More Buffaloes on the Way
Numismatic News
On Monday, November 3, 2008, the United States Mint will resume taking orders for 2008-dated American Buffalo One Ounce Gold Bullion Coins. Final inventory for these bullion coins is based on current in-house blank supplies and supplies are limited. The United States Mint will allocate these remaining coins among the Authorized Purchasers (AP’s). The United States Mint will use a slight modification of its standard allocation process, which is as follows:
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Uncirculated Mint set packaging varies through time
By Cindy Brake - COIN WORLD
The term “Uncirculated Mint set” is a bit of a misnomer because the coins in the special packages were originally intended for circulation albeit they never entered circulation. In 1948 the United States Mint began offering the annual Uncirculated Mint sets. The first sets include coins dated 1947. Later in 1948, 1948 sets were offered. “In [1948], for the first time in its entire history, the U.S. Treasury began selling complete sets of Uncirculated coins to the general public.
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Presidential $1 Coin Honoring “The Red Fox of Kinderhook” Available November 13
US Mint
Presidential $1 Coins struck in honor of Martin Van Buren will go on sale November 13, 2008, at noon Eastern Time. Dubbed “The Red Fox of Kinderhook” for his red hair, political acumen and birthplace in New York, Martin Van Buren is the eighth President honored in the multi-year program. Produced at the United States Mint facilities in Denver and Philadelphia, the Presidential $1 Coins are intended for use in routine financial transactions.
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Medal honours sacrifices
Canadian Coin News
Since October 7, 2001, when then-Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced that Canada would be part of the mission in Afghanistan, 98 Canadian Forces soldiers have lost their lives. From the first casualties on April 18, 2002, when Nathan Smith, Marc Leger, Richard Green and Ainsworth Dyer were killed by American friendly fire until today, Canadian soldiers have risked their lives and their health in an effort to stabilize the ravaged nation.
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Woman Uses Rare Coins For Purchase
PCGS
Lancaster state police in Pennsylvania are looking for a woman who used rare and unusual coins to pay for cigarettes at a Turkey Hill market, WGAL reported. The woman used a 1964 silver half-dollar, a silver dime, four mercury dimes, three Indian head nickels, three other rare nickels, a wheat penny and three silver foreign coins, troopers said.
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Gold fails to shine despite global economic crisis
Associated Press
For years, investors known as gold bugs snapped up the metal and socked it away, betting that a colossal economic crisis would one day slam financial markets and send gold prices through the roof. For many investors, that grim scenario is in full swing, except for one thing: After briefly hitting $1,000 an ounce for the first time in March, gold has fallen into a rut and shows no sign of budging anytime soon.
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Mint marks 100 years with new speed
The Sun
There was no nickel and diming yesterday as the Royal Canadian Mint marked the end of its centennial year in style. The Crown corporation has been making coins for the last 100 years. And since 1976, the Winnipeg plant at 520 Lagimodiere Blvd. has minted and distributed every last one of them. To mark this achievement, the mint cut the ribbon yesterday on a brand new high-speed blanking press. It replaces 30-year-old equipment and doubles the speed of coin production.
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