United States Mint Sales Report – August 22, 2021

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The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending August 22, 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 20,305, a significant decline from last week’s half-million in sales. The drop reflects the lack of a major release – although there were two last week – by the …

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NGC Special Labels and Designations Available for the 2021-W American Liberty High Relief Gold Coins

2021-W American Eagle Special Label from NGC (Image Courtesy of NGC)

The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) announcing that it will be offering special labels and designations for the 2021-W American Liberty High Relief gold coin. These are in addition to the special signature labels for the coin that were announced last week. On August 19, the US Mint will release the 2021-W American Liberty High Relief Gold Proof Coin, continuing the annual tradition of celebrating freedom with this limited mintage program. …

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United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – August 22, 2021

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The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report to Sunday, August 22, 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 885,500 products to Authorized Purchasers last week. This total is down from the 1.0365 million product sold according to last week’s report. As is normally the …

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Beth Zaiken, Designer of the 2021 American Liberty Gold Coin, Signing Labels Exclusively for NGC

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The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) announcing that Beth Zaiken, designer of the 2021-W American Liberty High Relief gold coin, will be signing labels for the coin as part of the grading company’s signature label series. Beth Zaiken, a Minnesota-based professional artist and illustrator and participant in the United States Mint’s Artistic Infusion Program (AIP), has agreed to individually hand-sign certification labels exclusively for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®). During her …

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2021-W American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin Sales Begin Today

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The United States Mint will open sales of the striking 2021-W American Liberty High Relief gold proof coin today. Sales of the very limited release coin will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific with only 12,500 of the coins available and there is a household limit of one coin. The coin is priced at $2,715. The 24-karat one ounce gold coin is a significant departure in design from the previous coins in the series, aimed …

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ANA Issues Notification of COVID Exposure for World’s Fair of Money Attendees & Dealers

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The American Numismatic Association (ANA) has issued the following notification for attendees and dealers of the World’s Fair of Money last week in Chicago. The notification warns of COVID exposure and that several dealers from the event have tested positive for COVID-19. The COVID exposure notification comes just a week after the show wrapped up in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont and general feedback was positive. The ANA notes that it took measures to prevent …

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United States Mint to Consolidate American Innovation Dollar Reverse Proof Coins to One Product

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The United States Mint has quietly made a change to the American Innovation Dollar Reverse Proof coins that are set to be released this year. Previously, the Mint would release an individual Reverse Proof coin for each of the Innovation Dollar releases. This year, the Mint appears to be consolidating those into one product. On the Mint’s Product Schedule page, there are two listings that are coming this fall related to the American Innovation Dollar. …

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2021 American Eagle Silver Reverse Proof Two-Coin Set Designer Edition Sales Delayed

2021 American Eagle Silver Reverse Proof Two-Coin Set Designer Edition (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

Yesterday, I posted that the United States Mint would open up sales of the 2021 American Eagle Silver Reverse Proof Two-Coin Set Designer Edition next week on August 24th. The Mint has now quietly delayed that release until September 13th. The Mint has not released any official statement as to why it is delayed but almost certainly comes down to bullion availability or production constraints. Both of these issues have plagued the United States Mint …

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United States Mint Sales Report – August 15, 2021

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The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending August 15, 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 an impressive 596,003 products last week, virtually all of which have been released in the past two weeks. Further, all of the products that were in the top ten sales …

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Today’s Deal – 2000-2007 Sacagawea Dollar Proof Set

2000 - 2007 Sacagawea Dollar Proof Set

Today’s Deal is on an excellent set of proof Sacagawea Dollar coins. The 8-coin set has the Proof coin from 2000 through to 2007 Sacagawea Dollars, the first 8 years the Sacagawea Dollar was produced, for $39.99. That breaks down to $4.99 per coin, far below the average book price of $15. At the time of this post, there were just five sets left at this price. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. …

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