since the 2010 America the Beautiful 5 ounce Silver Bullion Coins are now officially in the distribution channels for sale to the public, now is a good time to start thinking about the 5 ounce 2011-dated strikes of the series which include the investment-grade 2011 America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins and the numismatic or […]
Authorized Purchasers Order All 2010 America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins
December 28, 2010 by Darrin Lee Unser · 1 Comment
Authorized Purchasers have taken all 165,000 of the 2010 America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins, the United States Mint reported Monday. 9 out of the 11 United States Mint AP’s placed their orders for the new 3-inch, 5-ounce silver strikes. The final batch of 23,000 America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins™ which had not been […]