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Mint Releases Images of 2020 American Innovation Dollar Coins

July 1, 2020 by Clinton

2020 American Innovation Dollar Reverse - Maryland

The United States Mint has released the high resolution images of the upcoming 2020 American Innovation Dollar coins. The Mint is slated to release four of the dollar coins this year, representing Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, and South Carolina. 2020 represents the third year for the American Innovation Dollar series and the second full time year. 2018 saw the initial coin in the series released while 2019 saw what will be the standard four released. The …

Mint Sales Report – June 28, 2020

June 30, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the 7-day period ending June 28, 2020. The report, while showing overall sales were weak, indicates that Mint annual products remain in-demand items by collectors. The top selling item was the 2020 Proof Set. An impressive 7,342 of the sets were sold in the past week, pushing the total sales of the set to 296,106. It was by far the highest selling product for …

2020 Native American Dollar Available to Alaskan Financial Institutions

June 30, 2020 by Clinton

2020 Native American Dollar Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

For those readers in Alaska, the 2020 Native American Dollar should be readily available from your local financial institution. The 2020 coin features Elizabeth Peratrovich, a member of the Tlingit nation and a speech given to the Alaskan Senate is considered by many to be the deciding factor in the pass of the 1945 Anti-Discrimination Law in the then Alaskan territory. 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of that testimony and was the reason she is …

Weir Farm National Historic Site 3-Coin Set Now Available

June 29, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has opened up sales of the 3-coin Uncirculated set of Weir Farm National Historic Site America the Beautiful Quarters. The placard has an Uncirculated specimen from the Denver, Philadelphia, and San Francisco Mints with the Mint’s Certificate of Authenticity on the back of the card. It is priced at $11.50 and available directly from the Mint. The Weir Farm set is the second such set sold by the Mint this year, …

Mint Sales Report – June 21, 2020

June 29, 2020June 23, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report. The report covers sales for the 7-day period ending June 21, 2020. As has been the case for much of 2020, the Annual Sets produced by the Mint continue to be popular items while the recently released Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins continue to sell well after a few weeks of availability. The top two selling items this week were the 2020 Proof Set …

Mint Sales Report – June 14, 2020

June 16, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report. The June 14, 2020 report shows that the 2020 annual sets made a strong comeback after slipping last week with the release of the Basketball Hall of Fame commemoratives. Those commemoratives continued to sell strongly as did the 2-roll set of 2020 Kennedy Half Dollar coins. Returning to the top selling position for the week was the 2020 Proof Set. 8,195 of the sets were …

Coin History – The American Buffalo Gold Coin

October 28, 2020June 11, 2020 by Clinton

In previous Coin History articles, the focus has predominantly been on circulating coins of the past or today. For this article, I will focus on another modern coin, but on one of the bullion coins that is offered by the United States Mint: The American Buffalo. The American Buffalo, also sometimes referred to as a Gold Buffalo, was the first pure, 24-karat gold coin ever produced by the Mint for offer to the public. It …

NGC Certifies Majority of Emergency Production 2020(P) Silver Eagles

June 11, 2020 by Clinton

NGC First Day of Issue 2020-P Emergency Product American Eagle (Image Courtesy of NGC)

The following Press Release comes from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) announcing that the grading company has now graded a majority of the 240,000 emergency production 2020-P American Eagle silver bullion coins made in April. The one-off series of Eagle’s were produced in April at the height of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has once again demonstrated its position as the leader in modern coin certification: The third-party grading service has already certified …

Mint Sales Report – June 7, 2020

June 9, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its latest sales report. The report covers sales of Numismatic products by the Mint for the 7-day period ending June 7, 2020. In what should be to no surprise, the new Basketball Hall of Fame commemoratives and 2020 Kennedy Half Dollar products dominated the Top 10 in sales. All of those products were enjoying their first week of availability in this week’s report. In fact, only one item in …

Mint Production Report – May 2020

June 4, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updates its monthly production report for May 2020, showing that just over 900 million circulating coins were produced in the month. That puts 2020’s production just shy of 5 billion coins. In total, 904,120,000 coins were produced in May 2020, 414.76 million of those in the Denver Mint facility while the remaining 387.08 million were produced in Philadelphia. As is nearly always the case, the Lincoln Cent was the most …