Archive – USA
American Eagles made of Palladium
In the near future investors can choose between four different American bullion coins made of Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium... [ more ]
America the Beautiful
United States Mint Releases Designs for 2011. The America the Beautiful Quarters® Program will feature five new coins... [ more ]
Director of United States Mint Resigns
Edmund Moy will depart for position in private sector. He will join L&L Energy... [ more ]
The Freedom to strike Gold
A U.S. court sentenced Bernard von NotHaus, private producer of the Liberty Dollar, to 15 years in prison and a fine of 250.000 $. Furthermore the company’s stock of gold valued at 7 million $ was confiscated... [ more ]
Ronald Reagan on coins
For years now, an off-stage fight is going on whether or not the portrait of Ronald Reagan ought to be seen on coins... [ more ]
The Great Comet of 1811 and “A man of many battles”
Tenth annual coin issues of the Sovereign Nation of the Shawnee Tribe commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Great Comet of 1811 and Chief Kish-kallo-wa... [ more ]
Utah authorizes gold as currency
The Associated Press reports that Utah has authorized gold and silver as currency of the Utah territory... [ more ]
ANS commissions medal in honor of Eric P. Newman’s 100th birthday
To celebrate the 100th birthday of its Trustee Emeritus and benefactor, the American Numismatic Society is presenting Eric Pfeiffer Newman a portrait plaque, which was commissioned to commemorate this event... [ more ]
Numismatic events at Chicago in 2012
Krause Publications has announced 2012 dates for its Chicago numismatic events, the Chicago International Coin Fair and Chicago Paper Money Expo... [ more ]
9/11 Memorial Medal – Over 50,000 Sold in First Week
The official proof silver medal of the US Mint commemorating the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, arouse extreme interest with US buyers... [ more ]
Concurrent Technologies Corporation Researchs Alternative Materials for U.S. Circulation Coins
Concurrent Technologies Corporation has been awarded a competitively bid contract by the United States Mint to conduct research and development for more economical alternative metallic materials for the production of all circulating coins... [ more ]
Martin Luther Art-Medals Commemorating 500 Years Protestant Reformation
Establishing a partnership with German medallist Victor Huster the International Association of Reformation Coins and Medals (IARCM) strikes the first in a series of art-medals commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation... [ more ]
Year of the Rabbit Silver Bars Issued
PandaAmerica issues a new silver bar in the Lunar Zodiac series. The 2011 bar commemorates the Year of the Rabbit and will be available as 1, 10 and 100 oz. bullions... [ more ]
ANS Unveils New Medal Honoring Eric P. Newman
The American Numismatic Society announces the limited edition medal honoring ANS Trustee Emeritus, Eric P. Newman. The medal will be minted in both bronze and silver and will be available by subscription only until January 13, 2012... [ more ]
US coins to alter material: steel instead of copper, zinc and nickel
Two bills are presented to US Congress proposing alternative coinage materials because production costs of zinc, copper and nickel based coins exceed the coins’ face value. Steel seems to be the new choice... [ more ]
Medal commemorates Nobel Prize in Medicine winner Gertrude Elion
The Jewish-American Hall of Fame issues a medal in honor of Nobel Prize in Medicine winner Gertrude Elion. Elion was only the fifth female Nobel laureate in Medicine, the ninth in science in general... [ more ]
Medal honours pioneer American aviator Arthur Welsh
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington is issuing art medals commemorating pioneer American Jewish aviator Arthur Welsh (1881-1912) almost exactly a century after Welsh’s tragic death while testing a military plane at the College Park airfield. [ more ]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries re-open New York retail space
Stack’s Bowers Galleries re-opens the legendary retail outlet in New York City on August 23, 2012. On that occasion a new GOLD to go™ ATM machine will be presented and two silver Bison coins officially launched. [ more ]
Police officer stole Presidential coins from Philadelphia Mint
A North Wildwood, N.J., man who worked as a police officer at the U.S. Mint was sentenced on September 13, 2012 to 36 months in prison for stealing $2.4 million worth of error coins from the U.S. Mint and selling them to a coin distributor in California. [ more ]
US Mint Coin Study Illustrates Need for Planning
The United States has considered eliminating its 1-cent coin for years. There are politics involved, but putting politics aside a recent study illustrates just how important diligence is when any change to coinage is being considered. Richard Giedroyc explains the background. [ more ]
How a bullion coin was nearly to solve the US debt crisis – again
For months US and international media were fascinated by the idea of solving the US debt crisis by simply minting one single coin, a platinum bullion coin with a face value of $1 trillion. But how could that have worked? And why did they abolish this idea? Read it here. [ more ]
The trillion dollar coin to come – as private essay for $9.95
The one trillion dollar bullion coin has not come to solve the US debt crisis... Nevertheless, now there has been struck a private essay. For $9.95 everyone can buy a piece of American business sense. [ more ]
Free Uncirculated 1943 Steel US-Cents With Whitman WWII Books
Whitman Publishing is giving away Uncirculated 1943 steel cents to readers who order sets of its new “U.S. Army in World War II: European Theater of Operations” books. [ more ]