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Twelve Apostles Join Australian Beauty, Rich and Rare Coin Series

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By Royal Australian Mint …… Of Australia’s many natural attractions – Uluru, the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park – the Twelve Apostles near Victoria stand out for their majestic and rugged grandeur. These towering limestone stacks of the Twelve Apostles, formed by millennia of waves crashing onto the shoreline, are featured on the Royal […]

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2020 Basketball Coin Labels From PCGS, Exclusive Partner With Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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As the world of professional sports begins emerging from hibernation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is laying up a one-of-a-kind opportunity for collectors to score special labels and other exclusive offers on PCGS-graded 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame coins. These dome-shaped commemorative coins are finally hitting the courts […]

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The 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program – A Primer

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  By Bullion Shark LLC …… Mark your calendars for June 4! That’s when the United States Mint will launch the highly anticipated 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coin program. For only the third time in U.S. Mint history, a dome-shaped coin — in this case to resemble the shape of a basketball — […]

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United States Mint to Open Sales for 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins June 4

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Products in the United States Mint 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program will go on sale June 4 at noon Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Available options and pricing are below. Pricing for the $5 gold coins is based on the Mint’s “Pricing of Numismatic Gold, Commemorative Gold, and Platinum Products” table at catalog.usmint.gov/coins/gold-coins. […]

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Royal Australian Mint Launches Lunar Year of the Rat Coin Collection, Competition

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By Royal Australian Mint …… To mark the first sign of the Chinese lunar zodiac, the Royal Australian Mint has released a Year of the Rat coin collection and launched a competition to win a limited edition gold proof domed coin. The Royal Australian Mint’s responsible Minister, the Honorable Michael Sukkar, the Minister for Housing […]

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Ultra High Relief 11oz Silver Domed Coin Celebrates Apollo 11 Moon Landing

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Special Permission Granted by NASA for use of the ‘Meatball’ logo and Apollo 11 Crew Patch Unique Ultra High Relief and Domed coin replicates the surface of the Moon Craters rise from the surface of the moon surrounding the iconic footprint Now available in Fine Silver weighing 11oz to commemorate the Apollo 11 Mission Anyone […]

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Royal Australian Mint Celebrates Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary

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By Royal Australian Mint …… The Royal Australian Mint is launching new limited edition domed coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing with those who worked on the historic transmission of Apollo 11 in Australia. Three new coins were released including the world’s first dome-shaped colored nickel plated coin, a domed […]

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Domed Coin From Pobjoy Mint Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

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Anyone on planet Earth at the time will remember exactly where they were and what they were doing on July 20, 1969 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the lunar surface uttering the words “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. Pobjoy Mint […]

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United States Mint Hosts Public Design Competition for Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins

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The United States Mint invites artists from across the country to participate in the Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Design Competition. We have begun accepting applications today (March 19, 2019) as of 12:00 p.m. (ET). The application window will close at 12:00 p.m. (ET) on April 15, 2019. Public Law 115-343 authorizes the Secretary […]

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Royal Australian Mint Maps the World on Exclusive New Domed Coin

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By Royal Australian Mint ……   The excitement of the era of discovery is captured in a new fine silver proof domed coin released today by the Royal Australian Mint. The exclusive 2019 $5 Fine Silver Proof Domed Coin features the delicate artistry of a richly-decorated 1812 map and traces the three voyages by Captain […]

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U.S. Mint News: 2019 Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Design Contest Opens May 1

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By CoinWeek News Staff …. Starting Monday, May 1, the United States Mint will begin accepting entries to its design contest for the 2019 Apollo 11 50th anniversary commemorative coin program. Signed into law on December 16, 2016 by President Barack Obama, the act authorizes the Mint to mint a $5 gold Uncirculated coin, a […]

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World Coins – Royal Canadian Mint Announces 4th Numismatic Catalog of 2017

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The Royal Canadian Mint continues to celebrate distinctly Canadian stories by launching another diverse selection of collector coins in its fourth numismatic catalogue of 2017. These coins are currently available for purchase. The Mint’s latest offering includes a new series of fine silver coins dedicated to Canada’s highest honors, starting with a tribute to the […]

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Domed Commemorative Naismith Basketball Coin Bill Reintroduced to Congress

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By CoinWeek News Staff …. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act (H.R. 1235), commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Basketball Hall of Fame, was reintroduced to the United States House of Representatives by Richard Neal (D-MA1) on February 27, 2017. Mr. Neal had introduced a previous version of the act (H.R. […]

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Australia’s First Gold Domed Coin by Royal Australian Mint

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By Royal Australian Mint ……   A true representation of innovative craftsmanship, the latest release by the Royal Australian Mint sees the mystique of the southern hemisphere’s cosmic wonders captured in one ounce of gold and struck in the highly-acclaimed domed shape seen in previous sell-out products. At the forefront of creative design, this unique […]

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Celestial Cygnus: Final Northern Sky Coin Sells Out Instantly

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On December 5, the Royal Australian Mint released the eagerly anticipated third and final coin of its extremely popular Northern Sky series of domed and colored coins depicting star constellations. That same day the mint marked the coin “temporarily unavailable,” and then the following day, declared it “sold out

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Modern Coin News – Are You Ready for Some Football… Coins?

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By CoinWeek Staff Reports ….. Earlier this week, ModernCoinMart announced the launch of a new two-coin commemorative program honoring the sport of American football. One, a silver 1-ounce coin with a legal tender face value of $25. The other, a gold 1-ounce coin with a legal tender face value of $200. The coins, struck by […]

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World Coin News – Royal Canadian Mint Celebrates Historic Space Flight

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Canada’s first woman astronaut is honored on a silver collector coin with a curved shape and glow-in-the-dark effect On January 22, 1992, Dr. Roberta Bondar made history when she became Canada’s first woman astronaut and the world’s first neurologist in space, when she flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery as a crew member of Mission STS-42. […]

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The Coin Analyst – Domed Basketball Coins More Likely Miss than Hit if Issued in 2019

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By Louis Golino for CoinWeek …. As reported recently in CoinWeek, a bill (H.R. 4592) was introduced in the House of Representatives on February 23 that proposes issuing a set of three coins (half dollar, silver dollar, and $5 gold coin) in 2019 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of […]

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The Coin Analyst – Domed Basketball Coins More Likely Miss than Hit if Issued in 2019

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By Louis Golino for CoinWeek ….   As reported recently in CoinWeek, a bill (H.R. 4592) was introduced in the House of Representatives on February 23 that proposes issuing a set of three coins (half dollar, silver dollar, and $5 gold coin) in 2019 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall […]

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Domed Shape for 2019 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins Proposed

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Design competition will be open to the general public By CoinWeek News Staff …. A bill authorizing the production of dome-shaped coins commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Basketball Hall of Fame (H.R. 4592) was introduced to Congress on February 23, 2016 by Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal (D-MA1). It now sits with the House Financial […]

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Domed Shape for 2019 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins Proposed

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Design competition will be open to the general public By CoinWeek News Staff …. A bill authorizing the production of dome-shaped coins commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Basketball Hall of Fame (H.R. 4592) was introduced to Congress on February 23, 2016 by Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal (D-MA1). It now sits with the House Financial […]

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Domed Shape for 2019 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins Proposed

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Design competition will be open to the general public By CoinWeek News Staff …. A bill authorizing the production of dome-shaped coins commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Basketball Hall of Fame (H.R. 4592) was introduced to Congress on February 23, 2016 by Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal (D-MA1). It now sits with the House Financial […]

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RCM Honors Library of Parliament 140th Anniversary with 1st Concave Coin

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The Royal Canadian Mint is celebrating the 140th anniversary of the Library of Parliament with its first-ever concave coin, whose ultra-high relief shows off the amazing detail of the Library’s architecture, as seen from the inside of its domed ceiling. This coin was unveiled on January 28 before Senators, MPs and special guests assembled at […]

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Make Your Own Royal Australian Mint Counter-Stamped Coin at Netball World Cup SYDNEY 2015

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By the Royal Australian Mint…. Netball fans and general public alike will be able to get more than just a netball experience during the Netball World Cup SYDNEY 2015 this year as the Royal Australian Mint sets up shop onsite with a special minting machine to create the perfect official game souvenir. In an Australian […]

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The Coin Analyst: Modern World Coin Highlights of 2014

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By Louis Golino for CoinWeek…. So many countries are issuing so many numismatic coins today that collectors in this field need to be more selective than ever about what they buy and collect.  Just compare the number of pages in the 2015 edition of Krause Publications’ Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001- present with the […]

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Bert: Why Did Byzantine Coins Become Cup-Shaped?

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By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ……. Ancient Coin Series …… On March 27, 2014 the US Mint released its first curved coins: five-dollar gold, one-dollar silver and 50-cent copper-nickel clad proof commemoratives celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Baseball Hall of Fame.  The reverse shows the stitching of a baseball (convex side), while Cassie McFarland’s […]

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Why Did Byzantine Coins Become Cup-Shaped?

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By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ……. Ancient Coin Series …… On March 27, 2014 the US Mint released its first curved coins: five-dollar gold, one-dollar silver and 50-cent copper-nickel clad proof commemoratives celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Baseball Hall of Fame.  The reverse shows the stitching of a baseball (convex side), while Cassie McFarland’s […]

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