February 2021 - USCoinNews

NCIC Asks for Help Locating A FedEx Package with Coronet Gold Coins

February 26, 2021 by Clinton

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The Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing FedEx package that contains multiple gold coins. The package was shipped via FedEx from Texas and was on its way to Florida. It’s last known location, according to the shipping company, was the Memphis, TN hub. The package contained multiple Coronet type gold coins as well as five one ounce gold American Eagles. Here is the rundown of the …

2021 Proof Set Sales Begin Friday, March 5

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 by Clinton

2021 Proof Set (Image Courtesty of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2021 Proof Set starting next week. The 7-coin set will go on sale Friday, March 5th at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The set will be available exclusively on the Mint’s website and is priced at $32.00 for 2021. The 2021 Proof Set will feature all of the circulating coins from the United States Mint including the Tuskegee Airmen America the Beautiful Quarter as well as …

Today’s Deal – 2017 Native American 2-Coin Set

February 25, 2021 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is on a brilliant uncirculated 2-coin set of 2017 Native American Dollars. The two coins, one from the Denver Mint and one from the Philadelphia Mint, are available from SmyrnaCoin on their Amazon storefront for $11.99. 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 to the site. Those commissions are used to help pay for the upkeep and hosting …

ANS Announces 3-Day Conference on the Coinage of the Roman Provinces

February 25, 2021 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the American Numismatic Society announcing a 3-day conference on the Coinage of Roman Provinces before Provincial Coinage. The event is being co-sponsored by the ANS as well as the Department of History of City University of New York (CUNY). The American Numismatic Society announces a three-day conference, co-sponsored by the ANS and the Department of History of CUNY, on the Coinage of the Roman Provinces before Provincial Coinage, …

Today’s Deal – 1990s Kennedy Half Proof Set

February 24, 2021 by Clinton

1990-S Through 1999-S Proof Kennedy Half Dollar

Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to fill in those Kennedy Half Dollar Proofs from the 1990s to your collection. Hall of Fame Sport Memorabilia has a great deal going on their Amazon store front. You can pick up a 10-coin set of Kennedy Half Dollars Proof Set for $49.99. 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 to the …

Bruce Morelan Buys Finest 1913 Liberty Nickel

February 24, 2021 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release announcing that legendary numismatist Bruce Moreland and Legend Numismatics have completed the purchase of a set of Liberty Nickel coins, including the 1913 Liberty Nickel. The PR-66 graded coin from PCGS is the finest example of the the 1913 coin. Bruce Morelan and Legend Numismatics recently completed an historic $6 million transaction to reclaim an exquisite collection of Liberty Nickels, including the 1913 Liberty Nickel graded PR66 by Professional …

Today’s Deal – Guardhouse Coin Roll Boxes

February 23, 2021 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to stock up on coin roll boxes for your coin roll collections. Over at Amazon, Guardhouse has storage boxes for Cents, Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Half Dollars start at $10.27. Each box is color coded for the type of coin you are storing and can hold paper wrapped rolls as well as rolls in plastic storage tubes. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains …

United States Mint Sales Report – February 21, 2021

February 23, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report of numismatic products for the week ending February 21, 2021. Much like last week, this week’s report is heavily tilted toward new products that the Mint has released in the past week and other products that have been released this year. Overall for the week, the Mint saw 77,860 products sold of its available product set. Unsurprisingly, the 2021 America the Beautiful Tuskegee Airmen 3-Coin …

United States Air Force Silver Medal Sales Start Today [Updated]

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 by Clinton

United States Air Force Silver Medal Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

Update: Shortly after this article was posted, the Mint reached out via Twitter to indicate sales will not happen today. They do not have a release date for the United States Air Force medal at this time. The Mint did not indicate a reason as to why sales were postponed. The United States Air Force silver medal, honoring the second youngest branch of the United State military, will go on sale today. Sales will begin at Noon …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – February 22, 2021

February 22, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullions sales report through the beginning of February 22, 2021. The Mint in the past week sold another 71,500 bullion coins, pushing the total sales to just shy of 8 million for the year. As previously reported, this far outpaces the already outstanding year of 2020 for the Mint with sales likely not to diminish any time soon. For the American Eagle silver bullion coin, 680,000 of …