Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2020-S American Eagle silver Proof bullion coin later today. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. While the Mint has no household sales limit on the coin, only 200,000 of them will be produced this year and they likely will sell quickly. This year, the coin is priced at $73. 2020 represents the last year of the current Reverse design of the silver American …
The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint announcing that the 2020 Uncirculated Coin annual set will go on sale starting November 30th. The annual set will be priced at $25.25 and will be available directly from the Mint. 213,000 sets are set to be produced this year with no household limit on the number that can be purchased when they do go on sale next month. Of particular note, the Mint …
The following is a Press Release from the American Numismatic Association, announcing that the Association’s board of Governors has approved a $5.17 Million budget for its next financial year. The ANA’s financial year 2020-2021 begins on November 1, 2020. The Governors held their meeting on September 29th virtually with the new budget reflecting a nearly 10% decrease in budget from FY 2019-2020. The vote on the budget by the Governors was unanimous. At a Sept. …
The United States Mint will open up sales of the 2020 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Sets today on the Mint’s website. The sets will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific and is priced at $10.00. The 10-coin set includes this year’s American the Beautiful Quarters, with one specimen of each of the five Quarters from the Denver and Philadelphia Mints. The 2020 set features America the Beautiful Quarters honoring the National …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2020 American Innovation Dollar Proof Set later today. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific with the set priced at $24.00. The set contains all four of the American Innovation Dollar coins that have been or will be released this year in one lens. All four of the proof coins are minted at the San Francisco Mint. The 2020 American Innovation $1 Coin Proof Set …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2020-S American Eagle silver Proof bullion coin next week. Sales will begin on October 13, 2020 starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM pacific. While the Mint has no household sales limit on the coin, only 200,000 of them will be produced this year and they likely will sell quickly. 2020 represents the last year of the current Reverse design of the silver American Eagle with it …
The United States Mint has released its circulating coinage production report for September 2020. For the month, 1.422 billion coins were produced by the Mint, down slightly from the 1.657 billion produced in August. So far for 2020, the Mint has produced over 11 billion coins, ahead of 2019’s figures by this point by some 2 billion coins. As is usually the case, the Lincoln Cent was the most produced coin for the month. 734 …
The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report today. The report dated October 4, 2020 covers sales for the previous seven days by the mint across all of its numismatic products. As has been the case throughout much of 2020, annual sets and bullion products continued to be strong sellers for the Mint. Reclaiming the top selling product spot this pas week was the 2020 Proof Set. 7,482 of these annual sets were …
The following is a Press Release from PCGS where they announce that all of their encapsulated coins, medals, tokens, and banknotes will have Near Field Communication (NFC) technology starting this month. This technology allows for quicker and more accurate verification of coins as the grading company continues its efforts to thwart counterfeiting of their holders. (Santa Ana, California – October 1, 2020) – Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has announced that it will begin embedding …
The United States Mint has released the line art for the new Reverse designs for the 2021 American Eagle gold and silver bullion coins. As previously reported, the gold and silver Eagle’s will be getting updates as the program reaches is 35th year next year. The 2021 American Eagle gold Reverse design was designed by Mint Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) designer Jennie Norris. The Reverse will be scuttled by Mint Medallic Artist Renata Gordon. The …