Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for Numismatic products for the week ending Sunday, March 7, 2021. Overall the Mint sold 204,595 products in the past week, dominated by the 2021 Proof Set that was released during the reporting period. Take that set out of the equation and it was a lackluster sales week overall. The 2021 Proof Set sold 190,767 sets in its first few days of availability. it was …
Late last week, I took to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to lament that my 2020-S American Eagle silver coin had come back with a grade of MS-69, not 70, from NGC. As I’ve shared in the past, all of my coins that I have graded come from NGC. It isn’t that I think they are better than PCGS or ANACS, it’s just my preferred choice for my collection when it comes to grading companies. After …
The United States Mint has updated its monthly Circulating Coins Production report to include production numbers for February 2021. Overall, the Mint produced 1,163,400,000 coins for circulation across the Denver and Philadelphia facilities. This is up from the 919,520,000 coins that the Mint pressed in January 2021. The February 2021 report reflects that the Lincoln Cent was the highest produced coin for circulation in the month. The Denver and Philadelphia Mint locations produced 532,800,000 Cents …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from David and it has to do with the high resolution images of coins from the United States Mint. Specifically, they ask how they are obtained. Clinton, You post a lot of high quality pictures of coins from the mint. Where do you get them? Do you only get them because you are press? Thanks, David Any time you see an image of a United States circulating coin, American Eagle, …
The United States Mint has updated its daily Bullion Sales Report through this morning, March 8, 2021. For the previous week, the Mint sold 829,000 bullion coins to Authorized Purchasers, with the vast majority of those sales being the American Eagle silver bullion one ounce coin. Of the 829,000 coins sold, the silver American Eagle accounted for 761,000 of those sales. That pushed the total sales of the coin to 8.72 million coins for the …
Good news this morning from the Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC). Several coins that were reported stolen back in June 2020 from Greenwood Village, Colorado have been recovered. The coins were reported stolen back on June 20, 2020 and the list of coins was extensive: 1901S Quarter G6 PCGS 353343610 1913 Half dollar PR66 Cameo NGC 2141416-003 1906 Quarter PR67 (Bruce Scher) PCGS 21765178 1883-CC MS67 NGC 4427293-003 1868 Quarter PR64 PCGS 5282238 1927S $1 …
The following is a Press Release from Certified Collectibles Group, announcing the expansion of their Sarasota, Florida offices. The company, which is the parent company of the coin grading service NGC, purchased an additional 21,000 square foot facility, bringing their total footprint to 82,000 square feet. CCG is growing to meet increased demand for its best-in-class services. The Certified Collectibles Group® (CCG®) has expanded its Sarasota footprint to 82,000 square feet through the purchase of …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2021 Proof Set later today. The 7-coin set will go on sale 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 the upcoming Crossing the Delaware 2021 Washington Quarter. …
The United States Mint is set to begin sales of the 2021 American Eagle gold Proof products next week. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern on March 11, 2021 on the Mint’s website. The sales will be the final sales of the Type-1 Reverse with the coin slated to get an updated Reverse later this year. In all, the Mint will be offering five products to the public with the gold American Eagle. None of …
The following is a Press Release from Numismatic News announcing that the 2019 Apollo 11 silver Dollar proof has won two awards in the 2021 Coin of the Year awards, presented by World Coin News. The curve-shaped commemorative coin won handily in the Best Contemporary Event category, receiving twice as many votes as its nearest competitor. It also won again the in the Best Silver Coin category. “The Eagle has landed.” The now-famous phrase spoken …