Information & News About United States Coins
The Denver Coin Expo, scheduled for May 6-8, 2021 at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado, is still on schedule. The organizers have put in place significant COVID-19 precautions in place for both dealers and visitors. Should the event stay on the schedule, it will be one of the first major coin shows in the United States following a year of cancellations due to the pandemic. On its site, the Denver Coin Expo has …
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. …
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 …
The following is a Press Release from the Long Beach Expo, announcing that its June event has been cancelled. The expo was set to take place from June 17-19 but will not take place out of an “abundance of caution” due to the COVID-19 pandemic that continues. The show is just the latest in a long list of coin shows, conventions, and expositions that have been cancelled over the past 12 months. Those cancellations include …
The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report through to this morning, Monday, March 22, 2021. For the previous week, the Mint sold 710,500 bullion coins across the American Eagle and American Buffalo coin products. The top seller, as usual, was the American Eagle silver bullion coins with 691,000 one ounce coins sold for the week. That puts its total sales for 2021 at 10,418,500, well ahead of the 9.9785 million the …
The American Numismatic Association (ANA) has announced that it will be opening the Money Museum as part of Colorado Springs, Colorado’s First Friday Downtown. The event will allow the general public to view three main exhibits at the Money Museum free-of-charge starting April 2 through September during the hours of 4:00 PM through to 7:00 PM. The Money Museum and the ANA are located in Colorado Springs. Discover how cultures have developed through the lens …
Professional Coin Grading Services (PCGS) has announced a new program to recognize the writing achievements of its in-house staff. The company just launched the program with the first winner of the award going to PCGS World Coin Expert Jay Turner. Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has launched a new writing award program to honor its top in-house writing staff, the very experts who help deliver the latest information from the grading desks and across the …
The design candidates for the Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal have been released by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). The final design of the medal set to be released this year, will be selected from these candidates. According to the law that called for this Congressional Gold Medal, “The United States Merchant Marine was integral in providing the link between domestic production and the fighting forces overseas, providing combat equipment, …
The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) and Numismatic Conservation Services (NCS) announcing that it has appointed Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC) of Milan, Italy as its official submission center in Europe. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) and Numismatic Conservation Services™ (NCS®) have appointed Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC) of Milan, Italy an Official Submission Center in Europe. As an Official Submission Center, NAC can assist with submissions to NGC and NCS, as well as answer …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the candidate images for the 2022 American Innovation Dollars. The images and the designs being considered for the coins are a result from last week’s CCAC meeting held via teleconference last week. The 2022 American Innovation dollars will represent the next four states to be honored in the program. Those states include Kentucky, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Vermont. A final selection of the designs will occur later …