Information & News About United States Coins
The seventh Presidential Silver Medal honoring President Andrew Jackson is set to go on sale next week. The 99.9% pure silver medal honoring the 7th President of the United States will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on Monday, February 24, 2020. This year, the medal is priced at $46.00. Andrew Jackson was the seventh U.S. President serving from 1829 to 1837. He served as a major general in the War of …
The United States Mint has opened the Product Enrollment Program for the upcoming America the Beautiful Quarter Silver Proof Set. The 2020 ATB Silver set will go on sale later this week at $42.50 per set. The America the Beautiful Quarter 2020 Silver Proof Set features all five of the ATB Quarters to be released this year in Proof condition in 99.9% silver. The set is identical to the Proof Set for the America the …
The United States Mint has released the January 2020 Production Report, the first such report for 2020. For the month, the Mint produced 1,228,080,000 coins with that production being nearly even across the Denver and Philadelphia Mint facilities. For January 2020, 668.4 million Lincoln Cents were minted, accounting for over half of the Mint’s total production for the month. In Denver, 334,000,000 Cents were produced while in Philadelphia, 323,400,000 were produced. A total of 126.72 …
The United States Mint will start sales of its second annual Proof Set starting next week. The America the Beautiful Quarter 2020 Silver Proof Set features all five of the ATB Quarters to be released this year in Proof condition in 99.9% silver. The set is identical to the Proof Set for the America the Beautiful Quarters that was released in January aside from the silver content. The first set was the normal clad composition. …
The United States Mint is gearing up to begin sales of its next currency set sell in cooperation with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The Founding Fathers 2020 Currency Set will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific today. The set is priced at $21.95. It features a $1 and $2 Federal Reserve Note, both of which have a serial number starting with “2020”. The production facility for both of the notes are either Washington, …
The latest United States Mint product celebrating the National Park of American Samoa America the Beautiful Quarter will go on sale next week. The ever popular 3-coin set, featuring the Quarter from all three Mint facilities, will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. The set will be priced at $11.50 and will be available directly from the United States Mint. It is the latest product featuring the …
The 2020 Native American Dollar, featuring activist Elizabeth Peratrovich , will be available from the United States Mint today. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The coin will be available in bags, boxes and rolls and will be available directly on the Mint’s site. The 2020 Native American $1 Coin reverse (tails side) design features a portrait of Elizabeth Peratrovich, whose advocacy was considered a deciding factor in the passage of the 1945 …
The latest American Innovation Dollar Reverse Proof coin is set to go on sale in just a few hours. The special finish coins for Georgia will have sales begin promptly at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the United States Mint website. The price for the coins is $11.50 and a limit of five coins per household is in place. Georgia was the fourth American Innovation Dollar released in the series in 2019, which will eventually have …
On January 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law the George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush Coin Act, authorizing the production of a Presidential Dollar for the late President. The law also authorizes the production of the First Spouse gold coin for First Lady Barbara Bush. Senate Bill S.457 was introduced in February 2019 by Senator John Cornyn of Texas. After making its way to the House of Representatives last year and being approved, …
The United States Mint has released its Annual Report for 2019. The report discloses the costs associated with coin production as well as profits made by the Mint. The report reflects that the Lincoln Cent and the Jefferson Nickel have, once again, proven more expensive to produce than their face values. The Lincoln Cent cost the Mint 1.99 cents to produce in 2019 when production, administration, and distribution costs are rolled together. The good news …