United States Mint Archives

United States Mint Announces Next Three Women in The American Women Quarters Program

June 10, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has announced the next three women that will be honored in the American Women Quarters Program. The program, set to kick off in 2022, will honor American women and their accomplishments and contributions to America. The program will run from 2022 through 2025. The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce the addition of the following women to be honored during the first year of the American Women Quarters™ Program: …

New Hampshire American Innovation Dollar Bags & Rolls Sales Start June 15

June 8, 2021 by Clinton

2021 American Innovation Dollar Reverse - New Hampshire (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will open sales of the latest American Innovation Dollar next week. The New Hampshire dollar, honoring the invention of the first home video game console by Ralph Baer, will go on sale on June 15, 2021 at the Mint’s website. The Mint will be offering rolls and bags of the coins to collectors. The American Innovation $1 Coin representing New Hampshire recognizes the invention of the first home video game console …

United States Mint Sales Report – June 6, 2021

June 8, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending June 6, 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 had a good week in sales with 17,967 items sold in the previous week. Of the top 10 selling products for the Mint last week, all save one were releases …

United States Mint Clarifies Statement Regarding Silver Shortage

June 3, 2021 by Clinton

The U.S. Mint (usmint.gov) has issued a clarification to a statement it made last week regarding a global silver shortage. The original statement came in the announcement that the Mint was suspending the upcoming releases of the 2021 Denver & Philadelphia Morgan Dollars as well as the 2021 Peace Dollar. This was pointed out as being a direct result of the Mint’s site being crushed by the demand for the CC and O privy mark …

United States Mint Sales Report – May 30, 2021

June 1, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending May 30, 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 Mint sold an impressive 374,689 products in the past week, with over 348,000 of those sales coming from the 2021 Morgan Dollar privy mark releases last week. The top seller was the “O” …

Reflecting Upon Memorial Day 2021

May 31, 2021 by Clinton

Tuskegee Airmen Bronze Medal (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

Memorial Day is a day set aside on the last Monday of each May to allow us as United States citizens to reflect up on those how have sacrificed their lives while in military service. The honoring of our military dead is not limited just to a particular branch of the military nor to a particular conflict. Memorial Day was formerly known as Decoration Day and was a day set aside after the Civil War …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – May 31, 2021

May 31, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report through to today, May 31, 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. Overall, the report shows that the Mint sold a scant 28,600 bullion coins through to May 31, 2021. For the second consecutive week, the Mint showed no sales of the silver American …

Mint Confirms American Eagle Enrollment Program Auto-Rollovers

May 27, 2021 by Clinton

2021 American Eagle Type-2 Silver Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint took to Twitter yesterday to confirm what most expected: If you are enrolled in the American Eagle Enrollment Program, you will be automatically rolled into the new Eagle Type-2 enrollments. Further, those already in the Eagle Enrollment Program do not have to do anything with their accounts. They will simply be auto-enrolled for the Type-2’s. In reality, it makes sense for the Mint to do this as it assures that those …

United States Mint Sales Report – May 23, 2021

May 25, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending May 16, 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 Mint sold 20,979 products last week with eight of the top ten products sold being products released this year. The Mint did not release any new products during the time of this …

United States Mint Site Crumbles Under Pressure – Again

May 25, 2021 by Clinton

It what has become the expected behavior, the United States Mint site crumbled yesterday under the intense pressure from the buying public. The onslaught of buyers was due to the release of the privy mark Morgan Dollars that went on pre-order yesterday at Noon Eastern. Within 10 minutes, all of the available coins for pre-order had been purchased which itself was not surprising. The Mint had a household limit of 10 coins which frankly too …