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United States Mint Sales Report – August 29, 2021

August 31, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending August 29, 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 the Mint sold just 2,847 products this past week. There were a high number of returns – both customer cancellations and the Mint cancelling overages on products – that contributed to the small …

New York American Innovation Dollar Bags & Rolls Sales Begin Today

August 31, 2021 by Clinton

2021 New York American Innovation Dollar Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The latest American Innovation Dollar coin is set to go on sale starting today. The New York American Innovation Dollar, honoring the Erie Canal, will be available in the form of bags and rolls directly from the United States Mint starting at Noon Eastern. The coins will be available only from the United States Mint. If you are enrolled in the American Innovation Dollar Enrollment Program, check your email as you likely have been notified …

American Numismatic Society Opens New York Offices to Visitors

August 30, 2021 by Clinton

The American Numismatic Society (ANS) has sent letters to members that its New York offices are now open to visitors. The ANS offices, located at 75 Varick Street in New York, have been closed to visitors since March of last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the offices reopened earlier this year to staff only, visitors can now make appointments to visit with restrictions in place. To schedule a visit, members must call or …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – August 29, 2021

August 30, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report to Sunday, August 29, 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. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold 812,500 products to Authorized Purchasers last week, down slight week-over-week from last week. As is normally the case each week, the silver American Eagle bullion coin …

USCoinNews Now Available on Apple News

August 27, 2021 by Clinton

In a bit of site news, I’m excited to announce that USCoinNews is now available on Apple News. You can now follow the site’s channel on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac and get all the sites updates and news in the app. Of course, the main site isn’t going anywhere. Rather, this is just another way to follow the site. Apple News has over 145 million active users each day so having the site there …

Today’s Deal – Guardhouse Coin Roll Boxes

August 26, 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 …

2021-W American Eagle One Ounce Palladium Proof Coin Sales Begin September 2nd

September 3, 2021August 26, 2021 by Clinton

2021-W American Eagle Palladium Proof Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2021-W American Eagle Palladium Proof starting next week. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on September 2, 2021. There will be just 12,000 of these premium precious medal coins produced, with a household limit of one coin and they are expected to go quickly. The Mint has not released a price for this year’s American Eagle Palladium coin. Last year the coin was sold for …

Today’s Deal – Early 2000’s Lincoln Cent Proof Set

August 25, 2021 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is an excellent opportunity to fill in those missing early 2000’s Lincoln Cent Proof coins into your collection. Right now on Amazon you can pick up a complete set of 2000-S through 2007-S Cameo Proof Cents for $21.99. That is eight Lincoln Cents in total, all in Proof state. The book value on these particular early 2000’s Proof Cents are $4 each, meaning at $2.75 each in this deal, it is a easy and inexpensive way …

Coin History – The Sacagawea & Native American Dollar

April 27, 2022August 25, 2021 by Clinton

Over the course of the last fifty years, the United States Treasury and United States Mint have tried multiple dollar coin designs to try to gain acceptance of the denomination by the public. The bad news is that all of those attempts have, to be put kindly, fallen flat. But there is a good news side of the story for us Numismatists: There are a plethora of great coin designs available over those fifty years. …

New York American Innovation Dollar Bags & Rolls Sales Begin August 31st

August 24, 2021 by Clinton

The latest American Innovation Dollar coin is set to go on sale starting next week. The New York American Innovation Dollar, honoring the Erie Canal, will be available in the form of bags and rolls directly from the United States Mint starting at Noon Eastern on August 31, 2021. The coins will be available only from the United States Mint. The New York (American Innovation Dollar) pays homage to the Erie Canal. Completed in 1825, …