Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2024 Kennedy Half Dollar starting next week. Sales will begin at the usual time of Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site on April 23, 2024. While there is no mintage limit for the Kennedy Half Dollar as it is considered a circulating coin, there are production limits on the bags and roll sets that will be offered for sale. First is the 2024 …
A young numismatist from Coeur D’ Alene, Idaho, Donivan Floyd, 19, is the winner of the 2024 Professional Numismatists Guild’s (www.PNGdealers.org) annual scholarship award competition. The PNG scholarship will cover airfare, tuition for one of the two June 2024 American Numismatic Association (www.money.org) Summer Seminar sessions, meals, and dormitory accommodations on the campus of Colorado College, adjacent to the ANA headquarters,” said PNG Executive Director John Feigenbaum. Floyd grew up in a coin shop, DJ’s Coins & Collectables owned by his father David …
Ahead of tomorrow’s Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting, candidate images of the 2025 United States Marine Corps Commemorative Coins have been released. These are the designs that the CCAC are considering for the $5 Gold Coin, $1 Silver Dollar Coin, and Half Dollar Clad Coin. The 2025 United States Marine Corps Commemoratives are scheduled to be released early next year. The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land …
Ahead of tomorrow’s Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting, candidate images of the 2026 Native American Dollar have been released. These are the designs that the CCAC are considering for the dollar coin, with a final design agreed upon likely next year. The 2026 Native American Dollar honors the Oneida Nation and their significant role during the American Revolution at Valley Forge. The Oneida Nation played a significant role during the American Revolution, including their contributions at Valley …
The following is a Press Release from the American Numismatic Association (ANA) announcing that the ANA Money Museum, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, will offer free admission during National Coin Week. Every coin, every piece of paper money in your pocket, wallet, or purse has a story to tell about history, according to the American Numismatic Association (ANA) (money.org). These stories will be celebrated during the 100th anniversary for National Coin Week (NationalCoinWeek.org), April 21-27, 2024. The …
The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report through Sunday, April 14, 2024. The bullion sales report reflects bullion American Eagle and American Buffalo coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. The report shows that 1.74 million bullion coins were sold to Authorized Purchases since the Mint’s last report. That report was nearly one month ago, on March 17, 2024. …
Every coin, every piece of paper money in your pocket, wallet, or purse has a story to tell about history, and the stories will be celebrated by collectors nationwide during the 100th anniversary of National Coin Week (NationalCoinWeek.org), April 21-27, 2024. You might also find something valuable in your pocket change. “To encourage everyone to closely look at their money, during National Coin Week some dealers and collectors around the country will be deliberately placing …
The United States Mint has released its weekly Numismatic Product Sales Report for the seven days ending Sunday, April 7, 2024. The report covers numismatic product sales by the Mint, such as commemorative coins and annual sets. It is separate from the bullion sales report. The Mint reported net sales of just over 58,000 products in this week’s report. This is up from last week’s report, largely in part to the release of the latest American Innovation …
A previously unreported, nearly complete date set of 19th-century United States $1 denomination gold coins assembled by legendary Philadelphia dealer Henry Chapman has been revealed by Matador Rare Coins (www.MatadorRareCoins.com) in New York City. Stored until recently in a Philadelphia bank vault and safe deposit boxes for more than a century, the formerly hidden collection has 51 Liberty Head and Indian Princess Head dollars struck between 1849 and 1889 as well as eight U.S. commemorative …
The United States Mint has opened sales of the Alabama American Innovation Dollar. The dollar coin, the second in the American Innovation Dollar series for 2024, yesterday afternoon on the Mint’s site. As has been the case with previous American Innovation Dollar releases, the Alabama coin has household purchase and production limits. The American Innovation Dollar coin came about through legislation passed in 2018 and is set to run through 2032. There will be 57 coins …