An upcoming United States Mint and Royal Australian Mint product brings together a U.S. Apollo 11 half-dollar and an Australian Moon Landing $5 silver coin in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the July 20, 1969 first manned landing on the Moon.
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A Flinders University archaeologist in South Australia is using medieval coins as evidence the otherwise debunked story of an alleged female Roman Catholic pope might actually be true. Michael Habicht is identified as being an archaeologist associated with the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, according to the university website. Habicht is also identified
150th Anniversary of Alice in Wonderland coin celebrating the first publication of the Lewis Carroll classic, issued by the Perth Mint in 2016 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll and was first published in 1865. The book was an overwhelming literary and commercial success,
The portfolio of obverse designs for the range of 2021-2025 coins follows: Set 1 Set 01 is tied together through its use of flora and a traditional Liberty figure. 2021-01 features Liberty surrounded by floral symbols of various religions of our world. The inscription “FREEDOM OF RELIGION” is included. 2022-01 depicts Liberty with a stylized laurel in the
On Wednesday, Oct. 17, the United States Mint is likely to raise prices on eighteen gold products made for collectors. The U.S. Mint’s collection of gold coins have prices that can change weekly based on the trending value of gold as compared against its 2018 pricing matrix. The agency’s current coin prices are based on an average
In 2020, the Armed Forces Silver Medal series from the United States Mint will start celebrating branches of the military with 2-inch medals struck in 2.5 ounces of .999 fine silver. These medals mark a first for the U.S. Mint as each will honor a military branch as a whole and for the entirety of
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Weekly U.S. Mint Top Sellers Here’s a listing of the U.S. Mint’s best sellers for the week ended Oct.. 7: 2018 Proof Set (+6,801 to 372,378) 2018 Silver Proof Set (+4,381 to 242,540) 2018 Mint Set (+3,184 to 193,730) 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness Coin and Stamp Set (+2,846) 2018-S Proof Silver Eagle (+2,300 to 132,612)
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This limited-edition set goes on sale Oct. 1 for $39.95. Restricted to 25,000 sets with a household order limit of one, the product couples one 2018-S 50c Proof Breast Cancer Awareness coin from the U.S. Mint with one Breast Cancer Research Forever® stamp from the U.S. Postal Service. The proof 50-cent piece is one of six Breast
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The Kennedy half dollar, first minted in 1964, is a fifty-cent coin currently issued by the United States Mint. Intended as a memorial to the assassinated President John F. Kennedy, it was authorized by Congress just over a month after his death. Use of existing works by Mint sculptors Gilroy Roberts and Frank Gasparro allowed
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The coin market has seen a nice uptick in recent months, starting with a healthy Florida United Numismatists show in January and followed up with a robust February Long Beach Expo in California. Bad weather at the start of the March Whitman Baltimore Expo threatened to slow things down since some market-makers were forced to
