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United States Mint Selects 25 New Artists for Artistic Infusion Program

March 13, 2024 by Clinton

Today, the United States Mint (Mint) announced that 25 American artists have been selected to participate in its Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) to enrich and enhance designs on U.S. coins. These new artists join 13 returning members of the existing AIP cohort. The new AIP artists were selected based on the artistic merit of their applications during a national Call for Artists in early 2023. Below is an alphabetical list of the artists selected for …

2024 United States Mint Proof Set Available March 14

March 11, 2024 by Clinton

2024 United States Mint Proof Set (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The 2024 United States Mint Proof Set will go on sale later this week. Sales of this year’s 10-coin set will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on Thursday, March 14. This year, the set is priced at $35.00, the same as last year. The Mint has established that there is no household limit on the number of sets that can be purchased, nor is there a production limit on the set. That is normally …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – March 10, 2024

March 11, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report through Sunday, March 10, 2024. The bullion sales report reflects bullion American Eagle and American Buffalo coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. The Mint reported 828,000 bullion coins were sold last week, with sales reported across five of the seven available products. The top-selling bullion product last week was the silver …

United States Mint Numismatic Product Sales Report – March 3, 2024

March 6, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly Numismatic Product Sales Report for the seven days ending Sunday, March 3, 2024. The report covers numismatic product sales by the Mint, such as commemorative coins and annual sets. It is separate from the bullion sales report. The Mint reported net sales of 91,051 products in this week’s report, with new releases dominating sales for the week. Seven of the top ten selling products last week were released …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – March 3, 2024

March 4, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report through Sunday, March 3, 2024. The bullion sales report reflects bullion American Eagle and American Buffalo coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. The Mint reported 879,500 bullion coins were sold last week, with sales reported across four of the seven available products. Product 2/18/2024 3/3/2024 Sales American Eagle – Silver 5,750,000 …

United States Mint Circulating Coinage Production Report – January 2024

March 1, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for January 2024. The report shows that the United States Mint produced 755.98 million coins in January, far lower than the number of coins produced in December 2023 or year-over-year from January last year. According to the Mint’s report, 412.8 million Lincoln Cents were minted in January 2024. Of that total, 236.4 million were minted in Denver, and the remaining 176.4 million in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, the …

Greatest Generation Commemorative Coins and Sets Available Today

February 29, 2024 by Clinton

2024 Greatest Generation Commemorative $5 Gold - Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

he United States Mint will begin selling the second commemorative coins of 2024 next week. The Greatest Generation commemorative coins and sets will be available on February 29 at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific time. Like the Harriet Tubman commemoratives released earlier this year, sales for the Great Generation commemoratives are expected to be strong. You can see images of all the coins in this commemorative series here. The coins in this program commemorate the National World …

Today’s Deal – 2000 Mint Uncirculated Set in Original Packaging

March 11, 2024February 28, 2024 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is an excellent and inexpensive way to add to your Mint Set collection. The deal is on a 2000 Mint Uncirculated Set. It contains a total of 20 coins, all of which are in their original Mint packaging. It is priced at just $16.99. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. Today’s Deal articles contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate a small commission to the site. Those …

United States Mint Numismatic Product Sales Report – February 25, 2024

February 28, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly Numismatic Product Sales Report for the seven days ending Sunday, February 25, 2024. The report covers numismatic product sales by the Mint, such as commemorative coins and annual sets. It is separate from the bullion sales report. The Mint reported net sales of 7,698 products in this week’s report. This sales total was down considerably from the previous week; however, no new products were released in the timeframe …

2026 Semiquincentennial Lincoln Cent and Jefferson Nickel Design Candidates

February 27, 2024 by Clinton

In its February 15th Meeting, the Commission for Fine Arts reviewed the 2026 Semiquincentennial design candidates for the Lincoln Cent and Jefferson Nickel. The United States Mint submitted the candidates, which will be finalized by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) in an upcoming meeting. Authorized by Public Law 116-330, the U.S. Mint will revamp its circulating coins for 2026 to commemorate the Semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the founding of the United States of America. …