Information & News About United States Coins
Today’s Deal on a Kennedy Half Dollar set is a great way to build up your coin collection fast and inexpensively. Right now you can pick up a 8-coin set of Proof Kennedy Halves for $29.95 on Amazon. That’s roughly $3.75 per coin, far less than the $5 book value for each. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate a small …
Today’s Deal is on a great sample of one of the most popular coins in the history of the United States. Right now over at Amazon, you can pick up a brilliant uncirculated 1955 Franklin Half Dollar for $39.95. This is well below the average book price of $55 for this coin and makes a welcome addition to any collection. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. Today’s Deal articles contains links that, …
Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to fill in those Kennedy Half Dollar Proofs from the 1990s to your collection. Phanatic Sport Memorabilia has a great deal going on their Amazon store front. You can pick up a 10-coin set of Kennedy Half Dollars in Proof condition for $39.99. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate a small commission …
Most coin collectors have a coin that they are obsessed with, be it one they own or want to own. For many, this is often times the first coin that turned them onto the hobby. For me, that is the Winged Head “Mercury” Dime. It was the first “old” coin I remember seeing as a teenager and it hooked me on what has been a nearly life long hobby. But there is another coin from …
The United States Mint has posted its weekly sales report for April 29-May 5, 2019. In that report, the recently released Kennedy Half Dollar makes a glowing debut while the 2019 Silver Proof Set remains the Mint’s top seller for a third consecutive week. A reported earlier in the week, the 2019 Kennedy Half Dollar two-roll sets and 200-count bag from both the Denver and Philadelphia Mints. Clearly collectors have taken to them as the …
A special mint strike 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar has set a record at auction. The 90% silver coin with champagne toning recently sold for a stunning $108,000 at Heritage Auctions. The coins was PCGS certified at MS-67 and is one of roughly a dozen examples of this particular coin with a special strike. PCGS notes that it is a “SMS”, or Special Mint Strike So what is a special mint strike? Essentially it is a …
As expected, the United States Mint has begun selling the 2-Roll set of 2019 Kennedy Half Dollar today. The rolls consist of 20 coins each, one roll from the Denver Mint while the other is from the Philadelphia Mint. The set is $32.95 and available on the US Mint site. These rolls consist uncirculated finished coins and while the Mint lists them as part of the circulation coins for the United States, the Half Dollar …