Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2021 Uncirculated Coin Set next week. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. The sets are priced at $25.25 this year with no mintage, production or household limit in place. The set this year will include 14 total coins. The set comes with seven coins from the Denver Mint and seven from the Philadelphia Mint. Each of the Mint …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending September 19, 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 sold 141,057 numismatic products last week. This is up slightly from last week’s report. By far the top selling product for the Mint was its latest release, the 2021 American Eagle …
Three major numismatic organizations that sent a letter to Facebook executives to complain that the social media platform “has become the predominant choice of some fraudsters” are disappointed with the lack of a response by Facebook and the continuing appearance of pop-up advertisements selling counterfeit coins. No response has been received in the month since the letter was sent. The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline.org), Numismatic Guaranty Company (www.NGCcoin.com) and the Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org) sent their …
The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) announcing that the company’s name has changed from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation to Numismatic Guaranty Company. The name change is part of a rebranding effort that will be taking place over the coming months. Eventually, anywhere that you find the NGC name, it will be changed to “Company”. This includes the websites, holders and labels. The name of Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has been updated …
The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) announcing that they, along with Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) will be at the Long Beach Expo coin show later this month. At the show, both companies will be accepting submissions for grading. The Long Beach Expo is slated to be held from Thursday, September 30th through to Saturday, October 2, 2021. NGC and PMG will be accepting regular submissions for all service levels* at …
The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report to Sunday, September 19, 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. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold 1,524,000 products to Authorized Purchasers. This is over twice as much as the Mint reported selling last week. The top selling bullion product last week …
The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) announcing it will over special labels and designations to collectors who submit their 2021-W American Eagle Silver Uncirculated (or Burnished) coin for grading. The coin went on sale last week and has already sold out according the the United States Mint. The excitement surrounding the 35th anniversary of the American Eagle program continues with the release of the newly refreshed 2021-W Uncirculated Silver Eagle by the …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending September 12, 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 sold 194,559 products last week, the vast majority of that coming in the form of the Mint’s latest product release. For the year, the United States Mint has now sold …
After making significant improvements that appeared to have worked, the United States Mint site once again succumbed to the buyer demand of a new product release. During yesterday’s release of the 2021 American Eagle Silver Reverse Proof Two-Coin Set Designer Edition, the Mint site became unresponsive for many buyers over an extended period of time. Indeed, performance of the site was so poor with multiple database errors, gateway errors, and 404 (non-responsive site) errors, many …
The United States Mint has announced that the Coins and Chronicles set honoring President George H.W. Bush will be on sale later this week, on September 17th. The three coin set honors the late President Bush along with his wife, Barbara Bush, with a unique 3-coin set and 20-page historical booklet about the 41st President and First Lady. The set also comes with a postage stamp from the United States Postal Service that was released …