Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the week ending December 27, 2020. This will be the last report for 2020. As expected, the latest Mint product topped sales for the week while Annual Sets from the Mint continued their strong showing for the year. In total, the Mint sold just 24,916 products last week which is not overly surprising given it was the Christmas holiday week. The top seller was …
The final product to be released by the United States Mint for 2020 will go on sale next week. The Maryland American Innovation Reverse Proof Dollar coin will go on sale December 30 at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The coin will be available exclusively on the Mint’s site and is priced at $11.50. Production of this Reverse Proof coin is limited to 50,000 and a limit of 5 coins per household will be enforced. …
The United States Mint has released the line art for the 2021 National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum commemorative coins. These designs were selected from the candidate designs released by CCAC back in September. The set of commemoratives will consist of a $5 gold coin, a silver Dollar coin, and a clad Half Dollar coin, all with unique designs. While the coins are slated for release in 2021, the Mint has not published a release …
The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the seven day period ending December 20, 2020. This week’s report featured all four of the new Maryland American Innovation Dollar products released last week while annual sets from the Mint continued to be top sellers. In total, the Mint sold 41,619 products last week. The top selling product was the 2020 Uncirculated Coin Set. 6,453 of the sets were sold last week, putting …
The penultimate product from the United States Mint for 2020 is set to go on sale later today. The George H.W. & Barbara Bush Presidential Dollar Coin and First Spouse Medal Set will go on sale starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. The two coin sell will be priced at $25.00 with a production limit of 10,000 sets. There is no household limit on the number that can be purchased. This new …
The United States Senate has passed H.R. 6192, the 1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act. The bill passed the Senate on December 17, 2020 and is now heading to the President for signature. The full text of the bill can be found here. The Act the House of Representatives in September. An effort to empower the US Mint to issue coins celebrating the Morgan and Peace Dollars, two of America’s most-loved series, had been re-introduced in …
The United States Mint has released the line art of the winning design of the 2021 Christa McAuliffe Commemorative coin to the public. The coin commemoratives the Mrs. McAuliffe, the first selected educator in the Teacher in Space Program in the 1980s. She, along with six other astronauts were killed during the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L mission on January 28, 1986. The design of the coin’s Obverse and Reverse were selected out …
The following is a Press Release sent to the Numismatic press from the American Numismatic Association (ANA). The Association has announced that the 2021 National Money show, slated to be held in Phoenix, Arizona March 11-13, 2021, has been cancelled due to concerns with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The board voted 7-2 to cancel the event with concerns about safety to members, dealers, staff and visitors as the United States continues to struggle with the …
President Donald Trump has signed H.R. 4104, the Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, into law. President Trump signed the bill on December 4, 2020, formally assuring that the commemorative coin will be produced in 2022. The bill passed unanimously on November 16,2020 in the Senate and was sent to the President the following day. The bill was introduced in July 2019 in the House of Representatives but did not pass the House until September …
The United States Mint has changed their shipping options for signature-required shipments starting this month. In an email to the Numismatic press, the Mint announced that it was removing the option for signature-required shipments and will stop paying for the service all together with carriers. As the email explains, which can be found below, many carriers like UPS, FedEx, and the USPS have adopted a “knock and verify” policy for signature required packages. The Mint …