Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint has released the official high resolution images of the upcoming 2021-W American Eagle Palladium Proof coin. The one ounce coin is 99.995 pure Palladium and will go on sale September 2nd. There will be just 12,000 of these premium precious medal coins produced, with a household limit of one coin. The Mint has not released a price for this year’s American Eagle Palladium coin. Last year the coin was sold for …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the United States Coast Guard 2.5 ounce silver medal on its site starting at Noon Eastern on August 17th. The medal is the second medal honoring the United States Military branches to be released this year. The medal honoring the Air Force, after several delays, went on sale last month. As it did with the Air Force 2.5 ounce silver medal, the Mint will have a limited production …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending August 8, 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 an impressive 393,667 products last week, nearly all of that total found in the Morgan Dollar releases from last week. For the year, the United States Mint has now sold …
The United States Mint will open pre-sales of the 2021-P Morgan Dollar, the final 2021 Morgan to be released, as well as the 2021-P Peace Dollar, the only Peace Dollar being struck as part of the 100th anniversary of these coins both being in circulation later today. In 1921, the Morgan Dollar had its last year of circulation while the Peace Dollar started circulating the same year. Pre-sales today will begin at the traditional time of Noon …
The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report to Sunday, August 8, 2021. 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 646,000 bullion coins last week. This is down from the 806,500 in last week’s report. Sales of the American Eagle Type-2 silver bullion coin remained …
The United States Mint has released the official, high resolution images of the upcoming 2021-W American Liberty High Relief Gold Proof Coin. The 24-karat one ounce gold coin is a significant departure in design from the previous coins in the series, aimed at highlighting modern interpretations of the concept of American Liberty. The Obverse features a wild American Mustang horse, bucking off a western-style saddle, evoking the throwing off of the yoke of British rule …
The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for July 2021. The report shows that the Mint produced 1,505,240,000 coins for circulation in the month. This is up slightly from the 1.3846 billion that the Mint pressed in June 2021. Indeed, with the exception of the Jefferson Nickel, production for all circulating coins were up month-over-month. For the year, the Mint has produced 8.86 billion coins for circulation for the country. Unsurprisingly, …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2021-S American Eagle Type-2 Silver Proof starting next week. It represents the penultimate proof product to be offered by the Mint for the American Eagle this year with only the 2-Coin Reverse Proof set remaining. There will also be an uncirculated version later this year. Sales will begin on August 12th at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The 2021-S American Eagle Type-2 Silver Proof is priced …
The United States Mint is set to release a special two-coin American Eagle set starting today. The set will feature two 2021-W American Eagle one-tenth ounce gold coins, one with the original Type-1 design and the other with the new Type-2 design. Both coins will be struck in a Proof finish and will come in its own unique presentation case. The set is priced at $645 and will be available directly from the Mint on its …
The good news is that the United States Mint site, by all accounts, did not go down during the onslaught of traffic with the latest Morgan Dollar releases. The bad news is that the United States Mint site got a bit shaky at the height of the traffic storm. But it survived, relatively unscathed, and that is a far cry better than the site’s performance just three months ago. As readers know, the Mint released …