Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint will open sales of the 2022-W American Eagle silver proof coin next week. Sales will being on April 14th at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. This year, the one-ounce proof coin is priced at $73.00 and, as is usually the case, there is no mintage limit on the coin nor is their a household limit. However, it is expected there will be a very limited number available …
The United States Mint will begins sales of the 2022 Proof Set later today. Sales of the 10-coin, 2-lens set will start at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. This year, the set is priced at $32.00 and there is no mintage, production, or household limit on the set. The 2022 Proof Set will contain a total of ten coins. It will include a proof version all five of the 2022 American Women Quarter Program releases …
The United States Mint has announced that the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will be holding a meeting later this month. The meeting, which will be held via teleconference and is open to the public, is scheduled for April 19, 2022 at 9:00 AM Eastern. The meeting is expected to held until 3:00 PM Eastern that afternoon. The agenda for the meeting is focused on 2023 coin design reviews. Specifically, the agenda calls for the …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic sales report for the seven-day period ending on Sunday, April 3, 2022. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold 69,047 numismatic products in the last week. This is up just slightly over the 62,000 from last week’s report. For the year, the Mint has now …
Today, the United States Mint celebrates its 230th anniversary. The Mint is one of the few Federal agencies whose duties are specifically referenced in the Constitution, with Article I, Section 8 establishing that “The Congress shall have the power . . . To coin money.” The current United States Mint was created by the Coinage Act of 1792, passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Washington on April 2, 1792. …
The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report for American Eagle and American Buffalo bullion coins. This summary report provides sales details through Sunday, April 3, 2022. The bullion sales report reflects bullion coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. During the previous week, the Mint reported sales of just 38,000 bullion coins. This is a down from the …
The United States Mint will begins sales of the 2022 Proof Set next week. Sales of the 10-coin, 2-lens set will start at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on April 7, 2022. This year, the set is priced at $32.00 and there is no mintage, production, or household limit on the set. The 2022 Proof Set will contain a total of ten coins. It will include a proof version all five of the 2022 American …
The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint announcing the honorees that will be on the Reverse of the 2023 American Women Quarter Program. Like this year, the 2023 American Women Quarter program will honor five women. The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce the following 2023 honorees for the American Women Quarters™ Program: Bessie Coleman – pilot, advocate, and pioneer who flew to great heights as the first African American …
The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint, strongly encouraging the American public to use exact change – and change in general – to get coins circulating in the economy. Coins have not circulated in the economy with any efficiency since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with cash transactions significantly decreasing in 2019. As the Mint points out, the issue is not a supply problem as the Mint has continued strong …
As expected, the 2022 American Women Quarter Program Silver Proof Set sold out within minutes of being released earlier this week. The set, priced at $73.00, is now listed as unavailable on the Mint’s site and there is no indication of when it will be back in stock. With bullion stock and prices continuing to be challenges, it could be some months prior to it returning to the product catalog. The American Women Quarter Program …