Mint Sales Report – December 27, 2020

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The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the week ending December 27, 2020. This will be the last report for 2020. As expected, the latest Mint product topped sales for the week while Annual Sets from the Mint continued their strong showing for the year. In total, the Mint sold just 24,916 products last week which is not overly surprising given it was the Christmas holiday week. The top seller was …

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Maryland American Innovation Dollar Reverse Proof Coin Sales Start December 30

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The final product to be released by the United States Mint for 2020 will go on sale next week. The Maryland American Innovation Reverse Proof Dollar coin will go on sale December 30 at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The coin will be available exclusively on the Mint’s site and is priced at $11.50. Production of this Reverse Proof coin is limited to 50,000 and a limit of 5 coins per household will be enforced. …

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National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum Commemorative Coin Line Art Released

2021 National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum Commemorative Silver Dollar Obverse

The United States Mint has released the line art for the 2021 National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum commemorative coins. These designs were selected from the candidate designs released by CCAC back in September. The set of commemoratives will consist of a $5 gold coin, a silver Dollar coin, and a clad Half Dollar coin, all with unique designs. While the coins are slated for release in 2021, the Mint has not published a release …

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Mint Sales Report – December 20, 2020

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The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the seven day period ending December 20, 2020. This week’s report featured all four of the new Maryland American Innovation Dollar products released last week while annual sets from the Mint continued to be top sellers. In total, the Mint sold 41,619 products last week. The top selling product was the 2020 Uncirculated Coin Set. 6,453 of the sets were sold last week, putting …

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George H.W. & Barbara Bush Presidential Dollar Coin and First Spouse Medal Set Sales Start Today

George H.W. & Barbara Bush Presidential Dollar Coin and First Spouse Medal Set

The penultimate product from the United States Mint for 2020 is set to go on sale later today. The George H.W. & Barbara Bush Presidential Dollar Coin and First Spouse Medal Set will go on sale starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. The two coin sell will be priced at $25.00 with a production limit of 10,000 sets. There is no household limit on the number that can be purchased. This new …

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Mint Releases Line Art of 2021 Christa McAuliffe Commemorative

2021 Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Obverse Line Art

The United States Mint has released the line art of the winning design of the 2021 Christa McAuliffe Commemorative coin to the public. The coin commemoratives the Mrs. McAuliffe, the first selected educator in the Teacher in Space Program in the 1980s. She, along with six other astronauts were killed during the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L mission on January 28, 1986. The design of the coin’s Obverse and Reverse were selected out …

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Mint Changes Shipping Options for Signature-Required Shipments

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The United States Mint has changed their shipping options for signature-required shipments starting this month. In an email to the Numismatic press, the Mint announced that it was removing the option for signature-required shipments and will stop paying for the service all together with carriers. As the email explains, which can be found below, many carriers like UPS, FedEx, and the USPS have adopted a “knock and verify” policy for signature required packages. The Mint …

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Mint Sales Report – December 13, 2020

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The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the week ending December 13, 2020. The report shows that annual sets and bullion products remain top sellers for the Mint this week with the newest product release taking the top seller’s position for the week. That new product was the 2020 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set. The Mint reported that 39,296 of the 50,000 sets were sold in its first week of availability. …

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United States Mint Has Sold 30 Million Silver American Eagles in 2020

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In its latest bullion sales report, the United States Mint is now reporting that over 30 million silver American Eagle bullion coins have been sold in 2020. That is well over double the amount sold in 2019. In total 30,089,500 ounces of silver American Eagles have been sold this year. Given that the coin is a one ounce coin, that means the same number of coins have been sold. That is over double the 14,863,500 …

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Maryland American Innovation Dollar Bags & Rolls Sales Start Today

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The final American Innovation Dollar release of 2020 is set to go on sale later today. The Maryland American Innovation Dollar will go on sale starting at Noon Eastern today directly from the United States Mint. The latest dollar coin from the mint will be available in bags and rolls from both the Denver and Philadelphia Mints. In all, four products will be available, all of which have no mintage limit nor household limits on the number …

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