Information & News About United States Coins
Today’s Deal is one that I’ve posted before but it is still a great deal that remains available to readers. It is on the Guardhouse flips for your coin storage. You can pick up a 100 pack of the flips, with inserts, for $12.64 on Amazon right now. That is the lowest price I’ve seen on these flips and it includes free shipping for Prime customers. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Amber and they ask a simple question: Are Proof Sets worth the effort to collect? It is a valid question that I suspect more than one numismatist has asked themselves from time-to-time. But the answer to this simple question is a bit more complicated. Hi, I just started collecting coins and I have been looking at proof sets on amazon and ebay. Are they worth collecting? I think they …
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has certified the first Olympic gold medal for basketball ever awarded. This ultimate symbol of the sport’s rise to a global phenomenon was presented to US team captain William “Bill” Wheatley by James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. With Germany as the host country and the world on the eve of war, tensions were high during the 1936 Summer Olympic Games. The event — one of …
Today’s Deal is a great gift for the coin collector in your life – or yourself! Over at Amazon, you can pick up a fun coin collecting T-Shirt for $15.99. The shirt comes in a variety of colors and the solid color options are made of 100% cotton. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. Today’s Deal articles contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate a small commission to the site. …
The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the 7-day period ending May 17, 2020. The report shows that the 2020 Silver and 2020 Proof Sets remain the top sellers for the Mint, continuing their sales dominance over the past six week. The top seller this week was the 2020 Silver Proof Set. 7,876 of the sets, which includes the 2020-W Jefferson Nickel in Reverse Proof, were sold during the week, brining …
Today’s Deal is on an excellent set of proof Native American Dollar coins. The 8-coin set has the Proof coin from 2000 through to 2007, the first 8 years the Sacagawea Dollar was produced, for $34.99. That breaks down to $4.37 per coin, far below the average book price of $15. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate a small commission …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Art and it is a timely question given the current situation the world faces with the COVID-19 pandemic. It has to do with coin shows and if I think they will ever return. Art writes… Clinton, With all of the coin shows that have been cancelled this year, do you think there will ever be coin shows again? I hope so as I love going to them but I’m …
Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to complete, in one swoop, your 50 States Quarter set. The 50 States Quarter series ran from 1999 through 2009 and had a Quarter representing each state and six U.S. Territories. This set is all uncirculated examples from both the Denver and Philadelphia Mints, 112 coins in all. SmyrnaCoin through their Amazon storefront is selling this massive set for $89.99. That is nearly half the price of the average price …
In addition to the Weir Farm America the Beautiful Quarter products that go on sale later today, the United States Mint is also opening up sales of its latest Coin Rolls storage box. The new Coin Roll Collector Box will go on sale starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific today. It replaces the Quarter Roll Collector’s box as well as the Dollar Coin Rolls Collector’s box. The new coin roll box is priced at …
The first set of products after the United States Mint’s brief shutdown due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is set to go on sale today. The America the Beautiful Quarter series for Weir Farm National Historic Site. Rolls, Bags, and the five-ounce coin all go on sale today at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. This is the 52nd coin in the America the Beautiful series and the second in the series released in 2020. Weir Farm National Historic …