US Silver Coins Return Following Suspensions
March 6, 2012 by Silver Coins Today Staff · 1 Comment
The United States Mint resumed sales of its suspended silver coins Tuesday, March 6, following a 12 day freeze. All of the products returned at their previous price points. The America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins are $204.95 each, and the 2011-W Uncirculated Silver Eagle is $45.95. America the Beautiful silver coins for […]
Pro Football Hall of Fame Gold, Silver and Clad Commemorative Coins Proposed
March 6, 2012 by Silver Coins Today Staff · 1 Comment
Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on February 28, 2012 is legislation proposing Pro Football Hall of Fame commemorative coins minted in denominations of $5 gold, $1 silver and 50c clad. The commemorative coins would recognize and celebrate the Pro Football Hall of Fame which opened its doors on September 7, 1963. Rep. Jim […]
Commemorative Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollars and $5 Gold Coins Available
March 5, 2012 by Darrin Lee Unser · Leave a Comment
The United States Mint today, March 5, 2012, began selling bicentennial 2012 Star-Spangled Banner commemorative products. These include uncirculated and proof Star-Spangled Banner Silver Dollars and $5 gold coins and a two-coin proof set. Congress authorized this commemorative series with the passage of the Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Act which was signed into law (Public […]
Silver Eagle Bullion Coin Sales Slow, Yet Score 4th Best February
March 4, 2012 by Darrin Lee Unser · Leave a Comment
Last month, United States Mint sales of American Silver Eagle bullion coins took a significant downturn from previous months. According to the U.S. Mint, its authorized purchasers ordered 1,490,000 in February 2012. While that number may seem notable, it is far off amounts sold in any given month over the last few years, with the […]
US Mint Sales: Silver Coins and Sets Top Sellers, Infantry Dollars Led
March 1, 2012 by Rhonda Kay · Leave a Comment
US Mint sales slowed for nearly all silver coins and sets, but data also shows that those same silver coins and sets were in most demand as one or the other appeared seven times in a list of top ten weekly sellers. 2012 Infantry Soldier Silver Dollars and the Defenders of Freedom Set still led […]
Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Images Released
February 28, 2012 by Silver Coins Today Staff · Leave a Comment
With a release date set and prices already established, the U.S. Mint is quickly rolling out the other necessities of launching the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin products on Monday, March 5, 2012. These include images of each $5 gold and silver dollar commemorative coin, product pages for both plus the companion 2012 Star-Spangled Banner […]
US Mint Suspends Eagle and ATB 5 Oz Coin Sales as Silver Prices Surge
February 24, 2012 by Rhonda Kay · 1 Comment
Sales of U.S. Mint collector products struck from 99.9 percent silver were suspended Friday as silver prices advanced closer to their melt values. No longer available to order are America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins and the American Silver Eagle Uncirculated Coin. U.S. Mint coin pricing policy closely follows precious metals prices in […]