Information & News About United States Coins
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has announced that it will be holding its next scheduled meeting on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. The meeting will begin at 1:00 PM Eastern and the public is invited to listen in on the meeting. The meeting currently has one item on the agenda, which is to review and discuss the Obverse and Reverse design candidates of the 2023 American Liberty High Relieve 24K Gold Coin and Silver Medal. …
For the past one hundred and sixteen years, the United States Mint has struck coins at its Denver, Colorado facility. While the Mint has had a Denver location since 1863 – 159 years – the location started off small and essentially a depot for gold found by minders during the Colorado Gold Rush. But all that changed on February 1, 1906 and now the location is the largest producer of coins in the world, not …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic sales report for the seven-day period ending on Sunday, January 23, 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 10,256 numismatic products were sold. This is down significantly from the just over 20,000 products sold according to last week’s report. The top seller for last week …
A friendly reminder to those still considering picking up one or some of the 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball commemoratives being offered by the United States Mint. The introductory pricing that is available now will be ending on February 7th. If you are wanting to pick up one of these beautiful coins honoring the Negro Leagues, now is the time to do it. Pricing will increase by $5-10 depending on the product on February 8th. The …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic sales report for the seven day period ending on Sunday, January 16, 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 20,126 numismatic products were sold. This is down significantly from the just over 63,000 products sold according to last week’s report. This week’s sales report …
The United States Mint has released the first images of the upcoming James Polk Presidential Silver Medal. The medal is set for release on February 14th and 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 House of Representatives (1835–1839) and ninth governor of Tennessee (1839–1841). You can read more about President Polk here. As has been the case with the Presidential Silver …
The United States Mint has released high resolution images of all of the 2022 circulating coins on its site. The images, which are available to the public, can be found here on the Mint’s site. While anyone can download the images, using them for publications – such as USCoinNews – have strict guidelines that must be followed. At the link above, you can find additional links to all of the 2022 circulating coins. This includes …
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, January 16, 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 588,000 bullion coins, with all products except the one-ounce American …
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr would have been 94 years old this past week. His birthday was January 15, 1929 but sadly he did not see his 40th birthday as he was assassinated on April 4, 1968 at the age of 39. Martin Luther King Jr was one of the key civil rights leaders, fighting for the rights of African Americans in the United States through non-violence and civil disobedience. A perfect way to honor …
The United States Mint has released the high resolution images of the upcoming 2022 Native American Dollar. The 2022 coin will honor Ely S. Parker, a United States Army officer, engineer and tribal diplomat who served under Ulysses S. Grand during the Civil War. The release of the images comes after the line art for the coin was released by the Mint in November 2021. As has been the case since the release of the …