Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint has announced that the next Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will be held tomorrow, July 17, 2019, at 9:30 AM Eastern Time. The meeting is open to the public both in person and by phone. It will be held at the United States Mint Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The main topic of discussion with the candidates for the upcoming 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins. The meeting will be held …
The legislation for a commemorative coin honoring Christa McAuliffe took a positive step forward this week. The Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act of 2019, Senate Bill 239, was passed on Tuesday, July 9th. The bill was introduced on January 28, 2019 with 83 of the 100 senators as cosponsors. The bill calls for the United States Mint to produce 350,000 silver Dollar coins that would feature McAuliffe on the Obverse and a Reverse that would “portray her legacy …
Normally for my Coin History column, I look back at coins of the past. For this one however, I’m going to look forward to a new coin that is truly rolling out this year. The American Innovation Dollar Coin. The new Dollar coin came about through legislation passed in 2018 and is set to run through the year 2032. In all, there will be 57 coins released in the program with the first one released …
There was little doubt that the new Pride of Two Nations two-coin set from the United States Mint and the Royal Canadian Mint sold well but now we know just how well. The Mint sales report for the week ending July 7, 2019 is now live. The top selling product by a long way was the two coin set. Overall, 95,308 of the 100,000 available in the United States were sold. The reality is, the …
The United States Mint has updated their monthly production report for June 2019 and it shows that the Denver and Philadelphia Mint locations produced 2,043,308,000 in the month. That brings the total production across both Mint locations for the year up to 7,600,608,000. The report shows that the two primary production Mint locations produced the Lincoln Cent, Jefferson Nickel, Roosevelt Dime, and Washington Quarter in the month. No Kennedy Half Dollars, Native American Dollars, or …
The United States Mint has confirmed to Coin World that there will be no W mint marked coins at the upcoming San Antonio Missions America The Beautiful Quarter event in September. The new San Antonio Missions Quarter will be introduced at an event on September 5, 2019 at 10:00 am Central in San Antonio, Texas. The coin exchange event is slated to start at that time and will take place at the Laurie Auditorium at …
After going on sale earlier today, all indications are that the Pride of Two Nations coins set of the United States Mint and the Royal Canadian Mint are sold out. In total, there were 110,000 of the sets available, 10,000 of which were available in Canada. At 6:30 PM Mountain time, the US Mint site indicated the sets were on “back order”. That’s their friendly way of saying they are not available. Unless some returns …
Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to round out your early Roosevelt Dime Proofs collection. Phanatic Sport Memorabilia has a great three-coin deal going on at their Amazon storefront. You can pick up a 1957, 1958, and 1959 choice proof coins for $19.95 for the set. That breaks down to $6.65 per coin, slightly less than the $7 book average. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when …
If you have been waiting to pick up the American Legion Silver Dollar and Veterans Medal Set from the United States Mint, you may have missed your opportunity. This morning, the Mint’s site is showing the set as Unavailable. The $99.95 set was limited to a production of 10,000 units overall. According to the latest US Mint Sales report, 9,864 sets had been sold, meaning only 136 were left. The report was through June 30, …
After several weeks of discussion and announcements, the United States Mint will begin selling the two-coin Pride of Two Nations set today. The set will contain a 2019-W in an enhanced reverse proof finish as well as a Royal Canadian Mint 2019 Silver Maple Leaf in a modified proof finish. Both coins are .999 pure silver. It is priced at $139.95 and you can find it here on the Mint’s site. Sales for the set …