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ANS Announces 3-Day Conference on the Coinage of the Roman Provinces

February 25, 2021 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the American Numismatic Society announcing a 3-day conference on the Coinage of Roman Provinces before Provincial Coinage. The event is being co-sponsored by the ANS as well as the Department of History of City University of New York (CUNY). The American Numismatic Society announces a three-day conference, co-sponsored by the ANS and the Department of History of CUNY, on the Coinage of the Roman Provinces before Provincial Coinage, …

Today’s Deal – 1990s Kennedy Half Proof Set

February 24, 2021 by Clinton

1990-S Through 1999-S Proof Kennedy Half Dollar

Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to fill in those Kennedy Half Dollar Proofs from the 1990s to your collection. Hall of Fame Sport Memorabilia has a great deal going on their Amazon store front. You can pick up a 10-coin set of Kennedy Half Dollars Proof Set for $49.99. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate a small commission to the …

Bruce Morelan Buys Finest 1913 Liberty Nickel

February 24, 2021 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release announcing that legendary numismatist Bruce Moreland and Legend Numismatics have completed the purchase of a set of Liberty Nickel coins, including the 1913 Liberty Nickel. The PR-66 graded coin from PCGS is the finest example of the the 1913 coin. Bruce Morelan and Legend Numismatics recently completed an historic $6 million transaction to reclaim an exquisite collection of Liberty Nickels, including the 1913 Liberty Nickel graded PR66 by Professional …

Today’s Deal – Guardhouse Coin Roll Boxes

February 23, 2021 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to stock up on coin roll boxes for your coin roll collections. Over at Amazon, Guardhouse has storage boxes for Cents, Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Half Dollars start at $10.27. Each box is color coded for the type of coin you are storing and can hold paper wrapped rolls as well as rolls in plastic storage tubes. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains …

United States Mint Sales Report – February 21, 2021

February 23, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report of numismatic products for the week ending February 21, 2021. Much like last week, this week’s report is heavily tilted toward new products that the Mint has released in the past week and other products that have been released this year. Overall for the week, the Mint saw 77,860 products sold of its available product set. Unsurprisingly, the 2021 America the Beautiful Tuskegee Airmen 3-Coin …

United States Air Force Silver Medal Sales Start Today [Updated]

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 by Clinton

United States Air Force Silver Medal Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

Update: Shortly after this article was posted, the Mint reached out via Twitter to indicate sales will not happen today. They do not have a release date for the United States Air Force medal at this time. The Mint did not indicate a reason as to why sales were postponed. The United States Air Force silver medal, honoring the second youngest branch of the United State military, will go on sale today. Sales will begin at Noon …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – February 22, 2021

February 22, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullions sales report through the beginning of February 22, 2021. The Mint in the past week sold another 71,500 bullion coins, pushing the total sales to just shy of 8 million for the year. As previously reported, this far outpaces the already outstanding year of 2020 for the Mint with sales likely not to diminish any time soon. For the American Eagle silver bullion coin, 680,000 of …

Coin History – Standing Liberty Quarter

February 22, 2021 by Clinton

In the last Coin History article covering the Winged Liberty Head, or Mercury, Dime, I discussed the significant changes that happened to United States coinage in 1916. Misguided by the wrong interpretation of a law, the Mint was compelled to believe that it had to change the Half Dollar, Quarter Dollar, and Dime given they had been in circulation for 25 years. That wrong reading of the law led to the birth of the Mercury …

Today’s Deal – 1998-S Lincoln Cent Proof

February 19, 2021 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is on a somewhat elusive modern Lincoln Cent proof coin. The 1998-S Lincoln Cent had a low mintage and that makes it a bit more rare than the years surrounding it. Today on Amazon, you can pick one of these proof coins for $7.99 including free shipping. That makes it a little less than the $9.20 book price for this coin. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. Today’s Deal articles contains links that, …

2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 3-Coin Set Sales Start Today

February 19, 2021 by Clinton

2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 3-Coin Set (Image Courtesty of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint is set to release the final 3-coin set in the American the Beautiful Quarter series later today. The 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site set will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific at the United States Mint website. Overall it is the penultimate product for the 2021 Tuskegee Airmen Quarter, with the 5-ounce silver bullion coin set for release in the Spring. For those of you who are in …