Information & News About United States Coins
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The United States Mint will open sales on November 9, 2020 for the End of World War II gold and silver medals. The two medals, which commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the global war, will go on sale starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The silver medal will be priced at $75.00. There is a production limit of 20,000 medals and a household limit of one medal. It is a 1-ounce 99.99% …
It was not a good day for the United States Mint’s website team yesterday. Due to the highest traffic the site has ever seen, many users received loading errors and traffic throttling error notices as the End of World War II American Eagles went on sale. It was a painful experience for users and another in what has increasingly become a frustration for customers of the Mint. The issues started as the gold and silver …