Information & News About United States Coins
Over the past six week, I have been on an educational journey. As a numismatist, I have always had a love for dollar coins. I think most collectors feel the same way, particularly about some of the older dollar coins that the United States has had over the past 150-plus years. My educational journey has been all about learning all I can about those historical dollars as well as the modern dollar coins we have …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the candidate images for the 2023 American Liberty High Relief 24-karat gold coin and silver medal. The images were released by CCAC and the United States Mint after the scheduled meeting yesterday for the committee. In total, there are 68 images for the Obverse and Reverse of both the gold coin and silver medal that were released. The United States Mint American Liberty Program celebrates modern renditions …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic sales report for the seven-day period ending on Sunday, February 13, 2022. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. In this week’s report, the Mint indicated that an impressive 55,479 numismatic products were sold. This is up from the just over 10,000 products sold according to last week’s report. In a somewhat unique event, …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the first Presidential Silver Medal starting later today. The James K. Polk Presidential Silver Medal will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. The medal, the first of four scheduled for release in 2022, is priced at $65.00. The medal honors the 11th President of the United States. James Polk served as President from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the 13th Speaker of the …
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, February 13, 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 538,500 bullion coins, with all products except the half-ounce gold …
The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for January 2022. The report shows that nation’s Mints product 1.249 billion coins for circulation. This is a significant increase from the 919.5 million the Mint produced in January 2021. Production figures across the different denominations were mixed with increases and decreases in production across the Cent, Nickel, Dime, Quarter, Half Dollar, and Dollar coins. Production of the Lincoln Cent in January 2022 saw …
Sales of the 2022 Native American Dollar, honoring Ely S. Parker, will go on sale in the form of bags, boxes, and rolls starting later today. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. As the Native American Dollar is considered a circulation coin, there are no production or household limits on any of the products offered. For those who are enrolled I the Mint’s Enrollment Program for the Native American …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic sales report for the seven-day period ending on Sunday, February 6, 2022. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. In this week’s report, the Mint indicated that 10,368 numismatic products were sold. This is up from the just over 6,000 products sold according to last week’s report. This week, the Mint also made a …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the first Presidential Silver Medal starting next week. The James K. Polk Presidential Silver Medal will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. The medal, the first of four scheduled for release in 2022, is priced at $65.00. The medal honors the 11th President of the United States. James Polk served as President from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the …
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, February 6, 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 539,000 bullion coins, with all products except the one-half ounce …