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2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 5-Ounce Silver Coin Sales Start Today

April 8, 2021 by Clinton

2021 Tuskegee Airmen 5-Ounce Silver Coin Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint is set to begin sales of the final five ounce American the Beautiful silver coin later today. The 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site silver coin will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The coin will be available directly from the United States Mint’s website and is priced at $229.00. The Mint will only be producing 20,000 of the coins but there is no household limit on the …

United States Mint Circulation Coins Production – March 2021

April 7, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has published its production figures for circulating coins that were produced in March 2021. The report, which outlines the number of coins the Mint produced at its Denver and Philadelphia facilities for general circulation, shows that 1,134,840,000 (1.134 billion) coins were produced last month. That is just slightly down from the 1.1634 billion produced in February 2021. Production of the Lincoln Cent increased to 608.8 million coins in March 2021, up …

United States Mint Sales Report – April 4, 2021

April 6, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has published its weekly numismatic product sales report for the seven day period ending on Sunday, April 4, 2021. Unsurprisingly, it was a slow sales week for the Mint as there were no new products released for purchase for the third consecutive week. Overall, the Mint sold 15,999 numismatic products last week. In looking at the top ten selling products for the Mint last week, seven of the ten were released …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – April 5, 2021

April 5, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales reports through to this morning, Monday, April 5, 2021. The past week was exceptionally slow when it came to sales of bullion products for the United States Mint. Indeed, through to April 5, 2021, the Mint reported no bullion sales for the past week. That is unusual. Looking at the total coin sales for March, the American Eagle silver 1-ounce bullion coin had 3,302,000 sales …

2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 5-Ounce Silver Coin Sales Start April 8

April 1, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint is set to begin sales of the final five ounce American the Beautiful silver coin next week. The 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site silver coin will go on sale at Noon Eastern on April 8, 2021. The coin will be available directly from the United States Mint’s website and is priced at $229.00. The Mint will only be producing 20,000 of the coins but there is no household limit on …

United States Mint Sales Report – March 28, 2021

March 30, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released is numismatic products sales report for the seven day period ending Sunday, March 28, 2021. With no new numismatic products released last week – and none scheduled until next month – sales for the Mint were understandably light. Only a net of 12,826 items were sold once returns are factored. That said, of the top ten selling products for the Mint last week, seven of them were products that …

United States Mint Requests Recommendations of Prominent American Women for New Quarter Reverse

March 29, 2021 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint asking for recommendations of prominent American women for the new Quarter Reverse set for release starting in 2022. Enacted through the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, the legislation calls for the reverse of the Washington Quarter to feature five prominent American women each year starting in 2022 through to 2025. You can read the legislation here. It was signed into law in …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – March 29, 2021

March 29, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales reports through to this morning, Monday, March 29, 2021. Overall, the United States Mint sold 878,000 bullion coins in the last five business days, with the American Eagle silver bullion coin leading the way with 850,000 coins sold. For the year, 11,268,500 American Eagle silver bullion coins have been purchased by Authorized purchases through to March 29, 2021. That is well above the sales pace …

United States Mint Announces New Authorized Bulk Purchase Program

March 23, 2021 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint announcing a new Authorized Bulk Purchase program that goes into effect immediately. The new program allows Authorized Bulk Purchase Program (ABPP) purchasers to buy a limited number of numismatic products prior to their release date. The idea is to limit the number that can be purchased, making sure the general public can have a chance to purchase these products when they go on sale. …

United States Mint Sales Report – March 21, 2021

March 23, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has published its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending Sunday, March 21, 2021. With no new product releases in the reporting period, sales were slow but better than most weeks without a new product release. Overall the Mint sold 25,322 numismatic products for the week. The strong top selling product for the previous week was the 2021 Proof Set. Nearly 9,000 of the sets were sold (8,993) in …