Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint has released its Annual Report for 2021, highlight sales, costs and other key metrics for the nation’s coinage making branch. The 2021 Annual Report can be found here on the Mint’s site and is a worthwhile read for those interested in the behind-the-scenes aspects of the Mint. For those who don’t have the opportunity to read the report in detail, here are a few of the key highlights: The Mint had …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic sales report for the seven day period ending on Sunday, January 9, 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 63,832 numismatic products were sold. This is up from the just over 13,000 products sold in last week’s report. This significant jump in sales …
The 2021 final report of circulating coin production by the United States Mint is now available. The report shows that the Mint produced 953 million coins in December and for the year, nearly 14.5 billion coins for circulation. This is down slightly from the 14.7 billion coins produced by the Mint in 2020. It is also a decline in production from the November 2021 report. In December, all denominations saw a decline in production, not …
The United States Mint announced yesterday that the Maya Angelou American Women Quarter, the first in the new series, is now shipping. The circulation ready Quarters are shipping to the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, where banks can purchase the rolls for distribution and circulation. Depending on where you are located in the United States, you could see these quarters in circulation as early as the end of this month. The …
The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report for the American Eagle and American Buffalo bullion coins for the first time in 2022. This summary report provides sales details through Sunday, January 9, 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. As expected with the beginning of a new year, reported bullion sales …
The United States Mint has released the official high resolution images of the 2022 American Buffalo gold one-ounce bullion coin. The coin, which is available through bullion Authorized Purchasers of the Mint, will begin shipping to customers next week who pre-order through an Authorized Purchaser. The 2022 American Buffalo will feature the same design that the coin has had since is initial release back in 2006. As a reminder to new collectors who have not …
The United States Mint will begin sales of its first products of the new year starting today. The 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball commemorative coins and sets will be available, at a discounted price, starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. In all, the Mint will be releasing nine distinct products in the series of coins ranging from clad half dollars to $5 gold coins. The Negro Leagues of baseball was founded in 1920 in response …
The United States Mint has released the high resolution images of the upcoming 2022 American Eagle Platinum bullion coin. The design of the coin is identical to the design of last year’s coin and, indeed, it is the same it has been since is release in 2002. The coin carries a face value of $100 and is made of 99.9% pure platinum. Like other bullion coins offered by the United States Mint, the platinum Eagle …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending January 2, 2022. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. The report shows that the Mint sold 13,461 numismatic products in the past week. This is down from the previous week’s report but that is unsurprising given this particular report covered the week from the Christmas …
When the United States Mint released its 2022 Production Schedule back in November 2021, one of the coins set for release in January was the 2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor commemorative coins. Those sales were set to start January 6, 2022 but have now quietly been moved to a “TBD” (To Be Determined) date on the schedule. The commemoratives were slated for release this week were to consist of eight unique products offered …