Information & News About United States Coins
Don’t be surprised if you get a roll of Half Dollar coins from your local bank and find a 2021 Kennedy Half Dollar in them. The Federal Reserve, for the first time since 2001, has ordered the half dollar coin for circulation and the Mint is happily producing them. The Kennedy half dollars will bare the Denver and Philadelphia mint marks. For the first part of 2021, the Kennedy half had only been produced for …
The North Carolina American Innovation Dollar, the last of this year’s releases, will be available starting next week. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on October 12th. The coin will be available in both bags of 100 coins from Denver and Philadelphia as well as 25-coin rolls from the same two Mint facilities. There are no production limits or household limits for any of these products. The American Innovation $1 Coin representing …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending October 3, 2021. 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 216,333. This is up from the 66,811 reported in last week’s report. Unsurprisingly, the top two selling products for the United States Mint last week were new releases. The top …
The United States Mint has released the line art for the 2022 American Innovation Dollar coins. Four coins in the series are set to be released in 2022 honoring Kentucky, Tennessee, Vermont, and Rhode Island. Introduced in 2018, the American Innovation Dollar will consist of 57 coins. From 2019 through to 2032, four new coins will be release each year. According to the Mint, these coins will be “celebrating innovations and innovators” from each of …
The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint announcing that Dr. Harcourt Fuller has been appointed to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). Dr. Fuller currently is an Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora History in the Department of History at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. The United States Mint has appointed Dr. Harcourt Fuller to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), as the member recommended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He …
The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report to Monday, October 4, 2021. This week, the report was updated one day later than normal. 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. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold 473,000 bullion coins to Authorized Purchasers. The top selling bullion product for the Mint last …
The United States Mint has quietly updated its Leadership Page, reflecting the appointing of Alison Doone as Acting Director. Mrs. Doone assumed the role effective today after the resignation of Mint Director Ryder. The change was effective today. Mrs. Doone will be the new Acting Director of the Mint. Mr. Ryder leaves after serving as the 34th and 39th Director of the United States Mint to pursue other opportunities. The change of the Mint Director …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2021 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set starting today. Sales will begin on the Mint’s website at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The set, priced at $235, consists of six coins, all of which are minted in 99% silver. Only 50,000 of the sets will be made available with a household limit of one set when sales begin next week. Each coin is struck in 99.9% fine silver and has a brilliant proof …
In August, the United States Mint listed a single product SKU for the 2021 American Innovation Dollar Reverse Proof coins. At the time, I speculated that the Mint could be consolidating down the Innovation Dollar Reverse Proof coins from individual releases to a single release. That now is now confirmed by the Mint. In an email sent to Enrollment Program subscribers, informing them that their enrollments would now be converted from individual coins to a …
The final American Eagle of 2021 is set to go on sale next week on October 7th. The 2021-W American Eagle gold (Type-2) one ounce Uncirculated coin will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific and will be available directly from the United States Mint’s website. Only 9,100 of the coins will be available on October 7th and there is a household limit of one coin. A price for the coin has not …