Latest Coins of the United States Stories
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew today unveiled the designs of the Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony held in the Department of the Treasury's historic Cash Room. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden were present for the event, along with Congressman Gregory Meeks. The final medal, which was authorized by Public Law 112-148, will be presented in a future ceremony on Capitol Hill in recognition of...
-- Joe Morgan, Brooks Robinson, Ozzie Smith, Don Sutton and Dave Winfield to Judge Heads-Side Design -- COOPERSTOWN, N.Y., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five of the game's greatest players of the 20(th) century will help select the design of the coin destined to become a favorite of baseball fans and coin collectors for the 21(st) century and generations to come. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the United States Mint announced today the names of the...
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio, April 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Mint and the National Park Service joined state and local officials in the village of Put-In-Bay today for the launch of the latest America the Beautiful Quarters coin, which honors Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. The memorial is a tribute to Master Commandant Oliver Perry's decisive naval victory in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812 and celebrates the lasting peace among...
United States Mint Opens Baseball Coin Design Competition WASHINGTON, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Mint today announced the opening of its Baseball Coin Design Competition that will culminate in the Department of the Treasury's selection of the image for the obverse (heads side) of the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130411/DC92405) On hand for the launch announcement in the...
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Mint will join U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Representative Richard Hanna, Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios and Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson to launch the public design competition to select the heads side of the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Gold and Silver Commemorative Coins. The National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act (Act) (Public Law 112-152) establishes a...
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Join representatives from the United States Mint and the National Park Service Saturday, April 20, at the launch ceremony for the new America the Beautiful Quarters(®) Program coin honoring Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial in Ohio. The free event, which is open to the public, will take place at the Memorial in the Village of Put-In-Bay at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur will be on hand to...
United States Mint To Open Baseball Coin design competition APRIL 11 WASHINGTON, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In two short weeks, the United States Mint will open a coin design competition that will culminate in the Secretary of the Treasury's selection of the image for the obverse (heads side) of the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins. The design shall be emblematic of the game of baseball. The Baseball Coin Design Competition will be open to all...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Mint will join U.S. Forest Service officials and hundreds of local area school-aged children February 21, 2013, to launch the new quarter honoring White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. The ceremony will take place at the Hanaway Theatre at Plymouth State University's Silver Center for the Arts. Special guests include Governor Maggie Hassan and representatives from the offices of U.S. Senators Kelly...
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading rare coin auctioneer Stack's Bowers Galleries conducted one of the most highly-anticipated events in numismatic history on January 24, 2013, with the sale of the record-setting Cardinal Collection. The highlight of the evening was the $10,016,875 sale of the coveted 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar, a superb Gem Specimen example, the finest known to exist. This set a new world-record price for any coin. Attended by hundreds of...
MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Mint, LLC President Kevin Sacher proudly announced the release of new election candidate coins to commemorate the upcoming 2012 U.S. presidential election on November 6. One coin features presidential incumbent Democrat Barack Obama, and the other, challenger Republican Mitt Romney. Available exclusively from American Mint, these high quality "Proof" coins are available in a silver-plated edition, in extremely limited...
