Proof Silver Eagle Returns at Lower $54.95 Price

Coin collectors can again purchase the 2012 Proof Silver Eagle from West Point, and at a lower price.

Sales were halted nearly two weeks ago for re-pricing when silver prices plunged below $27 an ounce. This morning, July 25, the United States Mint lifted the coin’s temporary suspension. It was re-introduced at a price of $54.95, or $5 less than when it debuted in mid-April at $59.95. Read More…

2012 Silver Proof Set Improves, Eagle Coin Sales Fall

This year’s Silver Proof Set, Quarters Silver Proof Set, and the Star-Spangled Banner Bicentennial Silver Dollar Set were collector’s favorites last week, according to the latest tally of U.S. Mint weekly sales. The 2012-W Proof Silver Eagle would normally be among the top sellers, but it remained "temporarily unavailable for product repricing."

In the number one spot was the 2012 Silver Proof Set, by a lot. The United States Mint received 5,696 orders for it, while the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set sat in second place with 763 orders. Read More…

2012 $20 Canadian Coast Guard 50th Anniversary Silver Coin

The Royal Canadian Mint recently unveiled a $20 silver coin to honor the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Coast Guard. The event took place at the Government Wharf in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada on July 13, 2012.

Designed on the 99.99% fine silver coin’s reverse is a depiction of the flagship icebreaker CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent at work in the Canadian Arctic. Read More…

2011 $10 Maple Leaf Forever Silver Coin Sales to End

Sales of 2011 $10 Maple Leaf Forever Silver Coin will end Friday, July 20, 2012, the Royal Canadian Mint warns.

Last year’s coin introduced what turned into at least a two-year series as the Royal Canadian Mint in April 2012 began selling 2012 Maple Leaf Forever Silver Coins. Read More…

2012-S American Silver Eagle Anchors Coin & Currency Set

In celebration of the United States Mint’s 220th and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s 150th anniversaries, a bundle featuring a silver coin and a banknote will be called, "Making American History Coin & Currency Set."

It is scheduled to launch on August 7, 2012 for $72.95. Read More…

Numismatic Chaco Culture 5 Ounce Silver Coin Opening Sales

The top silver numismatic product seller in the U.S. Mint weekly sales report was the 2012-P Chaco Culture National Historical Park 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin, released on July 9.

By July 16, the U.S. Mint had sold 6,365 Chaco Culture Silver Coins, but its start was a tad slower than the previous issue. When the collector El Yunque silver coin debuted, 6,514 were purchased in the first six days. Read More…

Senate Approves National Baseball HOF Commemorative Coins

It took nearly a year for Congress to agree upon a set of National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins that could launch in 2014.

July 14, 2011 was when Republican Representative Richard L. Hanna of New York introduced the legislation, H.R. 2527, known as the National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act. Read More…

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