Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the 7-day period ending June 28, 2020. The report, while showing overall sales were weak, indicates that Mint annual products remain in-demand items by collectors. The top selling item was the 2020 Proof Set. An impressive 7,342 of the sets were sold in the past week, pushing the total sales of the set to 296,106. It was by far the highest selling product for …
For those readers in Alaska, the 2020 Native American Dollar should be readily available from your local financial institution. The 2020 coin features Elizabeth Peratrovich, a member of the Tlingit nation and a speech given to the Alaskan Senate is considered by many to be the deciding factor in the pass of the 1945 Anti-Discrimination Law in the then Alaskan territory. 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of that testimony and was the reason she is …
The United States Mint has opened up sales of the 3-coin Uncirculated set of Weir Farm National Historic Site America the Beautiful Quarters. The placard has an Uncirculated specimen from the Denver, Philadelphia, and San Francisco Mints with the Mint’s Certificate of Authenticity on the back of the card. It is priced at $11.50 and available directly from the Mint. The Weir Farm set is the second such set sold by the Mint this year, …
The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report. The report covers sales for the 7-day period ending June 21, 2020. As has been the case for much of 2020, the Annual Sets produced by the Mint continue to be popular items while the recently released Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins continue to sell well after a few weeks of availability. The top two selling items this week were the 2020 Proof Set …
The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) and the American Numismatic Association (ANA). It announced a special grading event for collectors who submit coins for grading. The event runs July 27 through August 7th and a wide range of services will automatically be discounted by 20%. This special event comes after the ANA announced the suspension of the 2020 World’s Fair of Money that had been slated for August in Pittsburg. …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the candidate designs for the upcoming Secretary of the Treasury Medal honoring the 77th Secretary, Steven Mnuchin. The medal, set for release next year, will be a 3-inch bronze medal and continues one of the newer medal series offered by the United States Mint. The Secretary of the Treasury Medal series began in 2017, honoring the 74th Secretary, Henry Paulson. All of the medals honoring the previous …
The design candidates for the upcoming Congressional Gold Medal honoring Larry Doby have been released by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, or CCAC. The design is expected to be finalized this year with the medal being released in 2021. Larry Doby was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball who was the second black player to break baseball’s color barrier and the first black player in the American League. …
The design candidates for the Presidential Medal for President Donald Trump have been released to the public by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. The medal series commemorates each United States President – and each term they serve – with two bronze medals: 1-5/16th inch medal and a larger 3-inch medal. The United States Mint honors our Nation’s past Presidents with Presidential Medals. A detailed likeness of America’s Commanders-in-Chief appears on the keepsakes’ obverse, while the …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the candidate designs for the Obverse and Reverse for the upcoming Christa McAuliffe commemorative coin series. The law authorizing the series was signed in October 2019. The legislation calls for the United States Mint to produce 350,000 silver Dollar coins that would feature McAuliffe on the Obverse and a Reverse that would “portray her legacy as a teacher”. McAuliffe, the first teacher for the Teacher in Space Program from …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released candidate images for the 2021 Armed Forces Silver Medal honoring the United States Marine Corps. Founded in 1775, The United States Marines are responsible for expeditionary and amphibious operations with the United States Navy. Since 1834, the Marine Corps has been a component of the Navy. The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by Captain Samuel Nicholas by a resolution of …