Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint will open sales of the 2021 American Buffalo one ounce gold Proof coin starting next week. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. Pricing at the time of this article has not been released by the Mint however, there is no production, mintage, or household limit. Last year, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, production was limited due to restriction in place at the …
The following is a Press Release from the National Coin & Bullion Association (formerly ICTA) announcing that Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has signed into law the tax exemption of sales and use tax for coins, currency, & bullion. The new law goes into effect on October 1, 2021. On May 3, 2021, Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law Senate Bill 336, creating an exemption from the sales and use tax for coins, currency, and …
The following is a Press Release from the American Numismatic Society (ANS) announced that it has acquired approximately 20 cubic feet of papers and annotate auction catalogs from Mark Salton through the Lottie Salton Revocable Trust. Editors Note: Clinton, the editor of USCoinNews.com, is a member of the American Numismatic Society. Thanks to the efforts of ANS life fellow Dr. Ira Rezak—and with gratitude to Katharine Conway, executor of the Estate of Lottie Salton Revocable …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, May 18, 2021 that will be held by teleconference. The meeting, which starts at 1:00 PM Eastern, will be specifically looking at design candidates for the 2023 American Innovation Dollars. According to the United States Mint’s release schedule, four American Innovation Dollars are set for release in 2023 honoring Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, and Mississippi. You can read about the American Innovation Dollar’s history …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending May 2, 2021. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. The report shows that Mint sold 19,664 numismatic products last week, the majority of which were products released this year. The top selling product for the United States Mint was the 2021 Proof Set. 8,452 sets …
The United Stats Mint will open sales for the 2020 Kennedy Half Dollar next week on May 11, 2021. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The Half Dollar will be sold in 200-coin bags from the Denver and Philadelphia Mints as well as a 2-roll set from both Mints, the same combination of products for the Half Dollar the past several years. As many readers will know, the Kennedy Half Dollar is …
The United States Mint will begins sales of the William Henry Harrison Presidential silver medal later today. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific and the medal is only available from the United States Mint. The 99.9% pure silver medal is priced at $65.00 with no production, sales, or household limits in place. For those who are enrolled in the Presidential Silver Medal Enrollment Program, you likely have already received an email from the Mint …
The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report through to today, May 3, 2021. The bullion sales report reflects bullion coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. Much like last week, this week’s sales to Authorized purchasers were very slow with just 9,500 coins sold. The top selling coin for the week was the American Eagle gold one …