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Advance Notice! Northern Mariana Islands Official First Day Coin Cover

Northern Mariana Islands Official First Day Coin Cover will be available next Tuesday!

Northern Mariana Islands Official First Day Coin Cover Available January 12

WASHINGTON – The United States Mint will accept orders for the Northern Mariana Islands Official First Day Coin Cover beginning at noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 12, 2010.  Production is limited to 20,000 units.

Zachary Taylor $1 Coin Cover Available December 30

WASHINGTON — The United States Mint will accept orders for the Zachary Taylor $1 Coin Cover at its Web site, http://catalog.usmint.gov, starting noon Eastern Time (ET) December 30, 2009.

United States Mint Unveils 2010 First Spouse Gold Coin Designs

WASHINGTON – The United States Mint today released the four new designs that will appear on the 2010 First Spouse Gold Coins.  The coins will feature Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, James Buchanan's "Liberty" and Mary Todd Lincoln. 

United States Mint Unveils Designs for 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar Commemorative Coin

WASHINGTON – The United States Mint today unveiled designs for the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar.  The Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act (Public Law 110-363) authorizes the United States Mint to mint and issue silver one-dollar coins to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. 

Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner approved the coin's designs on September 16, 2009.  The obverse (heads side) design, by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Donna Weaver, depicts a Cub Scout in the foreground with a Boy Scout and female Venturer in the background saluting.  The Venturer represents how the Boy Scouts of America organization has evolved over the past century to serve all the youth of America, including girls.  Inscriptions on the obverse are CONTINUING THE JOURNEY, 1910, 2010, IN GOD WE TRUST and LIBERTY.

The reverse (tails side) design, sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Jim Licaretz, features the universal emblem of the Boy Scouts of America.  Inscriptions on the reverse are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, BE PREPARED, E PLURIBUS UNUM and ONE DOLLAR.

The United States Mint will mint proof and uncirculated versions of the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar in 90 percent silver.  Mintage is limited to 350,000 coins across all product options.  Surcharges collected from sales of the coin are authorized to be paid to the National Boy Scouts of America Foundation, which will make funds available to local councils in the form of grants for the extension of scouting in hard-to-serve areas.

Images of the 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollar are available at http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=photo.  Additional information about the 2010 Boy Scouts Centennial Commemorative Coin Program is available at http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/index.cfm?action=2010BoyScouts .

2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin Sales to End December 31

WASHINGTON – Sales of the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin will end on December 31 at 3 p.m. (Eastern Time).  

Advance Notice! 2009 United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin & First Spouse Medal Set™-Zachary Taylor

2009 United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin & First Spouse Medal Set™-Zachary Taylor will be available next Thursday.

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Says “Hafa Adai” (Hello) to New Commemorative Quarter-Dollar Coin

GARAPAN, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands – Citizens of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands rallied today in American Memorial Park, to welcome the new commemorative quarter-dollar struck in honor of the U.S. territory. 

The 2010 Presidential $1 Coins Are Coming

WASHINGTON – The United States Mint today unveiled the new designs for the Presidential $1 Coins that will enter into circulation next year.  The 2010 coins will honor former Presidents Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln.

Available Now! 2009 First Spouse Bronze Medal Series-Five Medal Set

This is the third year of the First Spouse Bronze Medal Series.  This set includes all five First Spouse medals from 2009.