Antiques and Collectables – The Collectors Blog

On November 25, 2008, the US Mint released the latest coin in the ongoing First Spouse Gold Coin Series.

Dear President-Elect Obama: I know you are busy and have a lot of other issues to deal with, but as a numismatist and blogger on numismatic topics, I am concerned with who you may ask to run the US Mint.

INDICATIONS that the Government is planning to privatise the Royal Mint have provoked an angry reaction from unions.

The US Mint has responded to some collectors concerns about pricing for bullion related products.

American Eagle one-once silver and gold coins are the final remaining 2008-dated bullion products from its depleted inventory, the Mint told its authorized dealers in a memo on Monday.

Martin Van Buren's Liberty First Spouse gold coin and a bronze medal replica are now available from the United States Mint. The 1/2-ounce gold proof and uncirculated versions are priced at $549.95 and $524.95, respectively. Both have a face value of $10, are composed of 24-karat gold, and have an overall mintage limit of 40,000.

With only a dozen exceptions, all the paper items in a Florida collector's home safe were destroyed or damaged by intense heat during a house fire. The only papers that survived unscathed were 12 bank notes inside PCGS Currency holders, including two 1907 $10 Gold Certificates.