Commemorative Coins Archives

CCAC Releases Design Candidates for 2024 Harriet Tubman Commemorative

April 19, 2023 by Clinton

After its meeting yesterday via teleconference, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the candidate design images for the 2024 Harriet Tubman commemorative coins. The 2024 Harriet Tubman commemoratives will consist of a $5 gold coin, a $1 silver dollar, and a copper-nickel “clad” half dollar. President Biden signed the law authorizing the commemoratives in August 2022. The bill calls for 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 Half Dollar clad …

Final Day to Purchase 2022 Commemorative Coins From The United States Mint

December 28, 2022 by Clinton

2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Dollar Uncirculated Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

Today, December 28, 2022, is the final day that you will be able to purchase 2022 Commemorative coins from the United States Mint. The Mint released two commemorative coin series this year, the Negro Leagues Baseball series and the Purple Heart Hall of Honor series. While both series have some coins that have sold out, both have a range of coins still available for purchase. For the 2022 National Purple Hear Hall of Honor commemoratives, …

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Colorized Silver Dollar Sales Begin Today

March 24, 2022 by Clinton

2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Colorized Proof Silver Dollar (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin pre-sales of the colorized National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Silver Dollar today. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s website. They will remain available for purchase until April 25th or until the production limit is reached. For this coin, only 25,000 will be available out of a total mintage of 400,00 across all products. A strict household limit of 1 coin will be …

Purple Heart Hall of Honor Introductory Pricing Ends March 24th

March 22, 2022 by Clinton

2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor $5 Gold Proof (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

A friendly reminder that the discounted introductory prices for the Purple Heart Hall of Honor commemoratives will end this week on March 24th. The discount, which was $5 on the commemoratives that have been released, will end at 3:00 PM Eastern on Thursday. The exception to this is the colorized Purple Heart Hall of Honor silver dollar. It will not have a discounted price when it is released on Thursday. The Purple Heart is awarded …

United States Mint Women’s Suffrage Coin Wins Most Historically Significant Coin at 2022 Coin of the Year Awards

March 16, 2022 by Clinton

2020 Women's Suffrage Centennial Proof Silver Dollar Commemorative

The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint announcing that it has been honored with the 2022 Coin of The Year international awards competition for its 2020 Women’s Suffrage Silver Dollar. This is the second consecutive year that the United States Mint has won the Coin of The Year award. The United States Mint (Mint) was honored at the 2022 Coin of the Year (COTY) international awards competition with its Women’s Suffrage Silver …

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Colorized Silver Dollar Sales Begin March 24th

March 8, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has quietly updated its production schedule which indicates that the 2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor colorized silver dollar will begin sales later this month. Pre-sales will being on March 24th at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s website. They will remain available for purchase until April 25th or until the production limit is reached. For this coin, only 25,000 will be available out of a total mintage …

Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemoratives Sales Start Today

February 24, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint will begin sales of the series of National Purple Heart Hall of Honor commemorative coins later today. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. Technically today’s sale is a pre-order process. The Mint has indicated that it will be June 8, 2022. Introductory pricing will be in effect until March 24th at 3:00 PM Eastern. The only exception to this release is the colorized silver …

NGC Announces Exclusive Partnership and Special Label for the 2022 National Purple Heart Commemorative Coins

February 23, 2022 by Clinton

2022-S National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Proof Half Dollar in NGC Holder (Image Courtesy of NGC)

The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) announcing special labels for the upcoming National Purple Heart Hall of Honor commemorative coins. The labels include a special certification label featuring the organization’s logo. One of the oldest and most highly regarded US military honors — the Purple Heart — is being recognized with the release of the 2022 Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin program from the US Mint. Numismatic Guaranty …

Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemoratives Sales Start February 24th

February 18, 2022 by Clinton

2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Silver Dollar Commemorative Coin Reverse Line Art (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

In an unannounced change to the production schedule, the United States Mint is set to begin sales of the 2022 Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemoratives. The commemoratives had originally been slated for release in January but were postponed to a “TBD” date before the beginning of 2022. The Mint has now set the sales date as February 24th starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The only exception to this release is the colorized …

Today Is The Last Day of Introductory Pricing For Negro Leagues Baseball Commemoratives

February 7, 2022 by Clinton

A friendly reminder to those still considering picking up one or some of the 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball commemoratives being offered by the United States Mint. Today is the last day you can get the discounted introductory pricing on the remaining products in the series. The introductory pricing that is available now will be ending today at 3:00 PM Eastern. If you are wanting to pick up one of these beautiful coins honoring the Negro …