United States Mint Archives

United States Mint Numismatic Sales Report – March 13, 2022

March 16, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic sales report for the seven-day period ending on Sunday, March 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 reported sales of 65,620 numismatic products, up by over 43,000 products when compared to last week. The bulk of those sales can be found in the Mint’s …

United States Mint Women’s Suffrage Coin Wins Most Historically Significant Coin at 2022 Coin of the Year Awards

March 16, 2022 by Clinton

2020 Women's Suffrage Centennial Proof Silver Dollar Commemorative

The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint announcing that it has been honored with the 2022 Coin of The Year international awards competition for its 2020 Women’s Suffrage Silver Dollar. This is the second consecutive year that the United States Mint has won the Coin of The Year award. The United States Mint (Mint) was honored at the 2022 Coin of the Year (COTY) international awards competition with its Women’s Suffrage Silver …

Dr. Sally Ride American Women Quarter Bags & Rolls Sales Start March 22nd

March 15, 2022 by Clinton

2022 American Women Quarter Dr Sally Ride Reverse

The United States Mint will being sales of the next release in the American Women Quarter Program next week. The new quarter honors Dr. Sally Ride, the first American women in space and will go on sale in the form of bags and rolls starting on March 22, 2022 at Noon Eastern. While there is no mintage limit on the quarters as they are considered circulation coins, the Mint is limiting the production of the …

United States Mint Suspends 2022 Morgan and Peace Dollar Production – Returning in 2023

March 15, 2022 by Clinton

Morgan Dollar with CC Privy Mark (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

Late yesterday, the United States Mint announced that it is suspending plans for producing the 2022 Morgan and Peace Dollar coins. The two coins, which were slated to be released later this year in a proof finish, have become one of the first casualties of the year due to silver shortages stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is the email that was sent to the numismatic press as well as customers of the Mint. The …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – March 13, 2022

March 14, 2022 by Clinton

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, March 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 747,000 bullion coins. This is a significant increase over the …

United States Navy 2.5-Ounce Silver Medal Sales Being Today

March 11, 2022 by Clinton

United States Navy Silver Medal Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the United States Navy 2.5-ounce silver medal later today. Sales of the latest medal honoring a United States military branch will go on sales at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the United States Mint’s website. The medal is priced at $160 with a household purchase limit of one medal. Overall, the Mint will be producing just 10,000 of these medals for purchase. The United States Navy silver medal …

2022 American Eagle Proof Gold Coins & Sets Sales Start March 17th

March 10, 2022 by Clinton

2022 American Eagle Gold Proof Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begins sales of the 2022 American Eagle proof gold coins and sets next week. A total of five products will be available starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on March 17, 2022. This year, like the silver American Eagle releases, there will only be the new Type-2 Reverse that was introduced last year available. As is normally the case with gold coin releases by the Mint, the 2022 American …

United States Mint Circulating Coinage Production Report – February 2022

March 9, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for February 2022. The report shows that the Mint produced 1,260,120,000 coins for circulation last month, up slightly from the 1.249 billion produced in January 2022. Other than the Lincoln Cent, all other circulation denominations had increases in production month-over-month in February 2022. For the Lincoln Cent, the Mint reported that 694 million coins were produced last month. Breaking that down further, the Denver Mint produced …

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Colorized Silver Dollar Sales Begin March 24th

March 8, 2022 by Clinton

2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Colorized Proof Silver Dollar (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint has quietly updated its production schedule which indicates that the 2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor colorized silver dollar will begin sales later this month. Pre-sales will being on March 24th at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s website. They will remain available for purchase until April 25th or until the production limit is reached. For this coin, only 25,000 will be available out of a total mintage …

2022 American Women Quarters Program Proof Set Sales Begin Today

March 8, 2022 by Clinton

2022 American Women Quarters Proof Set (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2022 American Women Quarters Program Proof Set today. The five-coin, single lens set will go on sale starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The set is priced at $21.00. As is common with standard Proof Sets offered each year by the Mint, there is no production or mintage limit on this set, nor is there a household limit on the number that can be purchased. For those readers …