http://firstspousegold.us/blog Tracking the First Spouse Gold Coin Program Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:02:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the First Spouse Gold Coin series prepares to enter its fourth year of release, sales seem to have established a new baseline of demand for the 2009 issues. The 2007 coins were all heavy sellers with the first three coins selling 20,000 proof and uncirculated versions each. The 2008 ... http://firstspousegold.us/blog/2009-first-spouse-gold-coin-sales/ The United States Mint has unveiled the designs to be used for the 2010 First Spouse Gold Coins. These will represent the fourteenth through seventeenth releases in the ongoing series. Included are two likely highlights for collectors- the James Buchanan's Liberty coin, which reproduces the design from the Liberty Head ... http://firstspousegold.us/blog/2010-first-spouse-gold-coin-designs/ On December 3, 2009, the United States Mint released the Margaret Taylor First Spouse Gold Coin. This was the last of five coins released during the year for the series. The obverse of the coin features a portrait of Margaret Taylor and the reverse is a scene of her bandaging a ... http://firstspousegold.us/blog/margaret-taylor-first-spouse-gold-coin-release/ With the First Spouse Gold Coin series now approaching the end of its third year of release, the mintages for coins released so far present some interesting trends. The table below presents the mintage figures for the First Spouse Gold coins release so far. The coins from Martha Washington to Andrew ... http://firstspousegold.us/blog/first-spouse-coin-mintages/ The United States Mint will offer the next release in the First Spouse Gold Coin series on September 3, 2009 at 12:00 Noon ET honoring First Lady Sarah Polk. The latest coin comes less than one month after the previous release of the Julia Tyler coin. The Sarah Polk First Spouse ... http://firstspousegold.us/blog/sarah-polk-first-spouse-gold-coins-on-sale-september-3/ For the first time in a while, one of the First Spouse Gold Coins has unexpectedly sold out at the United States Mint. For the past several coins, they have been systematically taken off sale as newer coins are released. The last coins that "sold out" were the first three ... http://firstspousegold.us/blog/andrew-jacksons-liberty-gold-proof-sold-out/ The US Mint has announced the release date for the eleventh coin in the First Spouse Gold Coin series honoring Julia Tyler. She was the second wife of President James Tyler after his first wife Letitia Tyler passed, while he was in office. The coins will be available at the US ... http://firstspousegold.us/blog/julia-tyler-first-spouse-coin-release-date/ After two delays, the Letitia Tyler First Spouse Coin finally went on sale at the US Mint on July 2, 2009 at 12:00 Noon ET. This is the tenth release of the series overall. The coins were priced at $629.00 for the proof version of the coin and $616.00 for the ... http://firstspousegold.us/blog/letitia-tyler-first-spouse-gold-coin-released/ Quite unceremoniously, the United States Mint has delayed the release of the next coin of the First Spouse Gold Coin series. The Letitia Tyler First Spouse Coin had previously been scheduled for release on June 4, 2009. The US Mint recently changed the date listed on their product schedule to ... http://firstspousegold.us/blog/letitia-tyler-first-spouse-coin-delayed/ The next coin to be released for the First Spouse Gold Coin series will be the coin honoring Letitia Tyler. She served as First Spouse during the presidency of John Tyler from the years 1841 to 1842. The US Mint has recently published the release date of the coin as ... http://firstspousegold.us/blog/letitia-tyler-first-spouse-gold-coin-preview/