United States Mint Archives

Mint Director Ryder Addresses Mint’s Website Issues

November 19, 2020 by Clinton

The United State Mint has issued the following Press Release from Mint Director David Ryder that addresses the Mint’s website’s recent issues during high demand sales of Numismatic products. In the release, Director Ryder outlines what happened and the ongoing investigation happening at the Mint to assure it doesn’t happen again. During the sale of the End of World War II American Eagles, Gold coin and Silver Medal, the Mint’s site become unresponsive to multitudes …

2020-W American Eagle Uncirculated Gold Coin Sales Start Today

November 19, 2020 by Clinton

2020-W American Eagle Uncirculated One Ounce Gold Coin (Image Courtesty of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will open sales of the 2020-W American Eagle uncirculated one ounce gold coin later today. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific and purchases can only be made on the Mint’s website. This year, the 22-Karat coin is priced at $2,490. When sales begin, there will be just 7,000 of the coins available and there is a household limit of one coin. As has been the case throughout the …

Mint Sales Report – November 15, 2020

November 18, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the week ending November 15, 2020. To the surprise of no-one, the End of World War II 7th Anniversary coin and medal were at or near the top of the list, despite challenges for the Mint’s website during their sale. Further, as has been a recurring theme for much of 2020, annual product sets continued to remain top sellers for the week. The top …

Mint Opens Sales of Mayflower 400th Anniversary Coins & Medals Today

November 17, 2020 by Clinton

2020 Mayflower 400th Anniversary UK SIlver Coin Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will open sales for its latest commemorative products today, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. The products, which were announced in September, are a collaboration between the United States Mint and the Royal Mint of England, honoring the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of what would end up being the United States. There will be a total of four different products from the Mint, two of …

Tallgrass Prairie America the Beautiful Quarter Bags & Rolls on Sale Starting Today

November 16, 2020 by Clinton

2020 Tallgrass Prairie Reserve ATB Reverse

The United States Mint will open sales for bags and rolls of the latest America the Beautiful Quarter, representing the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. The bags and rolls are the last circulating products that will be released for the Quarter. The five-ounce silver coin is set for release on December 7, 2020. The Mint has already released the special 3-coin set for the Tallgrass Prairie Quarter. The preserve located in Kansas is the only site …

Mint Production Report – October 2020

November 11, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its monthly circulating coin production report for October 2020. The report shows that across the Mint’s two circulation coin production facilities – Denver and Philadelphia – a total of 1,404,690,000 coins were produced in the month. That is a slight dip from the 1,422,590,000 produced in September. As is normally the case, the Lincoln Cent was the most heavily minted coin in the October 2020 report. 690,400,000 Cents were …

End of World War II Medals Sold Out Despite Continued Mint Website Issues

November 10, 2020 by Clinton

There are times that I Tweet something and it resonates with readers. Other times, I Tweet something that ages like milk. Last night, I did the later with regards to the Mint website and the sale of the End of World War II medals yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, I was able to go onto the Mint website and order the silver End of World War II medal with virtually no trouble. I got in, put the …

Mint Sales Report – November 8, 2020

November 10, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the 7-day period ending November 8, 2020. Unsurprisingly, all three of the Mint’s new products released last week were in the top ten selling products list, with two of the three taking the top two positions. Overall, the Mint sold 5,873,683 products for the week. The top selling product for the Mint last week was the limited release 2020-W End of World War II …

CCAC Meeting Scheduled for November 17, 2020

November 9, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has announced that the next Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting is now scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 2020. The meeting will be hosted by teleconference and will begin at 11:00 AM Eastern. The meeting is has one scheduled agenda topic which is to discuss and review the design candidates for the upcoming Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal: Review and discussion of obverse and reverse candidate designs for the Congressional Gold Medals honoring Katherine …

Mint Director Ryder to Sign a Limited Number of End of World War II Silver Medal COA’s.

November 9, 2020 by Clinton

The following email was sent to the Numismatic press, announcing that Mint Director David Ryder will be signing a limited number of the Certificates of Authenticity that will ship with the End of World War II Silver Medal. That medal goes on sale today at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The period from May 8 to September 2, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II. This month, the United States …